Transfer magazine - November 2012
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Transfer magazine - November 2012
The customer and staff magazine of the geis group I November 2012 I www.geis-group.com Well-prepared for more volume Anniversary: 10 years of SDV Geis experts for special services 2 | editorial sis, and training the experts of tomorrow ourselves has always been a high priority for us. Each year we enable young people to enter the world of logistics with a whole range of different apprenticeships. Although the number of qualified applicants is decreasing annually because of demographic change, once again in 2012 we have been able to fill all our vacancies in accordance with our requirements. In total, more than 80 young men and women have opted for an apprenticeship at the Geis Group. The working environment at Geis is characterized by teamwork and personal guidance. Occupational safety as well as health and safety are also a high priority, and two sites in Hesse were recently awarded “ASCA Safety Management 2012” by the Hessian Ministry of Social Affairs. Dear readers, Quick solutions bring only short-term success. For this reason, we always base our activities on long-term concepts. We firmly believe that only in this way we can ensure stability and reliability – and our experience to date confirms this. Once again this year, therefore, An important anniversary. This year we have another reason to celebrate because it marks the tenth anniversary of the SDV Geis joint venture. We are currently celebrating the anniversary with clients, business partners and employees, and look forward to continuing our successful cooperation over the next ten years and beyond! Paths to sustainable growth we have systematically pursued our strategy of sustainable business growth. This requires that we establish sustainable partnerships with our customers alongside shared growth. Many customers have for years relied on our high quality, our expertise and our flexibility. Recently we have acquired a number of new and exciting projects. For example, we are now active on behalf of our new customer AREVA, in the summer took over the complex logistics for JELD-WEN doors, and in the Czech Republic recently started working for electronics retailer OKAY (see pages 7 to 9). Investments in real estate. To fulfil every order to the complete satisfaction of our customers we invest heavily in new and existing facilities. This has also been the case during the past few months: In ErlangenFrauenaurach the second phase of our multi-user logistics and technology centre is currently being built, in Ohrdruf the expanded freight terminal was recently opened, and in Slovakia we now have increased capacity with a combined central hub for cargo and parcels (see pages 6, 10 and 11). All these new and expanded facilities are contributing to our long-term growth. Our strong basis. Highly-skilled teams at all our national and international sites guarantee smooth processing and top results. Our employees are our strong ba- Long-term client relationships, top logistics facilities, qualified staff, optimal working conditions – four critical factors for achieving sustainable success. Information on our business strategy and developments within the Geis Group can be found in the current issue of Transfer. We hope you enjoy reading it! Yours sincerely, Hans-Georg Geis and Wolfgang Geis, Managing Partners of the Geis Group contents | 3 04 Top story 04The experts for special services 06 Logistics centre – second phase LOGISTICS SERVICES 07Geis opens its doors to JELD-WEN doors 08Fresh wind for AREVA - mail, parcels and more 08Award for occupational safety 09OKAY: Logistics in the cross-docking procedure 07 ROAD SERVICES 10New hub in Slovakia 11 Ohrdruf: Well-prepared for more volume 11Focus on Turkey Air + Sea Services 11 12SDV Geis drives forward eFreight 12X-ray machines combat freight congestion 12SDV is Global Freight Forwarder 2012 13Joint-venture celebrates its 10th anniversary GENERAL NEWS 14New apprentices arrive at Geis 14Sporty and athletic 15New Divisional Manager Personnel Management 15New in Nuremberg 15Anniversaries 13 Published by Hans Geis GmbH + Co Internationale Spedition Rudolf-Diesel-Ring 24, 97616 Bad Neustadt/Saale Phone: +49 9771 603-0, Fax: +49 9771 603-109 www.geis-group.com Responsible for the contents Management of the Geis Group Editorial STROOMER PR | Concept GmbH Christian Stephan, Katharina Segl Wiebke Petersen, Sandro Saretz (Design) Rellinger Straße 64a, 20257 Hamburg Phone: +49 40 853133-0, Fax +49 40 853133-22 E-mail: [email protected] 4 | top story experts The for special services Whether it is specialty packaging for high-tech goods, the installation of telephone and computer systems, or call centres for customer enquiries, professional logistics service providers nowadays take over entire areas for their clients. The Geis Group is a real expert when it comes to such special services. T he complexity of our tasks is growing in line with the wishes of our