Kuehne + Nagel Manages Contract Logistics for AkzoNobel

AkzoNobel Spain has chosen Kuehne + Nagel as the exclusive contract logistics provider to manage the former’s Iberian distribution center in Zaragoza. The latter will be responsible for the warehousing operations of the full range of the former’s decorative paints.

In the scope of the five-year contract, the latter will consolidate all logistics activities that formerly were managed at different locations. A team of 45 specialists will operate at a 16,000 sq meter warehouse that is located in the Zaragoza (PlaZa) logistics area in the northern Spanish Aragon autonomous community.

The facility has been specially designed to comply with all relevant hazardous material regulations. For the implementation, Kuehne + Nagel has adopted its “customer transition and integration model”, which includes multidisciplinary project management and dedicated resources from the logistics provider’s national, regional and corporate organizations.

In order to ensure a continuous process improvement, the latter’s production system KNPS will be introduced.

Kuehne + Nagel, www.kuehne-nagel.com