NEWS JUNGHEINRICH UK ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR NORTHERN CENTRAL HUB I
nvestment demonstrates continued strong growth and long-term commitment to the UK and Northern region, despite uncertain trading conditions.
Jungheinrich UK has announced its plan to consolidate its business operations in North West England into one central hub, thereby centralising its ultra-efficient logistics processes in the North within a state-of-the-art facility to reflect its status as an industry leader in intralogistics. The new warehouse and office complex will be located at Mountpark Warrington Omega, north of Warrington, and is set to complete in July/ August 2021. The facility will bring together Jungheinrich’s four existing sites in the North West, providing additional training facilities for servicing, maintenance and sales, as well as the opportunity to scale for further growth in future years.
Luuk Snijders, managing director, Jungheinrich UK, comments: “This investment highlights our long-term commitment to the UK as a market, and the North as a key region, to support our operational processes around logistics warehousing, workshop facilities and support functions for Logistics Systems. The centralised approach further enables us to train and invest in our staff, helping them to become the logistics experts of the future and underpinning our position as a top employer in the region.” In light of the changing economic and political landscape, Jungheinrich continues to invest in its own logistics processes to ensure that its asset and stock management is robust and remains seamless, despite changeable trading conditions. One key consideration was where to import and store its goods ready for distribution, while also maintaining lead times and minimising any delays from the EU post-Brexit. By centralising the Northern sites, this reduces any complexity, bringing imports for that location all under one roof. Moreover, consolidating several sites provides the opportunity to create
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K businesses need to act now to ensure they are operationally fit for the end of the Brexit ‘transition period’ on 31 December 2020, says the leading logistics provider.
Challenges surrounding the coronavirus outbreak should not stop UK companies making plans to manage the new import/export regime due to become reality in under three months’ time. That is the advice from Rhenus, the global freight forwarder that operates road, air and ocean freight transports across the world. Rhenus is encouraging companies to act now to avoid trading challenges after 1 January 2021.
The UK Government published its blueprint for how the UK-EU border will operate after the Brexit transition period in July 2020 and this has subsequently been updated on 8 October 2020. Known as the Border Operating Model (BOM), this document describes how companies should manage imports and exports after the UK effectively leaves the EU single market and customs union on 31 December 2020.
Rhenus is urging businesses to understand the requirements of the BOM document as a matter of urgency so that meaningful planning can continue – whether that is something they do internally or through the right logistics partner. Available as a download, the BOM explains the key areas of new bureaucracy and customs processes that will be phased in over a six-month period. To afford the industry extra time to make necessary arrangements, the UK Government has taken the decision to introduce the new border controls in three stages up until 1 July 2021, when it is planned that the new border will be fully operational.
Rob Mulligan, UK customs manager and project lead at Rhenus, said: “Things are clearly going to be moving quickly over the next few months, so there is no time to sit back and wait. Those that have well-developed, flexible plans and freight models in place will emerge with significant competitive advantage come next year.”
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a warehouse with ultra-efficient intralogistics processes all designed and installed by Jungheinrich. Luuk continues: “The Northern central hub has allowed us to lead by example, creating our own warehouse and using our own products, processes and material flow analysis. This enables us to optimise every part of our logistics processes, and also acts as the ultimate demonstration and training suite for customers and staff with our entire product portfolio in one location.”
Environmental considerations have also been a significant factor in the creation of the central hub. Not only is the facility engineered to support energy efficiency and carbon emission reduction, but by optimising logistics processes in the North, Jungheinrich will significantly reduce its truck movements between multiple sites, in turn, lowering its carbon footprint. This all helps contribute to Jungheinrich’s overall drive to reduce its energy consumption on an annual basis.
Luuk concludes: “We’re enormously proud to be announcing our ambitious plans for 2021 that will help to support our customer base in the most efficient way, guaranteeing availability and the highest degree of product performance and most importantly – enhancing the customer experience. Our continued investment in the UK highlights our commitment to long-term sustainable growth within the market and our vision of becoming the number one intralogistics company.”
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