2010 is here and there are changes occurring in the trailer trucking services coming in and out of Japanese hi-tech manufacturer Fujifilm’s warehouses in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Fujifilm just awarded an outsourcing contract to trucking logistics provider Kuehne + Negal (KN) to take care of the warehouse management, customs brokerage and small but important items like making sure labelling is correct and such things. Current plans call for the inventories in Fujifilm’s warehouses in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to be brought together in KN’s warehouse facilities in Chorzow. There’s hasn’t been any annoucement about possible job losses due to the outsourcing of services to KN, so hopefully everybody will still have a job when the dust clears.
Kuehne + Negal also just resigned with Concha Y Toro, the top wine maker and exporter in Latin America, to continue taking care of making sure their products reach destinations around the world for a further three years. KN has handled Concha Y Toro wine imports for the last ten years. Plans call for Concha Y Toro’s wine to be stored at KN Drinks Logistics’ Hams Hall facility in the United Kingdom before being loaded onto trailer trucking units and delivered to customers around Europe.
This should allow Fujifilm to improve the logistics of their operations since everything will be handled by a freight logistics firm known for outstanding services. Possible financial benefits will of course have to wait until we see how the deal works out for Fujifilm, but they should be able to save a few dollars with this move.
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