A festive milestone; VIM celebrates its 10 year anniversary this year! VIM is a professional logistics service provider for companies in the fashion, sport & lifestyle sectors. The company started in 2012 and in the past 10 years VIM has further professionalized and has grown into a one-stop-shop logistics (plus) service provider, specialized in providing supply chain solutions for a large number of national and international companies. With several warehouses in the Netherlands, UK and China and many companies that use the services of VIM, VIM has been able to grow its business substantionaly.
One Stop Shop
VIM has developed into a One Stop Shop logistics service provider, which means that VIM can take care of the entire logistics for retailers and suppliers. The customer can continue to focus on her core business, but remains in full control with VIM. With bonded and non-bonded warehouse facilities, VIM can take care of your customs and tax processing. VIM takes care of the inbound/import, including registration of import duties, with its own customs and VAT specialists. VIM’s warehouses are equipped for fashion, sport and lifestyle, which means that all common processes in these branches can be processed. Thanks to the high volume contracts with almost all carriers, VIM can offer competitive prices for daily outgoing shipments worldwide (mail, parcel, pallet, extra-large, full truck loads etc). VIM is experienced in delivering to demanding customers, with specific instructions. With ‘dedicated’ teams per customer, VIM promotes brand awareness and ownership, so that the relationship with the customer remains personal and VIM keeps the lines of communication short.
E-fulfillment and webshop logistics
In the field of e-commerce, VIM is able to take care of the entire e-fulfilment process for the customer. VIM’s e-warehousing system offers integrations with many relevant e-commerce platforms such as Farfetch, About You, Zalando, etc. From the arrival of goods, VIM arranges the entire process for the customer: customs clearance, transport, storage, labelling, order picking, packaging, deliveries to e-commerce businesses and consumers (worldwide) and returns.
Global Solutions
Several international fashion brands have chosen to outsource warehouse activities to VIM as a logistics service provider in order to enter and/or serve the European market. But also vice versa, for Dutch and European fashion brands VIM offers a gateway to the rest of the world. By working together with various logistics partners in North America, Asia and Australia, VIM has a global logistics set-up, with multiple warehouses, to serve customers worldwide and unburden them from the source.
Sustainability
For years, VIM has been paying a lot of attention to sustainability (such as LED lighting, paperless trade, packaging, waste separation and sustainable transport). VIM is also a partner of the global CO₂ improve concept of the International Apparel Federation (IAF, www.iafnet.com), which helps companies gain insight into their CO₂ footprint and supports the reduction of CO₂ emissions from logistics activities.
Future
VIM is proud of what the company has achieved. VIM expects the company’s growth to continue and will open additional warehouse space in the coming period to meet the expected customer demand. VIM’s new HRM and WMS systems also contribute to the further professionalization of the company. In the future, VIM will focus even more on sustainability.
If it’s your birthday you have to treat!
Together with all employees of the past 10 years and thanks in part to the sustainable cooperation with all customers and partners, VIM can celebrate its 10th anniversary. If it’s your birthday you have to treat! In the coming weeks, VIM will treat its employees and customers to celebrate this festive milestone!
