Wincanton, a provider of advanced supply chain services, has signed a three-year contract with Argos worth £40 million. With the conclusion of the agreement, Wincanton has become the key operator for inbound supply chain services for the British retail chain. Wincanton’s success is the result of a thirteen-year partnership with Argos in joint logistics operations for seven locations in the UK.
Under the new contract, Wincanton, using both its own vehicles and the container fleet of the Argos internal distribution center, will be responsible for managing over 35,000 inbound containers annually.
By optimizing the fleet that has served the Argos network to date, Wincanton will generate significant cost reductions while simultaneously reducing the company’s negative environmental impact, including by minimizing empty vehicle traffic on the roads. Wincanton will also be responsible for designing IT infrastructure solutions aimed at shifting traffic from road to rail, which will also result in a reduction of CO2 emissions.
– Over many years of close cooperation with Wincanton, we have managed to build excellent business relationships based on a mutual understanding of how each partner operates. Expanding the scope of cooperation with such a trusted service provider and the innovations offered by Wincanton constitute an extremely attractive added value for our company. The concluded agreement will also result in various types of synergies within the contract itself, which will allow us to significantly reduce costs. – said Anita Donohoe, Supply Control Manager at Argos.
On the day the new agreement was signed, Liam McElroy, Business Unit Director at Wincanton, said:
– Winning such an important contract gives me great satisfaction. Wincanton’s goal is to continuously verify the container traffic management model we offer. Utilizing the Argos fleet will optimize the interaction between the warehouse and operations departments to generate further benefits for our client throughout the duration of the contract.