New services, new second location, same KNP ethos.
KNP’s brand new 10,000 sq. ft. site offering print fulfilment and distribution services just round the corner from our main site in Bury St. Edmunds has been fully operational since February. Meaning we now offer you more inc. storage, pick ‘n’ pack and smarter stock control.
Whilst the building, the kit inside it and the services are all new, the thinking behind it isn’t. Customers who’ve trusted us to deliver their print for any length of time will know, we don’t add things for the sake of it. Every investment we make has to pass a simple but critical two step test:
- does this make life easier for our customers?
- does this help minimise our environmental impact?
So with this announcement you can be sure we’ve done our due diligence thinking and we’re confident this new investment will help your business and do it sustainably.
Why we’re doing it now.
We’re doing it for several reasons. To make sure we continue to give you the best possible customer experience, to make things as uncomplicated as you need them to be, and to offer you the most cost-effective service we can.
Over recent years we’ve seen more and more customers juggling multiple suppliers just to get a job over the line. One company for print. Another for storage. Someone else for fulfilment. A courier on top. Plenty of emails back and forth. Plenty of separate invoices and paperwork. Plenty of opportunities for things to slow down, go wrong or even worse, go missing.
It works, until it doesn’t. And then it becomes a bit of a logistics headache for you to sort out, not so much for all the different suppliers you’re having to deal with.
So we’ve invested in a setup that brings everything together under one roof (ish). Print, finishing, storage, pick ‘n’ pack, and distribution, all managed by us. All driven by an integrated online call-off platform and fully automated stock management system called Imperium that gives you full visibility and control without the admin burden.
It all adds up to one supplier, one workflow, one point of contact. Which hopefully leads to one big sigh of relief.
What our new print fulfilment and distribution services in Bury St Edmunds mean for you.
With the new site live, your finished print can move straight from production into secure pallet storage without being loaded onto third-party transport or passed through extra hands (and hoops).
From there, with everything smoothly managed via Imperium, your stock levels are tracked in real time, movements are logged automatically, and orders are picked, packed and labelled accurately and efficiently by our in-house team, before despatching goods UK-wide (and further afield if that’s what you need).
Imperium’s online call off platform allows you to easily:
- View live stock levels 24/7
- Place orders as and when you need them
- Schedule deliveries to multiple locations
- Manage multiple SKU’s from one simple dashboard
- Reduce over ordering, rushed reprints or unnecessary storage
The result? You get:
- Faster turnaround times
- Greater flexibility (including short-notice fulfilment)
- Fewer touchpoints and less admin
- Reduced handling, risk and cost
- One job invoice instead of several
Because the whole package is managed by us end to end, it all adds up to greater visibility and tighter control.
A genuine benefit for existing and new customers.
For existing customers, this is about helping you simplifying what you need to get done. Offering new print fulfilment and distribution services in Bury St Edmunds means fewer moving parts, fewer suppliers to manage, and more confidence everything’s joined up properly from start to finish.
For new customers, if you’re looking for a single partner who can print, store, fulfil and distribute your print, we can now make that possible, which means you can lose some of that process complexity you’re probably dealing with currently.
It’s particularly valuable for brands managing multiple SKUs, ongoing campaigns, or regular nationwide distribution.
In short, we’ve designed our service offering around how customers actually operate, not how suppliers traditionally split things up.
Sustainability stays front and centre.
And with the new facility, our approach to sustainability hasn’t changed one bit.
The building features solar panels on the roof, LED lighting throughout, air source heat pumps for heating, and we’re using electric forklift trucks on site. Fewer transport movements, reduced handling and better stock control also mean less waste.
If you know us, you know we’re committed to sustainability, and these choices are about continuing to run a more sustainable, lower-impact business over the long term.
So whilst our footprint is now bigger, our thinking remains exactly the same. Customer focused, environmentally responsible, built for the future.
What happens next.
If you’re already working with KNP and think this could simplify things for you, have a chat with the team. If you’re new to us, this could be the piece that efficiently brings everything together under one roof for you.
A new site, a stronger offer, same KNP way of doing things. To chat about how we can roll out these new services for you, and make things easier, just get in touch.
One partner. One workflow. One smarter solution.
