Design & Build - Roadshow & Events - Distribution & Carriage - Storage - Packing - Fulfilment - Administration
FS Distribution Ltd has a dedicated, in-house packing department that can fulfil a variety of packing projects. Examples of the packing services that we can provide include: collation and packing of point-of-sale/display material; packing of sample/goody bags; large-scale uniform and non-uniform kit collation; collation of promotional staff briefing kits; mail order redemption.
Our experienced packing team can provide a bespoke service for each packing operation, however the following are examples of standard packing activities:
Contractual 'Pick and Pack'
This service fulfils any ad-hoc packing request under the terms of a contractual agreement for a minimum of one year. It is most suitable where promotional material is required on a regular basis- requests can arrive from store/customer level, through a third party or from client account handlers and can be received via a hotline, email or facsimile. A great advantage that FS can offer for this service is on-site storage and despatch facilities, which enables the entire activity to be conducted in-house with a consistent operative and management team.
Kit Collation
The most common service that we provide entails the collation, packing and distribution of point-of-sale (POS) kits for tactical merchandising activities. We can accommodate any type of POS/display material, including posters, leaflets, dummy products, shelf strips, flat packs, booklets, DVDs, etc. Typically, merchandiser kits can be categorised as either 'uniform' with identical contents or 'non-uniform' with varying contents.
• Multiple Uniform Kits
Where a tactical merchandising activity involves field staff visiting multiple outlets to place POS material for a specific promotion/product, and the number of calls each merchandiser makes determines the number of kits that they receive, our brief would be to pack identical kits with one kit per call. In this instance, the contents of the kits are fixed or ‘uniform’- for example every kit includes 2 x posters, 2 x shelf strips and 100 leaflets. Once packed, we can distribute the kits directly to the merchandisers.
• Multiple Non-Uniform Kits
Where the merchandiser is again visiting multiple outlets with POS kits, but each kit is specific to the outlet and so there is variation across the activity. In this instance, field staff would need to receive kits packed with non-uniform or ‘bespoke’ contents with clear labelling to distinguish between kit types. In this instance, a merchandiser may receive one kit with 2 posters and 100 leaflets, and one kit with 1 poster and 50 leaflets. FS have fast, accurate packing staff who can achieve this and distribute them accordingly.
Goody/Sample Bags
A service that is often used to encourage the take up of a free gift/distribution of promotional material at a one-off event or during a roadshow; we can put together ‘goody bags’ containing complimentary gifts for the consumer. These usually contain 5 - 10 items ranging from magazines, leaflets and posters to small toys and t-shirts.
These examples provide a guide to the packing work we can fulfil, however we operate a flexible packing service that accommodates non-standard requirements and specialist requests.
Design & Build - Roadshow & Events - Distribution & Carriage - Storage - Packing - Fulfilment - Administration
