Kuehne + Nagel has launched three digital solutions: an app that enables mobile accessibility, a web-based Control Centre to integrate all online services and a FreightNet extension for WeChat in China.
“Our aim is to be a data-driven value chain provider,” said chief executive Detlef Trefzger. “By creating new digital services and interfaces we enable customers to easily connect and do business with Kuehne + Nagel.”
With the idea of making material logistics more efficient and environmentally compatible, the new Group Consolidation Center KCC in Malacky near Bratislava was officially inaugurated on August 24. KCC is operated by Duvenbeck under contract to Volkswagen. About 1,200 tonnes of material and 6,000 containers are moved there every day. “KCC Bratislava is a further…
Tomas Sonntag appointed member of the Executive Committee of the globally operating transport and logistics group Logwin with effect from January 1, 2014 The Board of Directors of Logwin AG has appointed Tomas Sonntag (53) member of the company’s Executive Committee with effect from January 1, 2014. He will assume responsibility on the committee…
Knights of Old has maintained its BRC accreditation across four depots, Kettering 1,2,4 and Northampton following a recent annual audit. Compliance manager Tony Quenet said: “We fully understand how critical it is to our customers to have complete confidence in our ability to uphold supply chain integrity. The standard has necessitated that we built a…
The UK has risen from tenth to fourth in the World Bank’s list of top logistics performers as measured by the Logistics Performance Index. The index ranks 160 countries on a number of dimensions of trade – including customs performance, infrastructure quality, and timeliness of shipments. Top was Germany, up from fourth in the last…
From now on it is much easier for the more than 420 railways in Germany to plan their train journeys in passenger and freight transport. This is possible thanks to the connection of the path-finder online tool – a kind of route planner for the railway – to the path booking system TPN. The whole…
Dr. Andreas Esser (52) übernimmt zum 1. Januar 2012 die Leitung des seit dem 1. August organisatorisch in die Reifen-Division integrierten Geschäftsbereichs Nutzfahrzeugreifen bei Continental in Hannover. In dieser Funktion berichtet er direkt an Nikolai Setzer, der als Mitglied des Vorstands der Continental AG die Reifen-Division leitet. Esser verantwortet bei dem internationalen Automobilzulieferer und weltweit…
