Warehouse

Management

Multimodal

Transportation

Bonded

Warehouse

Container

Operations

Distribution

SHARED LOGISTIC MANAGEMENT SERVICES

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INTRODUCTION

SAF S.A. belongs to a holding with more than 30 years of experience in the

country. Since the beginning our allied position has allowed us to bring specific

tools to all the companies that want to give efficiency as well as to improve

their logistic network.

SAF S.A. offers a range of logistic services that include: Shared Logistic

Management: of Distribution Centers Operation “In House” and “Taylor

Made”, Foreign Trade Operations: Warehouse and Bonded Storage; Container

Transportation, Multimodal Transportation by land, air and shipping

(maritime), Customs Paperwork, Storage and Cooled Charge.

SAF S.A. is characterized for its searching of a continuous improvement, it

means a great value to their daily labor. It gave rise to that on February 2000 its

Logistics and Bonded Warehouse Services certified according to the

International Norm ISO 9001, and also on 2003 the re-certified according to the

Norm ISO 9001:2000 was achieved.

• Buenos Aires City

• SAF Headquarters (Parque Patricios)

• SAF Piedra Buena (Mataderos)

• Retiro Base (Railway)

• Buenos Aires

• San Andrés Base (San Martin)

• SAF Mercado Central (Tapiales)

• SAF Zarate (Zarate)

• SAF Merisant Plant

SAF S.A. BASES

• Cordoba

•Cordoba City

•Ferreyra Base (Railway)

•Arroyito Base

• San Luis

• San Luis City

• Corrientes

• Paso de los Libres (Office)

• Rio Negro

• Bariloche (Office)

• Santa Fe

• Rosario (Office)

We understand by logistic a process through which we can plan, implant and control in a efficient

way, the merchandise flow from the place of origin to the place of consumption. We include in the

flow concept the information management needed in order to achieve the satisfaction of our

customers.

In order to achieve this objective our company is organized in such a way that we can provide services

according to the specific needs of each customer.

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SERVICES

Storage

Palletization

Packaging

Picking

Inter. Cargo Transit

Customs management

Senasa

Export – Import Customs

Coordination

Operative follow up

Satellite follow up

Distribution

Consolidated

Picking

Warehouse management

Inbound

Crossdock

Outbound

Operative structure

Staff

Teams

Etc.

Administration and control of inventory

Management responsibility

Door to Door follow up

Costs follow up

Operative follow up

Daily update

On line follow up of the

operation via Internet

SAF S.A.

Services

Foreign Trade

Operations

Shared Logistic

Management

International

Cargo

Follow up

Support

Services

Inland

Bases

Bonded

Warehouse

General

Warehouse

Transportation

- Containers

- Distribution

In - House

Operations

Taylor made

Operations

Door to Door

Import

Door to Door

Export

Cooled

Containers

Container

CranesSan Luis Cordoba

Buenos Aires

Cordoba

Corrientes – Paso de los Libres

Mendoza

Rio Negro - Bariloche

San Luis

Santa Fe – Rosario

In our opinion the logistics contributes to the success of the company, delivering the product assured to our customers, in

time and at the right place. This concept is based on release valuable resources belonging to the companies of our

customers in order to assign these products to their strategic areas and improve through this action their operative

management in the meantime the company can reduce the operative costs. All this exposed without “Outsource” the

control of the process, in other words the flow supply administration, warehouse and commercial policies where

generally the operators doesn't give Value Added.

In the outsourcing of the traditional logistic operations, the limits of the logistic operator are not clear at all, since the

strategic activities inherent with the company which need to work as a whole can be mixed up with the other areas and

the logistic operator could not achieve this on his own.

That is why in the idea of SHARE LOGISTIC MANAGEMENT, SAF S.A. and his customer do work as a team, but

simultaneously we clearly define duties: The Logistic Customer Area is responsible for the design, execution and control

of the policies and strategies of the company (e.g. stock policies, flow of supplies management, control of distribution

net). At the same time SAF S.A. as a logistic operator is responsible for the fulfillment of the operation, for the stock

control which includes the responsibility over the customer's equity and the permanent search for improvement.

SHARED LOGISTIC MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Distribution Centers Operation:

Inbound: Raw material management.

Cross-Dock: Reception, classification and shipping of goods.

Outbound: Inventory management for partial and total deliveries.

Palletization and packaging.

Delivery schedule according to the customer's policy.

Transportation\Goods Distribution, Container Transportation, Multimodal Transportation.

Transportation & Distribution

SHARED LOGISTIC MANAGEMENT SERVICES

SUMMARY OF THE ADVANTAGES :

o Restructuring of the Operation achieving flexibility to the changes in the volumes.

o Control of the logistic cost of inbound and outbound.

o Remarkable decrease of Inventory Shortages, beneath international standards.

o Upholding of the service level KPI´S (Key Performance Indicators) above 95 %.

o Operation certified throught ISO 9001:2000.

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Higher flexibility, minimize fixed charges, maximize variable charges

The operations fit the volume of productions.

If the volume of production varies, the number of people and assets assigned to

the project vary accordingly.

Logistic: The increasing importance of the competitive factor

Focus on key points achieving a more accurate strategy and a lesser operative absent-minded.

Synchronization of the information flow: import, export and storage management.

Optimizing the transportation net.

As a result of this, we achieve permanent improvements.

Release operative capital and maximize resources

To operate with smaller inventories and operative capital working real time with the highest

flexibility.

Maximize by a minimum unitary cost the material flow.

