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COMPETENCE: FOOD LOGISTICS 20 DACHSER <strong>magazine</strong> Thomas Niebur, head of logistics at Zimbo, at the Ichtershausen transit terminal
h One pallet of boxed frankfurter sausages after the other is loaded into the belly of the truck. Another 30 minutes and the temperature-controlled freight will depart for Hungary. The sausages “made in Germany” are very popular with Hungarian consumers. Dachser collected the frankfurters yesterday from Zimbo’s production plant in Suhl, Thuringia, and transported them to its transit terminal in Ichtershausen near Erfurt. Here, the goods are repacked and prepared for onward transport to Hungary. “Our products have to get from production to retailers’ shelves as quickly as possible,” says Thomas Niebur, head of warehousing and logistics at Zimbo Fleisch- und Wurstwaren GmbH & Co. KG, based in Bochum. This was the very reason behind the company’s decision in July 2011 to entrust transports to eastern Europe to Dachser Food Logistics. In the early hours of the morning the driver sets off with his chilled freight (at controlled temperatures of between two and seven degrees) on the approximately 900-kilometre journey to Biatorbágy just outside the Hungarian capital, Budapest. Deliveries to this warehouse are made three times a week, which translates into 40,000 consignments of different Zimbo products distributed in Hungary each year. From Dachser’s warehouse the meat and sausage products, including the ever-popular frankfurters, are transported to the central warehouses and outlets of retail chains and discounters. First, however, Dachser performs a number of value added services: weighing, repacking, labelling of the approximately 180 Zimbo products and handling of the empty crates. “In Hungary, goods are delivered in special reusable crates which we take back empty from the retailers,” says Torben Wieben, key COMPETENCE: FOOD LOGISTICS Tickling taste buds in Hungary For Zimbo, Dachser transports chilled meat and sausage products from Germany to Hungary and also handles full warehouse logistics just outside Budapest. The logistics provider also delivers small but important sample consignments within Germany – sausage products for tomorrow’s market. Logistics paves the way to eastern Europe account manager at Dachser Food Logistics, describing the service in the warehouse, which has a capacity of 800 pallets. Understanding processes For Zimbo, two criteria are particularly important in its cooperation with Dachser: information and flexibility. “Our goal is to be able to make a qualified statement about � DACHSER <strong>magazine</strong> 21
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