Transportation

Turning Information Delivery into a Strategic Advantage

January 20, 2023

Turning Information Delivery
Delivering information via standard or overnight postal services or manual fax has substantial shortcomings. Manual processes are costly. In large organizations, the volume is hugethousands to hundreds of thousands of documents per month. Mailing them costs $1.20 or more per document (printing, postage and labor), while automated faxing costs $0.10 per document (figures based on US dollars.

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Palmer and Harvey

Palmer and Harvey is the UK’s number 1 delivered wholesaler, with an annual turnover of more than £4billion, serving multiple, convenience, forecourt and CTN retail outlets. Since our inception over 80 years ago, the company has grown through a mixture of organic growth and targeted acquisitions. Our industry-leading delivery network of 14 regional depots serves over 90,000 UK retail outlets, and places Palmer and Harvey within two hours of each and every customer. A diverse fleet of over 1,000 vehicles makes more than 60,000 deliveries every week, in every UK postcode.

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