February - 20208 logisticstechoutlook.comBy Ferry Bakker, Corporate Vice President of International Supply Operations, Henkel [ETR: HEN3]Transforming Production and Logistics at High-SpeedEveryone is talking about Industry 4.0, VUCA --a dynamic and changing market place. Yes, many new and exciting capabilities are entering our supply chain. But do not forget your basic and key pillars. One of them is your warehousing operations and footprint. Optimizing the footprint in combination with determining the warehousing strategy has been and will continue to be one of the critical success factors.Within Henkel Supply Chain Laundry and Home Care, our Logistics footprint is one of our key fundaments to optimize our cost and drive customer performance and satisfaction. During the last years, we have continuously reviewed and (re-)designed our network, made significant changes to our footprint, and implemented changes to ensure it fits with our warehousing strategy. For the years to come, we will have to continue to do the same to prepare for the future!Our Laundry and Home Care products are mainly high volume and related heavy products. This means our logistics costs are impacted by a lot of pallet handling and heavy (delivery) loads. Optimizing handling and focusing on full pallet (and full truck) delivery is essential, both from a cost as well as from a sustainability perspective. From a warehousing perspective, this means the following:1) The strategy builds on the right production allocation. This means we produce and distribute In My OPINION
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