customers,” explains Geis Managing Director Dr. Johannes Söllner. “They need one-stop solutions for different areas and we offer these solutions.” In addition to the usual distribution and plant supply depot activities, Geis now also offers a range of special value-added services. Two examples show how projects initially involving logistics have evolved into highly complex all-round solutions. A full-range service provider. The Geis Group has managed the central distribution centre for Europe, the Middle East and Africa for AVAYA, a leading global communications company, in Dietzenbach for the past 10 years. “The name ‘Distribution Centre’ no longer fits, however,” says Walter Schott, Project Manager at Geis Industrie-Service. “In recent years we have taken over so many technical, operational and administrative activities for AVAYA that we now manage a combined logistics, technology and service centre for them.” Geis processes spare parts deliveries for AVAYA 365 days a year. Geis employees are available around the clock, seven days a week at the call centre to answer queries about orders and goods. Geis also takes care of returns processing, organizing free-of-charge return transportation of new and defective products for AVAYA customers, returning goods to the warehouses or repair centres, and disposing of used appliances. For a number of years Geis has also been successfully processing complex production orders for AVAYA as a value-added service. Flexible production. Geis has developed a solution for products that are made up of different individual components. The “kitting and bundling” service has been directly integrated into shipping area, with employees labelling and packing the items that make up each set. For special orders Geis even assembles and tests individual parts at a dedicated workstation. We are continuing our successful strategy in the Special Services area and building more new logistics and technology centres. At an additional manufacturing site CDs and DVDs are created or updated, and then included with the AVAYA products. “By taking care of assembly or software updates we eliminate the need for intermediate transport between the logistics centre and the production site. This saves the customer time and money,” says Walter Schott. In addition to operational services, Geis now also provides administrative services to AVAYA. Import and export shipments are reported monthly to the Federal Statistical Office, and a special customs team creates and manages the export documents, obtains proof of export and archives it. Geis has created the best-possible spatial conditions. AVAYA warehouses have been incorporated into the Dietzenbach site and inventories reduced, so that the existing warehouse with just a few additionally let areas provides sufficient space. The latest project is vendor-managed inventory (VMI), which Geis has set up together with an open customs warehouse in D ietzenbach. “The advantage of VMI for AVAYA is that no inventory costs are incurred because inven tories are the responsibility of the suppliers. Articles are only invoiced when delivery is made to the AVAYA customer,” says Walter Schott. Geis takes care of software updates for telecommunications equipment, servers and terminals for AVAYA top story | 5 Bundled service for telephone systems. Geis has been working for Siemens Enterprise Communications (SEN) in Erlangen-Frauenaurach for the past year and a half. In a state-of-the-art multi-user logistics and technology centre specially constructed for SEN the team not only takes care of all goods and returns logistics, it also assembles telephone systems using the components stored on site. A separate configuration centre has been set up, which is air conditioned and equipped with a special floor coating that prevents electrostatic charges. Here employees assemble, configure and test the telephone systems according to SEN assembly and test plans. Since the start of the project, nearly 6,000 systems have been produced. Geis is benefitting from the experience gained from this project when it comes to follow-up orders: For the past year at the customer’s request, the team has also been assembling PCs. Geis has created optimal conditions for this work too at the logistics centre in Frauenaurach, encompassing everything from the electrical systems to the ideal temperature and humidity. Up to 50 computers are assembled there each day. “We are continuing our successful strategy in the Special Services area and building more new logistics and technology centres, including in Frauenaurach, where the second construction phase is currently underway,” says Dr. Johannes Söllner. — For more information on the expansion in Frauenaurach see the next page. Expert at work: A Geis e mployee assembles a telephone system for Siemens Enterprise Communications from individual components 6 | top story Logistics centre – second phase In early July, work began on the second phase of a multi-user logistics and technology centre in the Industrial