Thinking, talking, acting
Logistics expertise from analysis through to implementation
Our logistics experts work with you to develop cost-effective, performance-optimized logistics solutions – selecting the right options across all carriers.
DB Schenker puts its rail expertise to use in the Railports & Rail Projects area in developing door-to-door logistics concepts for you. This provides you with an answer to the increasing demands of the future, more stringent restrictions in road freight transport and higher transport costs over the long term.
DB Schenker Railports & Rail Projects provides you with expert support in tasks such as:
- Analysis and optimization of transports and business processes
- Sound, in-depth analyses of the equipment used, process costs, flow of information and physical flow of goods
- Location analyses and optimization of the logistics infrastructure
- Consulting, development and optimization of rail-focused cross-carrier logistics solutions
- Analysis of the market situation in your sector and developing a demand-responsive logistics solution accordingly
- Identification of future trends and development of your logistics
- Planning, implementing and managing complex, customized rail logistics projects
- Analysis of the plant's internal material flow and processes to devise an optimum, customized plant maneuvering service
This minimizes the complexity for you. If you wish, we can also undertake a preliminary study to provide you with an initial overview which usually gives an indication of the main areas of focus for optimization.
In particular, we focus on the following points:
- Covering safety and environmental concerns
- Reducing our customers' warehousing tiers and inventory levels
- Europe-wide transport and storage logistics
- Optimizing delivery times and reliability
- Increasing use of rail transport and dependability of execution
- Procurement, distribution and plant logistics
- Assistance and support in the implementation phase of the concepts we devise together
- Logistics expertise for large-scale projects such as construction site supply and disposal
- Planning and implementation of time-critical heavy transports, including the use of special transport equipment
- Design and execution of unusual transport tasks
Last modified: 09.05.2012
