Schmitz Cargobull to expand central warehouse for spare parts in Germany
The new, manually operated narrow-aisle warehouse has eight aisles and a rack height of 14 metres. It offers around 3,300 pallet spaces and stores pallet cages, Euro pallets and half pallets. "We now have 29 distribution centres throughout Europe to ensure that we can supply our workshops and customers with the most common spare parts 24/7", explained Britta Sprey, Managing Director at Cargobull Parts & Services..
Schmitz Cargobull is investing in the expansion of its central warehouse for spare parts at Altenberge, Germany. This will ensure a high level of material availability for service partners and customers through improved utilisation at the site.
In order to be able to offer fast and reliable delivery of more than 80,000 spare parts, Schmitz-Cargobull is continuously expanding its range of services. With the new narrow-aisle warehouse more storage space for additional spare parts has been created.
The new, manually operated narrow-aisle warehouse has eight aisles and a rack height of 14 metres. It offers around 3,300 pallet spaces and stores pallet cages, Euro pallets and half pallets. Different shelf heights optimise warehouse utilisation. The relocation of materials under the roof enables shorter routes in the warehouse, which improves process quality.
Schmitz Cargobull has got 29 distribution centres in Europe
“We now have 29 distribution centres throughout Europe to ensure that we can supply our workshops and customers with the most common spare parts 24/7. The central warehouse in Altenberge is used as a distribution centre for Germany and Austria. From here, we supply the international distribution centres several times a day or, if required, we can deliver directly to our service partners throughout Europe,” explained Britta Sprey, Managing Director at Cargobull Parts & Services.
Since January 2023, Schmitz Cargobull has relied on 100% digital processes in the central warehouse. The Schmitz Cargobull spare parts portal EPOS (Electronic Parts Documentation and Ordering System) is a comprehensive database with a selection of around 80,000 spare parts items. The platform offers service partners and customers with their own workshops everything they need for maintaining trailers and refrigeration units. The EPOS portal now contains over 1.4 million documented vehicles. By entering the VIN (chassis number), the service partner can easily identify the required spare parts and order them via the web shop, regardless of opening hours or call centre availability.
