Our quality management system operates in a matrix structure: technical managers work together with core teams of the individual group companies. In regular meetings, they analyse the past and future and evaluate KPIs. This reinforces know-how, responsibility and identification with the control apparatus. PQM is strictly organised and run almost entirely paperless. We conduct regular self-inspections and internal training courses. PQM is validated by various inspection bodies and is consistently documented. We undergo 50 to 70 external audits per year throughout the group.

Anyone who deals with food logistics on a daily basis like we do will be quite familiar with hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP). Our warehouses are designed according to HACCP guidelines. For each new customer, we carry out a risk analysis in accordance with the HACCP and conduct an HACCP inspection twice a year. HACCP and GDP-relevant systems such as temperature monitoring and pest control are also checked at regular intervals and calibrated if necessary.

Even before a driver rolls out in a Planzer vehicle for the first time, they spend five days at our training centre in Dällikon or Penthalaz. Here, we teach our drivers how we define transport quality and what quality standards we apply in providing our services.

GDP guidelines (Guidelines of Good Distribution Practice of medicinal products for human use) only apply to medical products. They define strict requirements for temperature monitoring, which also apply to parcel shipping. End-to-end temperature control, including recording of temperatures, is now mandatory from pick-up all the way to final delivery. Our services are GDP compliant throughout the process. This is thanks to specially equipped vehicles and special temperature zones in goods handling. There is also a separate regulation for veterinary products. For medical products, there is a medical product regulation based on international law.

Whenever your goods require a Swissmedic approval, we obtain it. This involves regular reviews and detailed reporting.