TNT Logistics to provide value added services for publishing company m-dis
06 May 2005 - 11:22 CET
m-dis Distribuzione Media, an Italian market leader in the sales and distribution of published products through news agencies, has decided to renew its outsourcing contract with TNT Logistics Italy, a leader in supply chain management and the largest logistics player in Italy, for another three years.Under the terms of this agreement TNT Logistics Italy will arrange storage of "Periodicals", "Collectors' Items" and "Related Products", process unsold returned copies, prepare back issues, and issues to subscribers for shipping.
In order to properly provide these services, 50,000 m² of warehouse space, located in the Novara district in Italy has been earmarked exclusively for m-dis. The assignment involves the handling and shipping of 4,500,000 subscriber issues per year, for a total of 1,400,000 packets of subscriber issues, covering more than 6,000 managed titles.
m-dis is a joint venture which is part-owned by RCS Media Group (with a 45% stake) and De Agostini (45% stake), with the remaining share held by Hachette Rusconi (10%). m-dis guarantees the on-time arrival in both Italian and foreign news agencies of the full range of products of more than 50 different publishers through its extensive distribution network. As the sole distributor in Italy dealing in the full range of published products (from daily newspapers and periodicals to books and serialised releases and figurines), m-dis ships over a billion copies of products every year, including the distribution of non-editorial products (e.g. telephone cards) to newsstands.
The renewal of the partnership with m-dis reinforces TNT Logistics Italy's leadership in the publishing & media field, a sector that has become of particular strategic importance for the company and one of its primary fields of expertise.
