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30. March 2020

Taskforce Corona (Update 30.03.2020)

With the beginning of this week some government news were announced. We would like to assure you that according to the current state of knowledge the transport situation will not be affected by the measures announced: With fewer and fewer exceptions, we will drive all shipments for you and deliver them as long as the recipient can be reached.

Current national delivery situation

Already on Sunday the positive news were announced that the quarantine zone in Heiligenblut (Carinthia) has been abolished from now on. This means that all type of goods can be delivered again. Thus, the restriction that only basic goods can be delivered now only applies to the quarantine zones in Vorarlberg and the restricted areas in Tyrol. A list of the affected postcodes and the process for registering a basic supply transport can be found here.

All other shipments can still be transported as usual without any problems and with high quality. Please continue to ensure that the recipients can actually be reached in order to make delivery possible in the first place and to avoid costs for return transport. Many thanks at this point for your cooperation - this system has proven itself very well in the last few weeks.

Current international delivery situation

Internationally, too, the situation can be described as normal as circumstances dictate. The biggest problem is still the border controls and the resulting traffic jams, which make it impossible for us to guarantee runtimes.

As already mentioned several times, we ask you to pay special attention to the light green marked countries to see if the recipients can be reached. Due to some customer enquiries we would like to point out again that we can still carry out transports to Hungary and the Balkan region. The only obstacle here are the sometimes extremely long traffic jams at the border, which do not hinder the transport itself.

Further measures by the Federal Government

At today's press conference, the Federal Government announced some additional measures. These include a requirement to wear masks in supermarkets. Based on the current state of knowledge, we can say that the announced measures will not have any effect on our transport network or its quality.

Furthermore, we have already distributed conventional masks to employees who are not teleworking from home, as they are supposed to be used in supermarkets. Of course, these are not medical FFP masks, as we did not want to put further pressure on the already scarce resources of medical masks.

Available storage space and e-commerce solutions

As already announced last week, we are constantly working on organising additional storage space in accordance with customer requests and have already achieved initial successes in this area. Hence we can provide you with storage space especially in the region of Upper Austria.

In addition, we have also been able to successfully implement the first short-term customer requests in the area of e-commerce. We are convinced that we can also stand by your side in this area as a reliable and modern logistics service provider.

If you are interested in similar solutions, please contact your usual sales contact at our company or send an e-mail to vertrieb@bexity.com.

We are proud to accompany you reliably through these turbulent times as your stable logistics partner. As always, we would like to thank our employees and drivers who make this possible.

Until then thank you and stay healthy!
The BEXity management

27. March 2020

Taskforce Corona (Update 27.03.2020)

Another week in this unusual situation under the influence of the Corona crisis comes to an end. We are also proud that our transport logistics and warehouse sites are fully operational. With really very few exceptions, we can assure you that all shipments can be carried.

Current national transport situation

As already mentioned, almost all consignments can still be accepted and, if the recipient can be reached, also be delivered. Fortunately, the list of exceptions has been reduced a bit today: We have been informed that the quarantine areas in the state of Salzburg can again be served with all types of goods from now on.

This means that the areas in Austria which can only be supplied with basic supply goods are now limited to the quarantine areas in Carinthia and Vorarlberg as well as the restricted zones in Tyrol. A list of the areas along with our process for registering a basic supply transport can still be found here.

A sign of our efficiency even in this crisis situation is especially our delivery quality. Thanks to the dedicated commitment of our employees, we were able to maintain the premium delivery quality at the usual high level of more than 97%.

So when things have to be delivered fast, we will continue to be happy providing reliable services. Our regular quality is also at the usual high level of around 95%.

Current international transport situation

The situation can also be described as stable for international transports. Just the border situation and the resulting traffic jams unfortunately continue to lead to longer transit times. However, the delivery is still not endangered as long as the recipient can be reached.

Please pay particular attention to this in the countries marked in light green. In our experience, it is currently more common that recipients cannot be reached there and high costs are incurred for return transport.

We really appreciate your positive feedback. It gives us strength and pride to continue in the same manner. We want to keep on making our contribution to security of supply in Austria at a high quality level! As often mentioned, it is our employees and drivers who make this possible.

We hope you can enjoy the weekend and stay healthy!

The BEXity management

26. March 2020

BEXity implements partial short-time work to further guarantee stability

The current corona crisis has led to a multitude of challenges for our company and we are proud that we have been able to master them successfully so far. A further challenge for us at present is the declining number of consignments, particularly in the charter and general cargo sectors, due to the restrictions imposed. At the same time, however, we have a massively higher volume of orders in our warehouses in certain other sectors, such as our food, pharmaceutical or tissue paper.

Like many other renowned companies in Austria, we have decided to introduce partial short-time working as of April 1, 2020 in order to maintain our economic and operational stability and in close cooperation with our workers' council.

However, we would like to point out in particular that this measure is a reactive measure. This means that this measure will not actively reduce capacities, but that we will adjust our capacities to the already prevailing decline in shipments. We want to and will continue to transport all your shipments in the highest possible quality. By implementing partial and targeted short-time working, we can also create capacities again at short notice and react to an increase in consignments.

Transport Logistics

The decline in shipments mentioned above naturally mainly concerns transport logistics. For this reason, partial short-time work is also primarily used in this area. Here, site-specific reactions are evaluated according to the current shipment volume and the current workload. Employees are registered for short-time work in close cooperation with the workers' council.

We have also set up company-wide control mechanisms enabling us to react quickly to changing situations: As soon as there is a sustained or even only temporary increase in consignment volumes, we will reactivate employees in order to be able to maintain the highest possible quality.

In this area in particular, we have decided to use short-time working to be able to retain our experienced and highly valued staff and to avoid layoffs for operational reasons.

Warehouse

In our food, pharmaceutical and hygienic paper warehouses we currently have a massively increased order volume, which we are processing under high performance of our employees and thus help to guarantee the security of supply in Austria. Of course, we will not use short-time working here but will continue to produce at full capacity.

In warehouses that can be allocated to other product areas, the order situation is assessed individually in each case and partial short-time working is used in the event of extremely low capacity utilisation. Here too, all decisions are made in close cooperation with our workers' councils.

With the measures taken, we can lead BEXity into better times with confidence. The financial and liquidity situation is secure at the present time. We continue to be your accustomed stable and reliable logistics service provider!

You can help us a lot in the current situation by giving us information about the current order situation in your companies proactively and as early as possible, just as you often already do in the last few days. In this way we can optimally plan our capacities and reactivate personnel from short-time work if necessary. In cooperation with you as our customers, we are confident that we, one of Austria's largest logistics service providers, can successfully master this crisis.

Thank you for your support and stay healthy!

The BEXity management