Park Erlangen- Frauenaurach. Almost one and a half years ago the Geis Group opened a state-of-the-art building on a 155,000 square metres site. The first high-profile tenant for the second phase has already been found: Faber-Castell will open a distribution warehouse at the site in early 2013. Ideal location All customers at Industrial Park Frauenaurach benefit from its convenient location right next to the A3 and A73 highways, with a dedicated rail connection, and even a pier on the Main-Danube Canal where ships can be unloaded. After its completion in spring 2013, the new building will be almost indistinguishable from the one standing next to it. The hall and assembly area covers an area of 27,500 square metres and is therefore almost identical in size. With over 34 loading bays and four access gates, goods can be collected and distributed quickly. And with an interior height of 10.50 metres, the facility offers the same comprehensive warehouse and assembly capabilities. When it is ready, the logistics terminal will be divided into three hall sections of 10,000, 9,000 and 8,500 square metres respectively. Above the loading zone there will also be nearly 2,500 square metres of office, production and administration area. Big demand. “At the end of the year, the first 14,000 square metres of the terminal will be ready to go into full operation, and construction of the second half will be completed in the spring,” says Martin Vonderau, Head of Construction and Facilities Management. Geis has already let this area to FaberCastell from Stein near Nuremberg, the world’s largest manufacturer of wooden pencils, which will house its distribution centre here. Geis will provide the necessary equipment and technology. The remaining area of almost 14,000 square metres means that there is still sufficient capacity available for other clients and projects. Work is proceeding rapidly. In September the topping-out ceremony took place on schedule. Among those present were Managing Partners Hans-Georg Geis and Wolfgang Geis, Erlangen’s Mayor Dr. Siegfried Balleis, Anton-Wolfgang Graf von Faber-Castell and Dr. Thomas Knäble, Technology Director at Faber-Castell. All good things come in threes: The current construction phase won’t be the final one in the development of the site in Frauenaurach Industrial Park. Further expansion is possible: A third, 20,000 square metres logistics and technology centre may be built in the future on the remaining area totalling more than 35,000 square metres. “We’re well equipped for further growth, both in terms of space and the services that we provide here,” says Dr. Johannes Söllner. — Photo: JELD-WEN Logistics services | 7 Geis opens its doors to JELD-WEN doors Since this summer, the Geis Group has been implementing a new logistics concept for JELD-WEN Door Solutions. The company belongs to the American JELD-WEN Group, the world’s largest supplier of doors and windows. In Erlangen- Eltersdorf, Geis runs the national distribution centre for the Do-It-Yourself market segment. The American JELD-WEN Group is the world leader in the production and distribution of doors and windows. JELD-WEN employs more than 30,000 people in 22 countries. In Europe too, the company is the leading manufacturer and turnkey supplier of doors and frames. Its product portfolio includes interior doors and frames, as well as front doors and accessories, with the range extending from standard doors, through premium-quality trend and design doors, to customized door solutions for the highest technical requirements. They are manufactured at 20 production sites in 12 countries across Europe. In Germany, JELD-WEN employs over 800 people. J ELD-WEN’s 8,500 square metres large distribution centre is a hive of activity, with forklifts with wide loads lifting goods onto shelves and horizontal order pickers carefully picking the goods for each delivery run. And no wonder, because doors and frames for almost all the Do-It-Yourself stores in Germany are packed and dispatched from here. Doors and frames are delivered to Geis from the JELD-WEN plants on so-called base boards. These are chipboards that can hold up to 25 doors. Geis also uses them for storage purposes: The shelves and block warehouses are fitted with wooden planks so that the forklift and pallet trucks can lift the boards together with the goods. Optimal location. “We receive doors and frames from JELD-WEN plants all over Europe here,” says Operational Site Manager Carlos Morata. “The international plants mostly send us standard doors and frames. Most doors, including special doors, are sent to us from the two JELDWEN plants in Mittweida, Saxony, and Oettingen, Bavaria.” The distribution centre is located precisely on the line between the two plants. “The location is ideal,” says Carlos Morata. “This is because at Erlangen-Eltersdorf we don’t just pick small orders for individual Do-It-Yourself stores and cross-docking platforms, we also fit the doors from Oettingen with the frames from Mittweida and thereby reduce