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22 Issue One 2015 Expertise You will find more information on www.winkels.de halfway between Karlsruhe and Mannheim also guarantees an optimal base of opera- tions to supply Winkels' customers across the region. Satisfied customers and reliable technology In addition to using its own capacities, Winkels entrusts reliable technology part- ners with the task of enhancing internal processes. "How much good does it do to steadily increase the throughput of your logistics centres, in order to deliver more quickly – and then the truck breaks down at the next corner?" Udo Leitenberger, Manager Vehicle and Building Technology at Winkels' headquarters in Sachsenheim, says. "We need first-class materials if we want to guarantee our customers the same high quality every time." Over 90 per cent of Winkels' fleet of vehicles is equipped with BPW running gears. This includes all drawbar combinations and most of the road trains and articulated lorries. In 2014 alone, Winkels bought or equipped BPW products for or in 80 vehicles. "We are completely sat- isfied with our collaboration," Leitenberger says. "And should a car actually break down on the road, we benefit from quick spare part delivery through the extensive BPW service network, so that interruptions in goods deliveries can be kept to a minimum." And this benefits Winkels' customers too. Since 2005, Winkels has consequently switched over from loading and unloading by forklift to loading at the bay, in order to per- manently reduce throughput times at the logistics centres. The previous loading area is now only used for the forklift loading and un- loading of part of the goods, as well as empty bottles and crates. "Our customers need their products quickly – speedy delivery is a must," Leitenberger says. By letting drivers directly pickuptheproductsattheloadingbay,wecan greatly speed up our internal processes." A prerequisite, however, are pick-up locations at theloadingbays.Theyarealsoplannedforthe new location in Östringen. (tw) WINKELS’ DRINKS LOGISTICS Winkels Getränke Logistik GmbH based in Sachsenheim in the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg, is the distributor of the Winkels group. Family-run Winkels was founded in 1930 for the production of alcohol-free drinks. Today, Winkels' three business areas are drinks from its own production and luxury brands for trading companies, drinks logistics, and supplies to food businesses. In 2013, the company and its around 700 staff members generated a turnover of EUR 330 million (excl. holdings). Seven machines at four production sites fill more than 365 million bottles a year. Among the company's own product lines are such well- known brands as Alwa, Griesbacher, and Fontanis. With its four logistics centres and a fleet of around 170 trucks, the Winkels group is the biggest drinks logistics company in southern Germany, according to the company's own statements.