Hermes opens national hub at Nuneaton in the UK
Hermes, the home delivery network, has opened a new national hub at Bermuda Park in Nuneaton. The 85,000 sq ft facility is designed to enable Hermes to enhance its service offering with the introduction of a new next-day service and increased parcel tracking capability.
In addition, it will support the development of new home delivery solutions as part of the company’s ongoing growth strategy in the UK and mainland Europe.
The national hub will handle more than 50 million parcels each year, which will be received and sorted for onward delivery to 19 depots across the UK. The facility will also manage returns and receive inbound traffic from continental Europe, as well as becoming the central hub for Hermes’ national trunking operation, supported by an existing Northern hub in Bradford.
An automated sortation system has been installed to enhance productivity and reduce delivery lead times. Two shoe sorters driven by a bespoke warehouse management system will improve the accuracy and quality of the sortation, while providing added flexibility to handle operational peaks.
Five-way camera scanning technology, fitted to each sorter, provides the option to record picture images of all parcels, with a scanning accuracy of 99.6%.
Chief executive Carole Woodhead said: “More than 85% of the UK population can now be reached in a standard drivers working shift, so it enhances our ability to offer fast, flexible and efficient home delivery solutions.”
