DC compliant hazardous materials regulations


Description Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes is a world leader in coatings for car repair and commercial vehicles. The Dutch sales division of Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes sells paints to auto body shops and makers of commercial vehicles such as trailers or buses. Opportunities Distribution was spread around several different locations: Heerenveen, Zwolle, Almelo and Arnhem. Paints...

Blue printlay-out Abbott Laboratories Zwolle


Description Abbott Laboratories B.V. has a central production facility in Zwolle. In this facility nutritionals are produced, prepared and packed. The nutritionals, distinguished in powders and liquids, are packed in cans, plastic bottles and tetra packs. Opportunities Abbott wanted to develop a master plan that defined a Blue Print for the site in Zwolle for five...

Location pharma EDC for brownfield & greenfield alternatives


Description Abbott is one of worlds largest pharmaceutical companies producing and shipping a wide range of nutritional, pharmaceutical, hospital and diagnostics products around the world. Opportunities Abbott decided to restructure its European supply chain in order to increase its profitability. Abbott wanted to locate the new central warehouse in the Benelux area to service the UK, Germany, the...

Calculate new warehouse for both brownfield & greenfield sites


Description Client is major manufacturer that is one of worlds largest pharmaceutical companies producing and shipping a wide range of nutritional, pharmaceutical, hospital and diagnostics products around the world. Opportunities Company decided to restructure its European supply chain in order to increase its profitability. Client needed to know the size of this new central warehouse to...

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Description Smit & Zoon was founded in 1821 by Albert Smit, Captain of the ship "De Koornzaaijer". Originally they traded in dried codfish, salted herring and medicinal cod liver-oil and went on to expand these activities by also trading in several kinds of marine oil, vegetable oil, animal oil and proteins. Today they are an...

Support on a project developer contract for a new DC in Germany


Description Since 2008, Corporate Express is part of Staples - the world's largest supplier of office products. The company dedicates itself to taking service in the office supplies market to the next level. From their 350 locations in 21 countries, they provide their customers with a single source for all their business supplies, making it...

Feasibility study new warehouse


Description REV’IT! is a leading supplier of motorcycle apparel founded in 1995. From the start they succeed in meeting their mission to create the most innovative, functional and stylish motorcycle apparel yearly raising the standard. Opportunities The yearly growth figures of REV’IT are considerable, requiring a validation of their current warehouse concept in Oss on meeting...

Define optimal working processes and lay-out for order pick area.


Description For a customer in a frozen warehouse, Kloosterboer is asked to set up an order pick area for picking of cases. The frozen warehouse is fully automated with full pallets in and full pallets out. Order picking will be done manually in a dedicated area. Replenishments to this area are done from the automated...

Supply Chain Review


Description Mid Ocean Brands (MOB) is one of the leading pan-European promotional product wholesalers with a wide range of products incl. pens, mugs, stationary, bags and USB sticks. The company has 11 regional sales offices in Europe and 3 warehouses, in Spain, Poland and the Netherlands, of in total 60.000 m2. More than 35 million...

European distribution network assessment


Description Horizon Hobby is an international developer, marketer and distributor of radio control (RC) hobby products, model trains and a wide range of educational, toy and other hobby products. Horizon employs nearly 700 people and sells products in more than 50 countries around the world. Corporate headquarters, along with the main distribution facility and product service...