Naatz Integrated Services GmbH guarantees competent and professional fulfilment of all orders with the greatest possible individuality. In addition to comprehensive co-packing expertise, the service provider's range of services also includes its own dispatch service.
18. October 2018
The company has extensive storage capacity. Here, for example, the important customer documents are stored in archive boxes (Image: Naatz)
A responsible team, continuous investment in equipment and complete transparency in the fulfilment of orders have secured the trust of customers at Naatz Integrated Services GmbH, Idstein, for many years. In addition to comprehensive co-packing expertise, the service provider's range of services also includes its own dispatch service.
Originating from a printing company with high technological standards, the company increasingly focussed on the printing sector in the mid-1980s. Manual labour, which has always played an important role in the packaging of selected products. The premises quickly became too small in view of the rapidly growing order volume, which is why the company moved to a new multifunctional hall in Idstein in 1995. Since then, over 4,000 m² of storage space has been available for the wide range of tasks. To this day, the service portfolio continues to expand.
Packaging is safe and appropriate still manually or mechanised. In the large high-bay warehouse with space for up to 4,000 Euro pallets, for example, all accessories for promotional campaigns, gift packs or other advertising packages and mailings are temporarily stored so that they can then be picked and packaged on time. Modern machines are available for special tasks such as packaging catalogues and price lists in film, enveloping mailings, cellophane wrapping, banding or strapping.
Thomas Naatz (Image: Naatz)
„Naatz Integrated Services GmbH emerged from Naatz & Partner Produktservice GmbH in 2010. We guarantee a seamless, competent and Professional execution of all orders with the greatest possible individuality. Many business partners have therefore remained loyal to us for decades and are convinced of the company's efficiency. We owe our success to them,“ summarises Managing Director Thomas Naatz.
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Co-packing scores
But when and for whom is it advantageous to bring a service provider on board? With fluctuating order volumes, it is difficult to keep your own Optimise staff utilisation. It then makes sense to have a partner for all packaging issues. Particularly in the case of strong seasonal fluctuations, costs for unused storage space can also be saved by outsourcing merchandise management. Naatz also passes on to its customers the cost benefits of postage optimisation, for example, which the company enjoys as a major customer of Swiss Post and other parcel service providers.
In a phase of rapid growth, young companies in particular run the risk of not correctly assessing their logistics requirements. Here a experienced logistics partner having experienced service providers at your side quickly pays off. There are also numerous special features to consider when it comes to shipping or customs clearance, which experienced service providers always keep an eye on.
Mass mailings: Supplementary deliveries for specialised literature are on their way. (Image: Naatz)
Fulfilment service
The offering in this area covers all activities in the areas of incoming goods, order entry, customer service, picking, packing, despatch, invoicing, payment transactions and reporting. The various work steps can be organised as Building blocks combined or utilised separately. For example, Naatz Integrated Services has taken over the warehousing and dispatch of around 1,500 specialist titles for a leading specialist publisher of labour law and social law. The tasks include, for example, the storage of books and laws, mass mailings of supplementary deliveries, the printing of orders generated by the specialist publisher, the picking and dispatch of orders and the processing of customer returns and returns. The company fulfils between 2,000 and 3,000 orders per month on schedule for specialist publishers.
Assembly: A gift box is filled with various components. (Image: Naatz)
Special case of customisation
During assembly, for example, gift packaging is specified and counter displays are assembled. The range of services also includes the assembly of floor displays on CHEP pallets and their despatch. Sachets and stand-up pouches are currently placed in sales displays for contract manufacturers in the flexible packaging sector. The products are counted by the employees, packed in the appropriate cardboard packaging according to the customer's specifications and stacked on pallets. It is essential that all quality-related work processes are carried out according to fixed rules. For this reason, Naatz also introduced the Quality management system introduced in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001:2015.
However, products of a completely different kind are also packaged. In the company's long history, for example, Christmas wooden sledges and giant plush bunnies for PoS displays have been packaged for well-known confectionery manufacturers. Children's chairs have also been packaged for well-known Norwegian children's furniture manufacturers in a number of projects. The realisation of the often time-limited campaigns of individual manufacturers is a particular strength of the service provider, which can quickly adapt to the customer's requirements.
Shipping service inside
Having grown with the orders of the past and with employees from the very beginning at its side, the interrelationships and modes of operation as a service company in the Shipping service know-how. For example, address data from Excel, Access or other databases is imported when sending advertising material, and the addresses are checked and duplicates matched using special software. Other services include sorting by routing area, postage optimisation and the printing of container coding and postal forms.
Packaging: High-value sets are put together for Deutsche Post AG. (Image: Naatz)
No can do, no can do
From planning to costing, whether special software development for customised services or setting up special storage areas - the employees of Naatz Integrated Services are always ready to take on new challenges. On request to the Food or Medicinal Products Actpacked. Chocolate advent calendars for DHL/Deutsche Post AG were packaged on behalf of a corrugated cardboard manufacturer. Naturally, all requirements for the packaging of foodstuffs, such as refrigeration and hygiene regulations, had to be met.
The right bearing
Naatz produces valuable sets for Deutsche Post AG itself using a collating machine. For this purpose, a special value warehouse was set up that fulfils all security requirements for valuable items, high-value products and important documents. This is only possible thanks to the company's own multifunctional hall. Overall, the premises are designed in such a way that space can be created at any time by erecting partition walls in accordance with the requirements of the respective customer, e.g. value warehouse, bonded warehouse or warehouse for foodstuffs.
A new challenge for employees is the task of archiving files. The trend was recognised at an early stage and the appropriate measures were taken. The Valuables warehouse ensures that files and important documents from large and small companies, some private individuals and law firms are stored securely. Access is only permitted to authorised persons. The usual strict criteria apply. Customers„ files are scanned using the specially developed “NIS Scan" app and then packed into the file box provided, labelled and collected and stored by a courier, carrier or parcel service. The customer can then have the required file sent or digitised at any time (scan on demand).
