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~ PostNL ~

SUSTAINABLE,

INTERNATIONAL

AND FAST

DELIVERY

THROUGH THE LETTERBOX

Text: Julie van Overvest // Photos: iStock, PostNL

RPI Print in Eindhoven offers an array of personalised digital printed products to other
companies’ customers. “Consumers may not know our name, but
millions of people have received a package from us through their
letterbox. We’ve been sending postal products via PostNL since
the last century and have been successfully using their Letterbox

package for domestic and international orders for years now.
Sustainable delivery is important to us.”

jörn van Hamond is Supply Chain & our suppliers and partners
Innovation Manager at RPI Print. He briefly to find solutions that
Bexplains the company’s process: “We receive facilitate more efficient
thousands of orders every day through our clients. and greener production
Every order is personal and, therefore, unique. Our and smarter delivery BJÖRN VAN HAMOND
automated process is fully equipped to handle this options. We still have SUPPLY CHAIN & INNOVATION MANAGER
and coding enables our software to determine which some way to go and can — AT RPI PRINT
machine should be used for each file, which paper and must — do even more.
should be used, the dimensions, and so on. Not This is also an area of focus at PostNL, so together, we
only do we offer made-to-order products, but also explore all the possibilities and solutions.”
provide the right delivery box and delivery to the
right transporter.” Letterbox package as a smart solution
One such solution is the international Letterbox package
Sustainability in the chain option. This is a green way to send small products both
Sustainability is an integral part of RPI Print’s long- domestically and internationally. Letterbox packages are
term strategy. Björn explains, “On-time delivery, small and compact, which means you transport less air. It is
excellent quality, a focus on sustainability and continuous also more economical to send smaller packages. Moreover,
improvement — all of these are extremely important to they fit through a normal letterbox, so the recipient does
our company and something we devote considerable effort not have to be at home when they are delivered. PostNL
towards achieving. The greatest challenge lies in the chain. delivers the Letterbox packages by foot or bike, making
After all, not only is everything we produce made of paper, this solution even more sustainable. Another advantage:
but it also needs to be delivered. That is why we work with the packages can be tracked online. In Mijn PostNL,

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