SupplyChain Magazine October 2015 | Page 33

QVC UK
SUPPLY CHAIN more ingrained with shoppers , customers don ’ t want to be kept waiting very long to receive the products they have bought .”
Efficient operations The head office for QVC ’ s UK operations is in Chiswick , West London , where its broadcasting facilities and buying and planning functions predominantly reside . The 31-acre operations and distribution centre is located in Knowsley , Merseyside , and most recently has seen investment to automate parts of the site , such as the technology involved with WMS , storage and retrieval systems , as well as conveyors and automated packing solutions . The centre has a 30,000-pallet automated sorting and racking system that was stage five of the facility build .
Distribution Centre , Merseyside

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TOLL GLOBAL FORWARDING

Toll Global Forwarding provides a comprehensive suite of international freight forwarding and advance supply chain management services . Our service offerings range from complex supply chain solutions through to port-to-port freight forwarding movements . Headquartered in Hong Kong , we have a worldwide network of more than 120 offices in 28 countries through Australia , New Zealand , Asia , the Middle East , Europe , Africa and North America .
Toll Global Forwarding is a division within Toll Group , which has a network of 1,200 sites in over 50 countries www . qvcuk . com 33