BMW awards DHL six-year aftermarket contract

BMW has chosen DHL to manage it’s aftermarket parts distribution in a six-year contract. The logistics giant will transport BMW car parts at night, delivering to 116 UK retailers by the next working day.

DHL will deliver 26 per cent of all retail orders before 6.00am, and 63 per cent before 7.30am. The aim is to provide more flexibility in vehicle drop off time for customers.

As well as managing deliveries to Scotland and England, the partnership will offer urgent airfreight services to offshore retailers including Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man.

Bill Bacon, MD of Automotive at DHL Supply Chain in the UK and Ireland said: “Our partnership with BMW Group in the UK supports the growth of DHL’s work in the automotive industry and builds on our aftermarket work with a range of automotive customers.  We look forward to supporting BMW Group as it enhances its customer service strategy over the next six years.”

Both companies will use a ‘track and trace’ system and web portal, which displays a visual of live delivery activity, collections and historic deliveries.