Schneider Versand, Hamburg-Wedel

As a classic catalog deliverer, Schneider is Europe's largest specialist for advertising gifts and products of a commercial necessity. This includes stationery and gift items, furniture, entertainment and communications electronics, household items, textiles and a wide range of nonselective articles which can be printed in the company's own printing press according to the customer's wishes. The company operates a logistics center from its headquarters in Wedel, with another center offering additional support in Hamburg-Altenwerder.

Tasks

• Consolidation of two business operations
• Integration of the strongly growing textile area with focus on returns
• Concept as phased model
• Optimization of overall process

Solution

• Separation of textile process into individual concept with integration of overall logistics (textile performance: 3,000 items/hour).
• Integration of returns into incoming goods department
• Setup of a "multi-pack zone"

Customer benefits

• Reduction of operating costs

• Improvement to processing times

• Integration of textiles with growth potential

• Location-optimized processes across the entire logistics range