the number of inter-plant delivery runs to a minimum.” Efficient pallet construction. Geis employees pick doors and frames to order and place them on the base boards. Before dispatch, bottom runners are shot beneath the boards using nail guns at a specially-designed workplace. The result: Simple but efficient pallets for distributing the doors domestically. “Only by placing the doors and frames on these pallets we ensure that they will also be handled safely and securely on arrival by the receiver’s forklift and pallet trucks,” says Carlos Morata. Each day Geis employees prepare goods ready for dispatch to one of five different geographical areas. — 8 | Logistics services Fresh wind for AREVA – mail, parcels and more The Geis Group is taking over the mail and parcel rooms of high-tech group AREVA at its Erlangen and Offenbach sites. The concept includes an external central receiving department, an own distribution fleet, and Geis employees directly based at the AREVA sites. Photo: AREVA Around 5,900 people work at AREVA’s 15 sites in Germany. The majority of them are employed in the nuclear division, with the largest sites being Erlangen (3,500 employees) and Offenbach (800 employees). AREVA also has 700 employees working in its renewable energy division, with this number set to increase in the future. G ters and internal consignments for AREVA. They too are sorted and routed in Erlangen-Eltersdorf, and then delivered by Geis employees based at the AREVA sites. At the second AREVA site in Offenbach, which also serves as a hub for consignments between AREVA’s Erlangen and Karlstein sites, the Geis team is directly integrated into the AREVA team and distributes mail and parcels internally as well as to another building. eis is naturally also deploying its IT expertise, starting with central receiving department, at Geis’s Erlangen-Eltersdorf site. There Geis collates consignments weighing up to 2.5 tonnes, including dangerous goods and customs consignments, for onwards distribution to five AREVA locations in the Erlangen area. “After a security check we enter the consignments into our IT system and assign them to optimized delivery runs,” explains Site Manager Marco Weißensel. “To offer AREVA an all-round service, in Erlangen we also take care of their outgoing consignments,” says Marco Weißensel. “AREVA sends us the orders via a logistics portal and our dispatchers transmit them directly to the smartphones of our drivers.” Geis also takes care of the packing and dispatch, including franking. Geis operates several delivery runs each day with its own fleet of vehicles, delivering more than 100 consignments. It also delivers around 3,000 let- Recently the successful project has been expanded even further, with Geis now also managing AREVA’s entire central archive. — Award for occupational safety says Managing Director Ralf Lammering. “You need to be on the alert at all times.” For this reason, Geis has established standards and processes that encompass more than just stacking height and protective clothing. “Equally important is occupational safety,” he explains. A front-runner in security: Hesse’s Social Minister Stefan Grüttner has awarded Geis Industrie-Service GmbH, based in Dietzenbach, and Geis ErsatzteilService GmbH, based in Neu-Isenburg, for their successful introduction of the Hessian ASCA occupational safety management system. “A lot can happen at sites that are frequented by trucks and where goods are unloaded and loaded,” Social Minister Stefan Grüttner (left) presents Ralf Lammering with the ASCA certificate Social Minister Stefan Grüttner has honoured the commitment shown by Geis in this respect: “The ASCA Occupational Safety Management 2012 Award is confirmation to Geis that it operates an effective system for ensuring enhanced safety and health protection at work.” — Logistics services | 9 Batteries, refrigerators, and more in the cross-docking procedure Extreme volume fluctuations, tight schedules and more than 200,000 items per month – these challenges are handled by the Geis Group for Czech electronics retailer OKAY. “OKAY was founded in 1994 and today is the largest supplier of electronic products in the Czech Republic and Slovakia,” says Martin Zapletal, Logistics Manager at OKAY. The company currently operates 90 stores in the Czech Republic and 40 in Slovakia. “We supply all the stores with the full range of products – from the tiniest batteries to the largest refrigerators,” says Vjačeslav Dobrynský, Logistics Manager at Geis CZ. pliers. At the same time, Geis gets advance notice of these orders. On day 2 Geis receives the goods from the suppliers and packs them onto the pallets for distribution to the individual OKAY stores. And on day 3 they are delivered by Geis CZ and Geis SK using their own vehicles to the stores. Goods arrive in the Czech Republic on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and in Slovakia on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Warehouse in an optimal location. For Online shop