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This section displays case studies from around the world and covers all categories. For case studies from a geographical region please select the country at the top of each Global Logistics Media website.

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• 04/12/2012   Taking parts - Case Study Jungheinrich UK
  

  By opting for a combination of new and refurbished trucks at its new DC, automotive components supplier, First Line, is enjoying cost benefits -without sacrificing productivity or safety

• 07/10/2012   Southwest Airlines Cargo and Quick Courier Case Study
  

  Quick International Courier is a full-service priority transportation and logistics provider, specializing in the transportation of life saving organs, blood and bone marrow for transplant and research, investigational drugs, medical implant devices, and critical parts to repair diagnostic equipment for the medical industry.

• 24/09/2012   Southwest Cargo Case Study: LaserShip and Southwest Airlines Cargo Deliver
  

  LaserShip provides same day delivery services that support mission critical operations in a number of industries, including aviation and life sciences. “Our business is based on timeliness and reliability,” states Joseph G. Jarvis, Vice President of Global Critical Delivery for LaserShip. “Companies come to LaserShip when there can be no exceptions when it comes to delivering their cargo on time.”

• 04/06/2012   Businesses must learn to manage change more effectively - Case Study
  

  Companies need to be agile – capable of changing in response to movements in the business environment in which they operate. Those companies that are attuned to their markets, competitors and customers – and that have the inherent ability to change quickly to market demands or opportunities – are in a far stronger position to compete successfully.

• 29/02/2012   SEEGRID - Daimler Trucks Case Study
  

  Several important goals of Daimler Trucks North America’s Truck Operating System (TOS), a system-wide continuous process improvement initiative,were to streamline parts inventory management, reduce excessive labor and improve fulfillment processes. Specifically, Daimler Trucks looked to decrease waste in terms of time and better match the exact parts requirements with accurate stock levels.

• 08/02/2012   Case Study - MBH Trucking adopts Prophesy Software
  

  Case study illustrates Michigan tanker operation’s transition from manual, paper-based dispatching methods to advanced transportation management system

• 04/12/2011   Case Study: Pumping Up Forklift Operator Visibility
  

  Peerless Pump wanted to improve visibility for its forklift operators. What the company got was improved visibility for its operators, as well as improved visibility into its entire operation.

• 12/10/2011   Global bank picks DHL to pioneer carbon neutral courier service
  

  DHL’s pioneering carbon offset solution DHL GOGREEN Carbon Neutral service is a positive new asset for environmentally-savvy financial institutions. DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, has contracts with several major banks for DHL GOGREEN Carbon Neutral services regionally and recently secured one global account. The fully-audited service enables customers to offset carbon emissions generated by international courier services by reinvesting in certified carbon management programs.

• 12/10/2011   CrimsonLogic Case Study: Panama Colon Free Zone
  

  The Colon Free Zone (CFZ) is the largest free trade zone in the Americas and also the second largest in the world. Located in Colon, Panama, the commercial hub services offered by the CFZ include importing, storage, reassembling and re-exporting of products for global customers. The Colon Free Zone generates USD $14 billion in imports and re-exports each year.

• 04/10/2011   ERL Adds Up to Many Happy Returns For Philips - Case Study
  

  With ECN’s innovative web-based ERL solution, Philips now has a more effective and cost-efficient method for handling returned goods

• 04/10/2011   Panasonic gets smart solution for product returns - Case Study
  

  Panasonic required an alternative solution to the paper-based process of handling product returns, which was causing problems for their warehouse staff, finance department, retailers and consumers…

• 31/08/2011   Technology that transforms
  

  Technology solutions for transportation and logistics industry

• 15/08/2011   Supercheap Auto Case Study - GRA
  

  Supercheap Auto were experiencing rapid growth which was putting pressure on existing infrastructure

• 27/06/2011   GIDEON HILLMAN INCREASE WAREHOUSE CAPACITY & REDUCE COSTS
  

  Computers Unlimited is Europe’s leading distributor of Apple accessories and represents more than 100 vendors with 3,000 resellers throughout Europe.

