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How many solar panels do you need? (Warehouse Totaal)

Solar panels are becoming an increasingly common sight on warehouse and distribution center roofs. There is no question that they make a valuable contribution to improving sustainability in the logistics sector. But is it really necessary to cover the entire roof with solar panels, or can you generate sufficient energy with a smaller number? At...

The Art of Optimizing Warehouse Design (Nekst magazine)

Nekst magazine reports activities organized by Asset | Econometrics of Tilbury University and publishes interviews with interesting econometricians like our colleague Rob Besten. In a recent interview, Rob talked about what it is like to work at Groenewout. After successfully defending his master’s thesis in Business Analytics and Operations Research at Tilburg University, Rob joined Groenewout as...

The physical store is here to stay (Online Retailer)

Belgium’s B2C e-commerce records are being broken year after year. According to the latest estimates, the country passed the €11 billion milestone in 2019, 45% of which was spent on products. The actual figures still have to be confirmed, but there is no denying that consumers take a very positive view of online shopping....

Continued investment in proven technology

Rising demand and the labor shortage are changing the face of warehouses, and the shift towards mechanization is already well underway, according to logistics consultants at Groenewout. Yet despite the robotization trend, in practice companies are still primarily investing in proven technology. Although there is much talk of warehouse robotization, our own research shows that...

Are XXL warehouses more efficient? (Link2LogisticsManagement)

As a result of the continued growth of online retail and e-commerce, it is becoming increasingly common to build an XXL warehouse – a storage facility of 40,000 m² or more. Groenewout’s Rob Wijnen  recently discussed the pros and cons in an article published in Link2LogisticsMagazine (in Dutch only), which was inspired by his contribution to...

Move and carry on: the secret to Hollister’s happy landing (Warehouse Totaal)

When you’re moving to a new warehouse facility, you preferably want your day-to-day operations to continue without interruption – but how can you ensure that? Job Sonke from Hollister Incorporated and Arthur Zondervan from specialized logistics consultancy firm Groenewout reveal the secret behind a successful relocation project. Two years ago Hollister moved its European DC...

How efficient is an XXL warehouse ? (Warehouse Totaal)

The Netherlands is seeing explosive growth in the number of XXL warehouses, but is bigger always better? The answer: not from an internal logistics perspective. Extra steps are necessary to ensure an efficient warehouse set-up and keep costs under control. ‘XXL’ refers to warehouses bigger than 40,000 square meters. That number seems to have been...

Round Table Session: Logistics under scrutiny (Online Retailer)

Today’s world of logistics is more dynamic than ever. The shift from offline retail to e-commerce is opening up countless exciting opportunities, but at the same time the sector is coming under close scrutiny in connection with greenhouse gas emissions. The latest logistics-related developments and challenges were discussed during a Round Table Session featuring...

Automating e-commerce

Companies that are involved in e-commerce or omnichannel retailing are advised to start giving automation some serious thought, according to Dirk Becks. “In view of future challenges such as the pressing labor shortage, the ever-changing e-commerce market and rising customer expectations, automation and material handling will play an increasingly important role in logistics.”