IFC's Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Warehousing and Distribution facility in Altona is AQIS (Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service) accredited, Australian Customs Bonded and HACCP Australia Food Quality accredited. We are committed to provide our clients quality service and total support in their import and export processes and safety programmes. 

Facilities

Strategically located within 20 minutes of Melbourne's ports, Tullamarine airport and the Central Business District, our 3PL facility in Altona is equipped to handle diverse inbound freight and product configurations and is designed to accommodate large transport vehicles.

With 8,000 pallet locations and 8,000 square metres of work area and bulk stacking capability, goods are received in the warehouse via 10 hydraulic loading docks and 6 floor-to-roof roller doors. A further 6,200 square metres of storage was added in August 2008, extending our 3PL warehousing and distribution facilities to a sizeable 15,000sqm.

3PL Services

We provide a comprehensive range of 3rd-party logistics warehousing and distribution services that can be scaled and customised to our clients' individual requirements and to the service quality they set.

Our warehousing and distribution service offerings include:

• Contract or 3rd Party Logistics warehousing

• Container packing and un-packing

• Cargo fumigation

• Reefer container storage - 7 plugs

• Cross docking and staging

• Sorting and kitting

• Shrink / bundle wrapping

• Labelling

• Receipting of incoming stock via Radio Frequency (RF) scanners

• Validating and confirming stock quantities against purchase order information

• Reporting stock shortfalls against supplier invoices/packing lists

• Storing products to pre-specified locations - fully bar-coded

• Picking and packing products by barcode, and to clients' picking requirements

• Consolidating final delivery from multiple orders from supplier receipts

• Organising deliveries to retailers

• Completing stock management and reporting routines

• Executing returns and credits

• Stocktaking and cycle counting activities

• Generating invoices on clients' behalf

• Tracking and managing orders via the Internet

• Full internal and external perimeter security

• National Warehouse Storage

• National Distribution

 

 

Key Differentiation Our 3PL warehousing and distribution services provide a key differentiation in our supply chain business process integration that leverages on collaborative work between buyers and suppliers. Our point-of-origin to point-of-consumption program offers you an effective means to balance supply with demand, while maintaining seamless and total visibility into all your inventory. In effect, our end-to-end supply chain execution solutions tie together all key processes in the supply chain to ensure your customers receive the goods when they expect them. Trusting IFC and its 3rd-party logistics warehousing and distribution division is literally trusting a business partner that is looking after your reputation.