Unilever

Press release

September 5, 2012

NEW PARTNERSHIP

UNILEVER France chooses STEF’s mutualised transport solution for its portfolio of

margarines, fats, sauces and condiments

UNILEVER, a world leader in food, health, beauty and cleaning consumer products has trusted STEF, the

European specialist for cold logistics, with the logistics of its margarines, fats, sauces and condiments in

northern France. STEF won the contract with ia range of innovative global services which includes the pooling

of transport means.

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Transport pooling: a win/win solution

Manufacturers of consumer goods must reconcile contradictory objectives: reduced CO2 emissions and more

frequent deliveries to retailers. The pooling of transport resources, which increases load factors while cutting

costs, offers a solution. STEF’s innovation was to offer Unilever and two other manufacturers using the STEF

Plessis-Belleville logistics platform, to mutualisation transport resources without increasing operational

constraints. This solution enables Unilever and manufacturing partners to benefit from savings derived from

this mutualisation without the drawbacks of a shared flow management, independently of volumes delivered.

STEF manages this pooling solution, based on three key pillars:

Guaranteeing the compatibility of participating manufacturers logistics;

Analysing orders and the economical impact of sharing manufacturers’ deliveries ;

Synchronising the delivery schedules of participating manufacturers.

STEF services offered at its Plessis-Belleville logistics platform include the reception of goods, storage, order

picking, co-packing and forwarding to retailers’ platforms in the Nord of France and logistics platforms

dedicated to restaurants and food catering all over France.

The UNILEVER / STEF partnership :

100 processed product references

close to 40,000 tons of merchandise processed per year

55 truck departures per week

a 86% fill-in rate

a 4,200 pallets...