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New Automotive Warehouse in Kecskemét, Hungary


Kecskemét, June 18, 2012 – Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new warehouse in Kecskemét, South-East of Budapest, which is tailored to the needs of vendors supplying the automotive industry.
The modern logistics centre provides a 10.000 m² storage area with a ceiling height of 10 meters. The facility is designed for rear as well as side loading and unloading. The truck entrance gate of the Mercedes-Benz production plant is right across the street, which enables just-in-time or just-in-sequence-deliveries for a timely fashioned production supply.
Kuehne + Nagel offers its customers industry specific picking processes, assembling services, management of empty equipment flows as well as the management of sub-suppliers. The logistics centre which can be extended further is equipped with state-of-the art technology and fulfills the highest safety requirements.
Bob Mihok, Regional Manager Eastern Europe, said: „The new warehouse facility in Kecskemét enables us to support the logistics processes of the suppliers of Mercedes-Benz in an optimal way. This concerns both the sourcing processes as well as the direct feeding of the production line. The implementation of the logistics centre marks another important step in our strategy to focus on services for the automotive industry.”


Mercedes-Benz awards production supply in the new plant in Kecskemét to Kuehne + Nagel

Kecskemét, June 18, 2012 - The new B-Class of Mercedes-Benz is, besides in Rastatt, Germany, also in production in Kecskemét, Hungary. Kuehne + Nagel has been contracted with the material supply of body shop and the final assembly line.
As part of the production logistics, Kuehne + Nagel is handling the material inbound, operating supplier and production storage areas as well as picking and feeding the production line with the help of forklifts and routed material trains.
The production supply is supported by the electronic kanban system, to ensure a timely and demand-driven allocation of the required components to the production lines. In addition to this traditional logistics system, further materials are delivered just-in-sequence (JIS). Kuehne Nagel is fully involved in the logistics planning process of Mercedes-Benz and provides its know-how during the planning and operation.
"We are delighted to support the production logistics of the Mercedes- Benz plant Kecskemét with our flexibility and experience of more than 20 years of business in Hungary. Being fully integrated in the plant's logistics concept from the start shows the confidence in our ability to make an important contribution to the optimal supply of the Mercedes-Benz plant," says Kai Olschner, Director of Operations, Kuehne Nagel Eastern Europe.
“The initial phase was very successful and we will continue to develop and improve the production logistics processes for Mercedes-Benz.”

About Kuehne + Nagel
With more than 63,000 employees at more than 1000 locations in over 100 countries, the Kuehne + Nagel Group is one of the world's leading logistics companies. Its strong market position lies in the seafreight, airfreight, contract logistics and overland businesses, with a clear focus on providing IT-based integrated logistics solutions.
Further information can be found at www.kuehne-nagel.com

Fonte: KUEHNE + NAGEL SRL