SUMMARY OF THE ADVANTAGES (it continues from the previous page):

SHARED LOGISTIC MANAGEMENT SERVICES

o Bonded Warehouse Service: Our company is equipped with Bonded Warehouses for the export and

import activities in Buenos Aires City. The customers will dispatch the goods according to their needs.

Achieving in this way the partial payment of the customs rights.

o General Warehouse Service: We offer the use of our General Warehouses in Buenos Aires City and

Cordoba, where we stock the goods efficiently. We try to achieve the coordination with the logistic so that

the customer will have the minimum immobilized possible stock. This service includes, palletized &

packaging.

FOREIGN TRADE SERVICES

Imported goodsCustomer to customer

distribution

•Schedule of needs

•Consolidated

•Desconsolidated

•Preparation of orders

•Expedition

CUSTOMERS

•Schedule of charge

•Stock control

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o Foreign Trade Area Integral Assistance Service: This service aims at the position of all the tasks

concerning the building up and control of the paperwork of foreign trade, from the beginning of the

operation to its conclusion.

o Multimodal Transportation: This consist in the organization of the different means of transportation so as

to maximize the service and minimize the costs taking into account the characteristics of the good,

(packaging, volume) and delivery frequency. To achieve this we focus on the coordination and operation of:

• Land transportation

• International

• Local

• Railway transportation

• Negotiation and take on of international freights

• Shipping

•Air

FOREIGN TRADE SERVICES

SUMMARY OF THE ADVANTAGES:

We tend to eliminate hidden costs during the removal of the containers from the port terminal this implies the

nationalization of the goods when they arrive at the port of Buenos Aires within five days to not have extra cost

(second movement). If you choose to send the goods to a Bonded warehouse, you will get the following

advantages:

•You will not have the extra cost avoiding the payment of the second movement and storage of containers in

port terminal.

• You will avoid the penalty in case of delay in the return of the empty container to port.

• There will be no expenses for placing and check out in case of RED CHANNEL.

• There will be no additional charges for transportation due to delay in the return of empty containers.

• You will be able to cancel the import duties within 45 days, and in four partial removals.

• You will have a permanent personal attention from the guard and the customs chief.

• You will avoid extra charges when deconsolidating and classifying the goods in your company.

• You will have a personal attention from our staff.

FOREIGN TRADE SERVICES

• The import and export logistics involves a large numbers of steps in different organizations and suppliers.

These steps imply more charges due to the different options in each operation.

• In this way, an initially advantageous freight negotiation may become a complicated one, with

additionalchanges some times higher than the initial freight. To avoid these extra charges we must unify logistic

and port management.

Shipper

Operator/Shipping Agent

Customs Dispatcher

Port Terminal

Customer

Customs

INTERNATIONAL CHARGE FOLLOW UP SERVICES

• Based in this concept SAF S.A. Offers an integral container follow up service (door to door) in export and

import operations, taking up the responsibility of coordinating the activities in the different steps to avoid

higher costs. The aims of the follow up door to door service in the import and export operations are:

It allows the follow up of container from the beginning to the end of the operation.

Daily update of the information. You can know the daily condition of the container

(location, charges, etc.).

You may check up if the budgeted costs coincide with the emerging costs of the

container.

On line follow up of the operation via Internet.

SUMMARY OF THE ADVANTAGES:

INTERNATIONAL CHARGE FOLLOW UP SERVICES

A tool of this management is the FOLLOW UP SOFTWARE. The Follow up Software includes two important

items:

• OPERATIVE FOLLOW UP: It allows the physical location of the container reporting the status and

location in the chain.

• COSTS FOLLOW UP: Clear up all the costs, distinguishing the ordinary from the extraordinary and

justifying them.

INTERNATIONAL CHARGE FOLLOW UP SERVICES

• Container Cranes: SAF S.A. is equipped with six container cranes which are available not only in SAF S.A.

headquarters, but also for the logistic projects and design of solutions. The operation “In House” is possible.

•Cooled Containers: SAF S.A. is equipped with forty cooled containers – capacity: fourty cubic feet used in

the different logistic operations. The advantages of the cooled containers are:

Temperature range: 25ºC to minus 24ºC.

They can be used for peak storage, storage on floor to avoid delay in the transportation, etc., or for the

movement of goods on standard trucks.

The characteristics and sizes of these containers are standard when the cooled containers are used, the

characteristics and volumes of the trucks vary.

The cool chain can be controlled efficiently since the shut cabinet has got a temperature indicator

which can be checked during the trip and be used in audits.

SUPPORT SERVICES

SUPPORT INFORMATION SYSTEMS:

SAFETY:

Goods insurance in warehouse as well as in transit.

Permanent security staff in all the warehouses where SAF S.A. operates.

SAF S.A. has got different software's, depending on the operation:

• System María. (Customs software)

• Management Bonded goods software.

• Logistic software.

• Customs dispatch software.

The logistic software includes: multistorage operation, transportation, permanent control over the goods,

radiofrequency management, step by step communication with our customers (J. D. Edwards, SAP, Peoplesoft,

etc.).

The system allows to have permanent on line information of the goods via Internet from the headquarters. This

provides information for the logistic operation.

SUPPORT SERVICES

ORGANISMS:

Cámara Empresaria

de Operadores Logísticos

(Miembros Fundadores)

Member of: Warehouses qualified by:

Asociación Argentina De

Logistica Empresaria

Servicio Nacional de

Sanidad y Calidad

Agroalimentaria (SENASA)

Dirección General de

Aduanas

DGA

United State Food and

Drug Administration

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