DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICES

Every day OLF distributes thousands of copies on behalf of publishers and major brands, throughout a broad network of sales outlets: bookshops, department stores, kiosks, post offices, specialized shops, schools, and e-commerce sites, in Switzerland and other countries.

Our services add value to our customers' products. To offer your books or products throughout our network, contact us:

Distribution
  • Physical and digital products in 4 languages
  • Network of 3,200 retailers in Switzerland
  • Logistics services in Switzerland and abroad
  • Customs clearance and transport
  • Financial and statistical management
  • Marketing support
  • Bibliographical management of articles
  • Stock and assortment management
  • EDI connections with suppliers
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In figures:
350 partner suppliers (F/D/E)
130'000 articles listed

Logistics
  • Multi-format, multi-product storage
  • Standardized labelling, packing, shipping
  • Tracking and after-sales service (F/D/E)
  • Management of special events and operations
  • Delivery to shelf
  • VPC logistics to consumers
  • Real-time online inventory
  • Managing returned and unsold stock
  • Factoring in CHF and EUR
  • Invoice follow-up
  • Managing PLV and promotional material
  • Storage on pallets
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In figures:
Surface area 11,000 m2
Capacity 40,000 m of shelf space and 4,300 pallet spaces
11 million articles handled per year

Support base platform
  • Exclusive logistics for each brand
  • Cross-docking IN/OUT
  • EDI tracking and flows with sales outlets
  • Standardized communication flows
  • Standardized merchandise flows
  • EDI connection with suppliers
  • Packing with OLF stock orders
  • Managing customer's stock
  • Managing unsold stock
  • Managing business activities
  • Logistics and business statistics
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OLF value-added services
  • Access to B2B functions on www.olf.ch
  • EDI order flow, EDIFACT deliveries
  • EDI flow for ONYX articles
  • Catalogue web services and stock availability
  • EDI flow with customers (e.g. Comelivres, Beeline, Eurosoft)
  • OLF ordering software for sales representatives
  • E-invoicing with signature
  • VMI, vendor-managed inventory
  • Invoicing and new-product lists by email
  • OWEBI online statistics
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Contacts

For more information about our services, please contact us . We will happily inform you.