As general contractor, Siemens PL, which has since merged with Mannesmann Dematic AG to form Siemens Dematic AG, implemented the order for a capacity of some 100,000 parts. The plant was put into operation as part of an opening celebration on May 19, 2001. The logistics center will help Deutz to increase significantly its lead in the spare parts business. The company can now accelerate the processing of orders involving only a few spare parts and urgent orders which arrive during the second half of the day.
Optimized processes facilitate shorter throughput times for parts.
Priorities can be changed at short notice by radio data transmission. Employees can give priority to very urgent orders with little extra effort. Improved transport logistics permit direct deliveries to end customers all over the world. Material flow is optimized by linking automated and manually operated warehouse areas, thus reducing order throughput times. A storage capacity of around 12,000 euro-pallets in the automated warehouse areas, almost 10,000 industrial and wire mesh pallets and 70,000 warehouse picking boxes in the manually operated warehouse areas help to handle the high volume of spare parts.