orders. With the exception of the the new project, Geis has leased a terminal in the Pohořelice Logistics Park 28 kilometres south of Brno. Brno is the second largest city in the Czech Republic and its location in the southeast of the country makes it ideal as a supply base for the Slovak Republic as well. The warehouse is approximately 9,000 square metres large and has been fitted with additional gates and offices. The complete IT infrastructure, the shelving and the security system including video surveillance has been installed by the Geis Group. printed delivery note, the entire delivery process is paperless as it passes through the Geis IT system. This also applies to OKAY’s online shop, for which Geis takes care of order fulfilment. “Each day we pick and pack hundreds of parcels that are then distributed in the cross-docking system to the OKAY stores, and also using express parcel services to end customers,” says Vjačeslav Dobrynský. “This B2C sector is growing tremendously.” Geis also organizes the delivery of all parcels itself, using Geis Parcel CZ and Geis Parcel SK to ensure the fastest-possible delivery. Efficient cross-docking. After extensive preparations, the project started in mid-April of this year. Since then Geis has processed between 5,000 to 30,000 items each day. In the high-season prior to Christmas, this number is even higher. For maximum efficiency Geis utilizes the crossdocking procedure. “We don’t require traditional warehousing,” explains Vjačeslav Dobrynský. The supply chain encompasses three steps: On day 1 OKAY sends the individual store orders to its sup- “This project requires high flexibility,” says Vjačeslav Dobrynský. “Our client OKAY is expanding rapidly and continuing to increase the size of its portfolio. For this reason, over the coming months we will work on optimizing processes, and especially on more projects for the OKAY online shop. I am sure that our experienced and highly flexible team will continue to meet all future challenges in a professional manner.” — The milestones in the history of OKAY 1994 – Company foundation 2000 – 20th store opened in the Czech Republic 2002 – Entry into the Slovak market 2003 – Total sales area exceeds 40,000 m2 2005 – 50th store opened in the Czech Republic 2007 – 100th store opened in the Czech Republic and in Slovakia 2008 – 35 new stores opened in one year 2009 – Total sales area exceeds 160,000 m2 2011 – 120 stores in the Czech Republic and Slovakia 10 | Road services A new heart for Slovakia At the end of September, the Geis Group opened a new combined central hub for cargo and parcels in Slovakia. The editorial team spoke with Marián Vaculčiak, Operations Manager at Geis SK and Geis Parcel SK, about the importance and features of the hub. city with the surrounding towns and cities, and it is an important transportation hub between the capital Bratislava in the west and the second largest city, Košice, in the east. Sliač Airport is also nearby. Zvolen is thus even better located than Banská Bystrica and is an ideal location for a central hub. Mr Vaculčiak, the Geis Group already had a strong network in Slovakia. Why build a new hub? In Slovakia in recent years we have experienced strong growth and steadily increasing volumes. In response we have continuously adapted our existing domestically network, and expanded and modernized individual sites. In some cases we have also relocated sites to locations that are logistically more convenient. But it was time that we responded fully to our growth with an allnew “system heart” – a central hub. The head office of Geis SK and Geis Parcel SK has also moved to Zvolen. What has changed following this relocation? The company’s headquarters was previously in Banská Bystrica, in the centre of Slovakia. Zvolen is located just 20 kilometres south of Banská Bystrica. The new hub will therefore continue to benefit from the central location in the heart of Slovakia. A dense network of roads connects the Facts about the new hub Location:Zvolen Site area: Building area: 30,000 m² 7,700 m² Employees:80 Investment amount: approx. 6 Mio € Cargo handling Area: 5,000 m² Gates: 47 What precisely is the function of the new building? Marián Vaculčiak is 50 years old and has worked for Geis in Slovakia since 2007 as the Operations Manager of Geis SK s.r.o. The facility has a dual role, because on the one hand it is home to the distribution centre for cargo consignments and on the other is the transshipment hall for parcels. We are using the synergies that arise as a result to the full benefit of our customers by processing parcel and pallet consignments together at the customer’s premises and only dividing them into parcel and pallet consignments at our own premises using our own system. This saves the customer both time and storage and handling area, and he gets two services from the same provider. In the cargo area, pallet consignments are transported using a fully automatic conveyor chain system. Around 50 gates with hydraulic bridges are available for