Hamburg, 5 March. With the opening of a new distribution centre in Münster, AGRAVIS Raiffeisen AG, Münster and Hannover have opened a new chapter in logistics of agricultural wholesales. The distribution centre will lead to “more performance and efficiency for our customers” says Dr. Clemens Große Frie. Until now the company operates five piece good warehouses in Münster, Oldenburg and Hannover which will be closed down by the end of the year.
Centralisation is to reduce stocks and increase availability at the same time, underlines Torsten Oldhues, manager of logistics at AGRAVIS Raiffeisen AG. “Modern retail groups need a powerful and service oriented logistics today to be competitive” continues Oldhues. “With the new distribution centre we are a step ahead”. From Münster AGRAVIS Raiffeisen AG will deliver to approximately 1,200 recipients at cooperative key customers and retailers in its sales region between the Dutch and the Polish border.
To reduce the stocks and increase the availability at the same time, AGRAVIS uses innovative Intralogisitcs strategies: Goods management, warehouse administration systems, voucher less order picking and warehouse trucks work hand in hand. 24 new warehouse trucks by Still, the leading supplier of trucks physically transport the goods at the new distribution centre. Five Still reach trucks (FM 25i) with a reach height of 11.30 metres and a lift capacity of 1.5 tons store the goods. To place the forks exactly at this height, the drivers do not need to rely on their skill and their eyes alone: thanks to a camera installed between the teeth of the forks a screen in the cabin tells them exactly where the fork is at any height.
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