Geodis Group

Geodis Group ranks among the top five companies in its field in Europe and is renowned for its multi-business expertise and ability to coordinate all or part of its customers' supply chain processes including distribution (groupage and express); logistics; land, air and sea freight forwarding; and reverse logistics. Across an expansive network covering 120 countries and a decentralised organisation, the Group's 26,000 employees bring a wealth of multicultural experience and great flexibility, a real proximity to their clients.

Geodis Logistics Benelux

Geodis Logistics Benelux offers a wide range of services to manufacturers and to marketing and retail organisations. But employee focus is on the customer - the different elements of the company’s service are combined in a tailor-made solution based entirely on the needs of the customer. Geodis Benelux understands the dynamics of its target markets and has developed a service portfolio to help customers exceed their customers’ expectations. This means that for each customer an optimal supply chain solution is realised.

Pre-existing situation & UTCFS’s role

When Geodis Benelux constructed its new distribution centre in Venlo in the Netherlands, a full security solution was needed. The company specifically required an easily expandable, integrated system offering access control, intrusion detection and video surveillance. Following a set of meetings and demonstrations, Geodis’ security team found that UTCFS and RWB Security, a regional installer located in Roermond, were the best placed to meet their needs.

UTCFS’s solution

Geodis Benelux uses UTCFS’s ATS Master platform for both intrusion detection and access control. This integrated hardware platform offers a cost-effective way of managing these two systems efficiently and enables staff at the Venlo distribution centre to operate over 75 card readers and more than 250 high security intrusion detectors. UTCFS's digital video recorders connect some 60 cameras covering the whole site, and all systems are linked to a central control room where UTCFS’s Alliance security management software integrates, configures, monitors and controls the entire system. This covers not only the Venlo site, but also six other sites in the Netherlands. The flexibility of the Alliance software means that Geodis can count on this state-of-the-art system when it comes to future expansion. Through a combination of service, quality and commitment, UTCFS has proved a worthy partner for Geodis – now and in the future.