WITRON Solution Wins Prestigious Logistics Award Again: Festo Wins German Logistics Award 2003
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., Nov. 13, 2003 -- In 1995 WITRON was selected as the general contractor and systems integrator to design and build a brand-new distribution center for Festo in Rohrbach, Germany. The realization of this customer service center was an important part of Festo's integrated logistics concept, which resulted in Festo being honored with the German Logistics Award 2003 by the Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL), Germany's largest association for logistics and supply chain management. Festo, a leading global provider of automation technology, succeeded in achieving significant reductions in logistics costs while simultaneously expanding its product spectrum and enhancing services for its 300,000 customers. With the implementation of its logistics concept, Festo was able to significantly reduce inventory lead-time, decrease inventory by almost 20%, and reduce logistics costs as a proportion of total expenditure from 11.6% to 7.9%.
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The Festo distribution center in Rohrbach, Germany is based on the WITRON OPS module (Order Picking System), which enables Festo to integrate storage and order picking in a highly efficient manner. Other leading companies to have successfully selected WITRON's OPS Module include Atria, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, Sigma-Aldrich, Volkswagen (in Europe), and BMW, Cardinal Health, Future Electronics (in the US)
WITRON's clientele are repeatedly honored with logistics awards. This award is already the fourth in a three-year period for WITRON customers. Atria, Finland's largest producer of meat and poultry products, was named the "Logistics Company of the Year 2003" by the Logistics Forum of Finland. Cardinal Health, a leading distributor of pharmaceuticals and medical products, was named among the top of the "Premier 100 Best in Class" in February of 2003 by Computerworld. Woolworths, a leading UK retailer, won the esteemed "Innovation in Handling and Storage" award in 2000 from Industrial Storage & Handling Magazine for their newly built distribution center in Swindon, UK.
About WITRON
WITRON Integrated Logistics, located in Arlington Heights, IL, is a leading company in material handling automation. WITRON's core competence is the design and implementation of innovative logistics systems. Significant cost reductions from labor and footprint savings, combined with further competitive advantages, have become the key customer advantages of WITRON Picking Systems. With more than 30 years of experience in the automation of distribution centers, WITRON's main focus is to realize the most efficient methods of order picking and replenishment.
A team of over 700 professionals worldwide has successfully completed over 1,500 projects for over 500 customers in a wide variety of industries. As a systems integrator, WITRON has the ability to take complete responsibility for all phases of a project from design and implementation through ramp-up and maintenance. Headquartered in Parkstein, Germany, WITRON has grown to include subsidiaries in the USA, the Netherlands, the UK and France.
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