About the client
The Duvenbeck company is one of the leading logistics service providers in Europe, specializing in the automotive industry, the plastics industry as well as the beverage and agricultural machinery industries. Headquartered in Bocholt, Germany, Duvenbeck has established itself as a family business since it was founded by Heinrich Duvenbeck in 1932 and is deeply rooted in the values of reliability, precision, and efficiency.
Duvenbeck stands out for its comprehensive logistics solutions that are tailored to the specific requirements of each customer. The list includes transport logistics, warehouse logistics, container management, and innovative Industry 4.0 solutions aimed at optimizing and digitizing supply chains. With a modern vehicle fleet, highly developed logistics centers, and advanced IT systems, Duvenbeck sets standards in terms of efficiency and sustainability.
Duvenbeck’s international presence with locations in several European countries enables the company to offer cross-border logistics services, supporting its customers’ global supply chains. Duvenbeck’s commitment to customer satisfaction, continuous improvement, and innovative logistics solutions has made it a valued partner in the industry and is helping to actively shape the future of logistics.
Our shared success story
Challenge
- Weight and volume restrictions on transport
- Varying FTL and LTL rates
- Storage and capital restrictions on the part of the service provider
- Flexible demand requirements in transportation management
Initial situation
- Manual, inefficient transportation planning and ordering leads to high transportation costs and half-empty trucks
- Weight and volume limitations combined with FTL and LTL rates are difficult for human planners to optimize
- Inventory and capital constraints make the problem even more difficult
- Contracts allow the OEM to make limited changes in requirements even within the tactical planning horizon
Our solution
- Development of a tailor-made optimization algorithm that is tailored to the customer-specific constraints and is directly connected to the ERP system as an add-on using API
Benefit for customers
- Increase in truck utilization from 70-90% to >98.5%
- Annual expected savings: 5-digit EUR amount per location
- Additional consolidation effects when integrating multiple locations