Kuehne + Nagel Selected by Valeo Service for Road Logistics

Logistics Insight Asia - Industry News, 4/11/2009

Kuehne + Nagel has been selected by Valeo Service, the aftermarket branch of the global automotive group. This is for the management and execution of in-bound road logistics shipments from their European suppliers to the latter’s national distribution platforms that are located in France, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain and Turkey.

The solution involves the implementation of 43 milk runs for the collection of components from the suppliers and their multi-stop consolidation before they are dispatched to the latter’s distribution platforms.

The service will link over 105 internal and external suppliers of Valeo Service that are located in France, Italy and Spain as well as in seven other West European countries. In total, the network represents 283 point-to-point relations.

The solution is centrally monitored from a Kuehne + Nagel control tower that is based in Orleans, France, and incorporates a proactive follow-up of the suppliers’ shipments and a continuous optimisation of the milk run network.

It is underpinned by Logistar Transport, an IT system, and an e-booking web application allowing all suppliers to directly enter their transportation orders into the system.

Kuehne + Nagel, www.kuehne-nagel.com