• 15/06/2011   Preston becomes home to Fashion Biz - Case Study
  

  Since establishing in 1997 Fashion Biz has continued to grow at a remarkable pace and the opening of the Preston Distribution Centre (DC) in New South Wales marks their place as the largest and fastest growing wholesaler to trade of corporate and promotional clothing in Australia.

• 12/04/2011   A Story of How a SME Logistics Company Transformed to a 3PL in China
  

  For logistics industry, there are many Small to Medium Enterprises (SME) participate in the Supply Chain as different roles, for examples, warehouse operator, transportation, freight forwarder and shipping agent

• 06/04/2011   Would your racking survive a 7.1 Richter Scale Earthquake?
  

  On Saturday 4th September 2010 at 0430 a significant earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale hit the Garden city of Christchurch in New Zealand

• 07/01/2011   Gideon Hillman Consulting Provides a Tailored Solution
  

  The Weird Fish clothing brand was born in 1993 and has grown its core business of wholesaling theirunique and quirky range to 400+ independent retail outlets, with a significant increased growth rate in the last 2 years

• 15/12/2010   Pelican Increases Export Efficiency by 80 Percent With SAP BusinessObjects Governance, Risk, and Com
  

  With over 1,200 employees and more than $300 million in revenue, Pelican Products Inc. — the global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced lighting systems and virtually indestructible cases for protecting valuable equipment

• 08/12/2010   MTN WMS Implementation Story
  

  MTN uses Oracle WMS to manage its distribution activities and its sizzling growth

• 01/12/2010   Saving Labour and Turnaround Time
  

  Based in Cyprus, the distributor of Kleenex and Lucozade, C.A. Papeleinas, have chosen the SSI Schaefer Orbiter System to meet their future demands after considering several options.

• 27/10/2010   Volkswagen Group Australia expands with new Genuine Parts DC
  

  Following massive growth in recent years to automotive parts and accessories for Volkswagen, AUDI and SKODA, the New South Wales National Distribution Centre

• 13/10/2010   New materials handling system is the cat’s meow
  

  With a new DC and a materials handling system from TGW, the pet retailer has reduced its handling costs and the cost of operating a distribution network.

• 13/10/2010   A new mini-load system from TGW Systems
  

  A new mini-load system from TGW Systems led the transformation of Fastenal’s Indianapolis distribution center.

• 09/10/2010   GOODS RETRIEVING MADE EASIER
  

  Project Objectives: To store the maximum amount of pallets in the allocated 1. area whilst maintaining maximum throughput of client’s consumer goods

• 24/09/2010   The ‘lean’ challenge - Kimberly Clark
  

  Lean’ thinking is presenting many opportunities for consumer packaged goods manufacturer, Kimberly Clark

• 20/09/2010   Coles Group Limited NDC’s are world-class
  

  When you enter the National Distribution Centre (NDC) of Coles Group Limited in Somerton, Victoria you will see the ‘best-of’ SSI Schaefer split case picking solutions under one roof

• 18/09/2010   Softlink's Logi-sys to deliver end to end solutions (case study)
  

  The study focuses on the adoption of technology by a first generation logistics company, Logistic Integrators (I) private limited (LIPL).

• 18/09/2010   The most effective way to handle your parcels
  

  The process of unloading floor loaded sea containers is a time- and money consuming activity. The only way to unload these containers is by hand

• 17/09/2010   Sage ERP Accpac helps small importer grow their business
  

  The Challenge Jeremy comments, “As we grew, it became apparent that our systems and processes were becoming increasingly labour-intensive, and beginning to hinder our growth.

• 07/09/2010   LEAN PICKINGS FOR DIET CHEF
  

  Diet Chef engaged the specialist Warehouse team at Gideon Hillman Consulting

• 04/09/2010   Departure from Automation for Corporate Express
  

  As one of the largest suppliers of office products in the world, Corporate Express

• 12/08/2010   Volkswagen Group Australia expands with new Genuine Parts DC
  

  Following massive growth in recent years to automotive parts and accessories for Volkswagen, AUDI and SKODA, the New South Wales National Distribution Centre (NDC) of Volkswagen Group Australia simply ran out of space.

• 12/08/2010   SDI solves high density storage problem
  

  When TT Logistics (Australasia) was contracted to coordinate the tyre and wheel assembly for their customer they were given the following parameters.