Schenker has opened a new logistics operation in Ballarat in country Victoria.
(10/01/2002)

The warehouse was set up to supply inbound logistics for the specific requirements for our Melbourne customer Alstom Australia. Alstoms builds in Ballarat train for the city traffic in Melbourne.

Schenker Australia has put in place unique logistics services far beyond our standard import and export processes. Highly specilised operations like pre-kitting manufacturing components for the production line.

The pieces in the photo is an 11m long wiring harness which is mounted under the train car and contains all electric wires that are required for the train to operate. Schenker's role is unpack the wiring from its crate and place it on the table before it is delivered to the production line in a Just In Time service.

Schenker Australia in combination with Schenker France also follow up with the supplier to to this project in Europe. It is Schenker's responsibility to make sure that the goods from overseas arrive on time and in full at Logistics platform in Ballarat. Schenker Australia and Alstom Australia are working hand in hand to keep the production line running to it full capacity.

Another highly sophisticated service is the supply of all consumable to the different stages of the production line. Schenker Australia manages a specially designed 2 Bin System at the manufacturing line at Alstom. Our responsibility is to set up the system, supply the goods and monitor the usage of parts.

Schenker Australia was established in 1962 in Sydney and provides a complete range of international air and sea freight forwarding, and integrated logistics services from its premises in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and a subsidiary office in Auckland, New Zealand.

With annual sales of 6.9 billion euros, 38,000 employees and about 1,100 offices around the world, the Stinnes subsidiary Schenker is one of the world's leading providers of integrated logistics services, offering land transport, air and sea freight as well as comprehensive logistics solutions and global supply chain management from a single source. Stinnes is a Deutsche Bahn AG company.

Melbourne, 10/01/2002

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