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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 �
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