Publishing distribution and logistics service provider for independent publishers with warehousing, order picking and shipping to the book trade.
PROLIT Verlagsauslieferung GmbH
Fernwald-AnnerodNew on Amplifa
About Prolit
PROLIT Verlagsauslieferung GmbH, based in Fernwald-Annerod, is a mid-sized logistics service provider for the book industry, owned by its leading employees. The company handles the complete distribution for more than 170 publishers with around 41,000 available titles: goods receiving and incoming inspection, warehouse management with annual inventory, order picking, packaging, shipping notification and daily handover to transport companies. In addition, publisher support services, cross-publisher invoicing, dunning and collection, sales and inventory statistics, and returns processing are offered. The book trade can place orders via Webline, EDIFACT, LIBRI, IBU and Zeitfracht, with an all-day express lane, deadline orders, the bundled Superpark delivery model and electronic delivery notes. Special services include shrink-wrapping, labelling, insertion of promotional material, custom packaging solutions and the sale of remaindered stock. Customers throughout the European Economic Area are supplied from the central location, which is connected to the long-distance road network.
- Site
- Fernwald-Annerod
- Processes
- Publishing distribution, Publisher support, Accounting/invoicing, Dunning/collection, Statistics, Shipping and logistics, Order picking, Returns processing
- Materials
- Warehouse management, Order picking and shipping, Webline and EDIFACT, Accounting and debt collection, Returns processing
- Certificates
- ISO 9001
- Founded
- 1969
- Employees
- 130
- Industries
- Book publishers (independent publishers), Book trade, IT and new media
- 01
Goods receiving and incoming inspection
- 02
Warehouse management and stock control
- 03
Order picking and packaging
- 04
Invoicing and statistics
- 05
Shipping and handover to transport companies
Services and Systems
Warehouse management
Goods receiving, incoming inspection, stock control and annual inventory on 18,400 m² of usable floor space.
Order picking and shipping
Cross-publisher order picking, packaging and daily handover to parcel services and book consolidation services.
Webline and EDIFACT
Electronic order transmission, delivery notes and statistics via Webline, Edifact, IBU, LIBRI and Zeitfracht.
Accounting and debt collection
Cross-publisher invoicing on its own account, dunning and debt collection for the domestic retail book trade.
Returns processing
Verification of return entitlement, stock crediting and preparation of saleable returns.
Locations
Fernwald-Annerod
DECentral site: warehousing, order picking, publishing distribution and logistics
- Materials
- Books and media products
- Warehousing on 18,400 m² of usable floor space
- Webline order platform
- Electronic ordering channels (EDIFACT, IBU, LIBRI, Zeitfracht)
Services
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality
Prolit focuses on speed, error-free operation and packaging quality, as well as annual inventory and documented stock control. No in-house quality management systems or certificates are listed on the website.
| Evidence | Fernwald-Annerod |
|---|---|
| ISO 9001 |
History
- 1969
Founded as a partnership
- 1972
Converted into a GmbH (limited liability company)
- 1974
Transformation into a initially 'self-managed' operation
- 1979
Introduction of IT systems
- 1990
Move into the first company-owned building with 15 employees
- 1997
First expansion of the company-owned building
- 1999
Second expansion
- 2003
Third expansion
- 2007
Fourth expansion