NIBE Energietechniek is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Swedish NIBE AB, a group operating in Europe and the USA, with a turnover of approximately 2 billion Euros.  From its NL-headquarter in Oosterhout, NIBE focuses on delivering energy-efficient comfort in heating, cooling, domestic hot water and ventilation to the Dutch and Belgian markets. As European...

Sanofi location in Riells (ES) is producing medicines, mainly for the European market. The logistics department is facilitating all goods flows:​ Inbound of raw materials and packaging materials​ Dispensing to production and packaging lines​ Order pick/pack of FG for customers​ Storage of raw materials, intermediate products, packaging materials and finished goods.​ Opportunities The logistics department is

Altac Coating Group supplies a wide range of coatings and coating-related products to professional paint processing companies in the Automotive, Industry and Yachting industries. Altac has experienced strong growth in recent years, including through a number of acquisitions. Turnover is currently around 40 mio. Euro, with approximately 120 FTEs across 6-7 branches.  Opportunities Because of the growth...

  Agfa produces graphical systems (Offset), healthcare equipment, digital print equipment, film and chemicals. It was announced that the graphical systems division was sold and this is now operating under the name Eco3. Opportunities All divisions are stored in a central warehouse in Wilrijk (Belgium), operated by a 3PL. Also, there are 20+ local warehouses in...

The Al Baker group imports and distributes Pharma and FMCG products in Qatar. Partners are Abbott, Abbvie, MSD, Mundi Pharma, Pfizer and others. Goods are received in containers, stored in a temperature-controlled warehouse and distributed to customers in Qatar with own vans and trucks. Opportunities Al Baker rented a warehouse, but had plans to invest in its...

Bol (e-commerce) has extreme peaks at the end of the year, with the holidays but also with Black Friday. In these periods, the mechanized BFC1 and BFC2 warehouses do not have sufficient capacity, therefore bol. wanted to have additional warehouse capacity, in a flexible method, for a few months per year. Opportunities Groenewout supported bol to design...

De Beren is a chain of restaurants in the Netherlands. The headquarter is located in Rotterdam. The number of restaurants is growing fast. At the start of the study, logistics was outsourced to a food wholesaler and a butcher. Both the food wholesaler and the butcher brought the ordered goods to all restaurants. Each restaurant received...

Canon produces photo/ video cameras, printers, scanners and copiers, both for office and at home. In Europe, Canon has a central warehouse in Maasvlakte (Netherlands) and a regional warehouse in Gyal (Hungary). Canon also has a regional warehouse in Spain and a spare parts warehouse in Amstelveen, but for this study these are assumed to...

Heuschen & Schrouff imports and distributes oriental food to customers in Europe. This is done from a central warehouse in Landgraaf (Netherlands), divided over several buildings. Customers are (small) toko’s and (large) retailers. Distribution is done with its own trucks, with 3 temperature zones (frozen, chilled and ambient). Opportunities Heuschen & Schrouff grows fast and the...

Advanced Power Solutions (APS) is a producer of premium quality batteries, with a production site located in Poland. APS has two warehouses in Europe, in Poland and in Belgium. Customers are mainly retailers and supermarkets. Opportunities APS was running a Distribution Excellence program to optimize the distribution network in Europe. As part of this program, a...