Contract Logistics (SCM)

Three Key Trends in IoT, Robotics, and Wearables In the race to exceed customer expectations and capitalize on competitive differentiators, warehouses and distribution centers (DCs) are serving as strategic assets instead of just “places to store stuff.” By optimizing workflows and order picking/packing accuracy; improving inventory management; and better utilizing human...

DB Schenker has been recognized as the third largest global 3PL operating in the U.S.A. and number thirteen in the top 50 U.S. 3PLs by Logistics Management magazine. As the e-commerce juggernaut creates more complexity for today’s logistics managers, finding the right mix of 3PLs with the essential integrated services...

New Facilities in the United States, Brazil, Spain, and Austria. Florence, Kentucky DB Schenker USA has opened a new 541,000 square feet contract logistic facility in Florence, Kentucky specialized for high technology industries. A contract manufacturing company utilizes 130,000 square feet for manufacturing and 15,000 square feet for related office...

This article was written by Peter Buxbaum and first appeared in Global Trade Magazine. To read the full article please link here. Understanding the latest trends in third-party logistics—how service providers can save exporters money, streamline their operations, and provide them with competitive advantages with the latest in value-added services,...

This article is by Michael Schoenfeld, SVP, Head of Contract Logistics, USA, DB Schenker and was originally printed as the CXO insights in Logistics Outlook Magazine. With warehouse efficiency being so closely tied to customer satisfaction for retailers, e-commerce shippers, and many other enterprises, we’re seeing a growing number of...

  Exporting a high percentage of the world’s fruits and vegetables, Peru’s farmers and food manufacturers require a high degree of logistics and transportation support for their perishable products. As the second largest exporter of fresh asparagus worldwide, Peru exports 33% of the herbaceous, perennial plant every year. Used in...

It’s been 145 years since Don Cenobio Sauza started La Perseverancia Distillery and began making what would become world-renowned Sauza, Conmemorativo, Hornitos, and Tres Generaciones tequila. Situated in Tequila, a municipality of the state of Jalisco, Mexico, the distillery has grown in size and scope over the last century, and...

  Norman Mummery was Senior Vice President of DB Schenker’s contract logistics teams in the APAC region from February 2014 to July 2017. In Singapore alone, 1,200 employees are deployed on behalf of the customers. Photo: DB Schenker Singapore ranks among the world’s hotspots, not least...

Classroom learning is one thing, but to be a truly effective, safe, and efficient forklift driver, you really need to get behind the wheel of a modern vehicle and see what it’s like to move the “forks” up and down, transport product from Point A to Point B, and safely...

For over 20 years, Intermodal South America has become one of the largest strategic platforms within the logistics, cargo transport and foreign trade industries. With more than 600 exhibitors attending the 2017 expo in São Paulo, Brazil you are guaranteed to find the answer to any of your logistics problems....