K+N opens innovation centres in Europe and Asia

Kuehne + Nagel has opened two innovation centres; one in Utrecht, Netherlands, and the other in Singapore.

The European centre will focus on major automation and innovative picking technologies. The Singapore based centre will research and deploy new solutions on connected warehouses, with a focus on data analytics and Internet of Things.

Martin Kolbe, chief information officer of Kuehne + Nagel: “We are working on seamless data exchange of different systems to drive automation and to minimise manual efforts. In addition we create new services and interfaces allowing customers to easily connect with Kuehne + Nagel. Applying Big Data and predictive analytics, supply chains can be managed more efficiently and effectively.”