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Peter Schmitz, Head of BPW’s logistics centre, talks to tailer world.
trailer world: Mr. Schmitz, can you tell us about how BPW’s Logistics Centre is or- ganized? Peter Schmitz: It starts out with order logistics through which the orders are worked out and configured, then on to the planning office, parts purchasing, order picking, as- sembly and packaging, right through to dis- tribution and maintenance. We have storage systems in several variants. For OEM orders, for instance, we mainly have automatic ware- housing where the “goods to man” principle applies. Where replacement parts are con- cerned, the larger parts are collected by the employees themselves – under the “man to goods” principle. It sometimes takes just an hour from receipt of an order through to dis- patch: on workdays it is possible for orders to be logged in until 6:00 p.m., and these can be sent out with the last delivery at 7:00 p.m.. What do your customers expect of you? I’ll put it quite simply: the right material has to arrive in the right quantity at the right time at the right place. Logistics are one of the key success factors in the supply chain. We are in personal contact with both the custom- ers and the appropriate sales staff and foster this contact as well. And, on request, we can work together on an individual concept. What might a concept of this type look like? The production flows vary considerably among the individual customers: for instance we provide a key account working according to the continuous production principle BPW tailors individual logistics solutions for its customers from which both sides benefit. Peter Schmitz, head of the Logistics Centre in Wiehl explains how these solutions are arrived at. »Gettingeverythingright« Personal information Peter Schmitz is 45 years old and has been with BPW since 1991. Having completed his training as a mechanic, he went on to study mechanical engineering. Following various activities at BPW – including production planning, investment planning and material requirements planning – he was entrusted in 1996 with the planning and construction of BPW Bergische Achsen KG’s Logistics Centre of which he is now head. InterviewPhotos:Stretz