goods inbound and outbound. The parcel handling facility is equipped with a two-storey, twostrand sorting system that automatically directs parcels into the right channels. Are there any other special features? We are planning to include an IP video surveillance system like the one successfully installed in several Czech sites. The system records the movements of all consignments. For parcels it links entry directly with the consignment number. This means we can quickly find out if needed the exact whereabouts of a parcel. The system also monitors the entire external area of the hub. Another special feature is the service station, which is located directly on-site, enabling our vehicles and the vehicles of our partners to be flexibly refuelled without long waiting times. Parcel handling Area: Gates: 2.700 m² 93 Thank you very much for your time! ROAD services | 11 Focus on Turkey The new section of the terminal shortly before it was opened One country – many possibilities: Geis recently held an event called “Turkey fascinates” at its Nuremberg and Naila sites as a forum in which to answer questions about its Turkish transportation services. Well-prepared for more volume A few weeks ago the Geis Eurocargo site Ohrdruf (formerly Thüringer Speditionsgesellschaft – see info box) completed the expansion of its freight forwarding terminal. W e are delighted that we have been able to construct the facility in just eight months and that it has opened on time,” says Site Manager Marc Geis. “The expansion was urgently needed, as groupage volume has increased significantly. With the expansion we are not only expanding our capacities but also enabling ourselves to process orders more quickly and efficiently.” New dimensions. The external area alone has increased by 5,000 square metres to almost 15,000 square metres. This means there is now sufficient space for the own fleet of 30 trucks and 50 additional swap bodies. The hall space has almost doubled in size, and Geis Eurocargo in Ohrdruf now has 6,600 square metres of transshipment space. And in addition to the current 48 gates, another 16 are now available for loading and unloading vehicles. They can now not only dock externally, they can also enter into the hall via a truck entrance and once inside be unloaded from the side. The entire site and the hall are monitored using the latest video technology. Yesterday and today. The Geis Group began cooperating in Thuringia in 1990. The volumes increased, and soon the transshipment hall in Gotha was bursting at the seams. In 1993 a 60-strong team moved into the new forwarding facility in Ohrdruf, which initially had 2,000 square metres of transshipment space and 24 gates. By now the freight terminal is more than triple its original size, and the team too has grown with it. Around 126 employees currently work in Ohrdruf, with twelve having joined following the recent expansion. Today, the Geis team in Ohrdruf can handle around 2,000 consignments each day instead of the previous 1,400, and so has space for new customers. “Following the expansion, we can offer even more professional freight forwarding services and strengthen our market position in the region,” says Marc Geis. — GEC instead of TSG In early September, Thüringer Speditionsgesellschaft (TSG) merged with Geis Eurocargo (GEC). Geis’s site in Thuringia now operates as Geis Eurocargo GmbH – Ohrdruf site. This means that the Geis brand and logo are now present in Thuringia too. In recent years Geis has continuously expanded its services between Germany and Turkey, and demand is increasing steadily. “’Turkey fascinates’ has allowed us to share our expertise with interested customers and to comprehensively inform them about our services to Turkey,” says Şenol Koçdemir, who as Route Manager knows all about the country and personally conducted the event. “Many also told us about their personal experiences, and this kind of informal dialogue went down very well!” Among the things discussed were suitable transport modes, factors affecting transit times, customs regulations and intercultural differences. Turkish specialties were served as accompanying culinary treats. “It is clear that there is a great deal of interest in doing business with Turkey. For this reason, we will definitely repeat the event next year,” says Şenol Koçdemir. — 12 | Air + Sea Services X-ray machines combat freight congestion Experts predict significantly more cargo inspections from spring 2013. The reason: modified air freight security regulations. In order to still be able to process consignments quickly and efficiently, SDV Geis is investing in its own X-ray machines. “Our aim is to reduce the expected congestion at airport X-ray scanners by screening consignments ourselves,” says Uwe Schwandt, Product Manager Air Germany. “This saves our customers a lot of time.” SDV Geis’s first X-ray system has been in use in Munich for almost two years, where a large amount of goods are exported, and now X-ray systems have also been introduced in Hamburg and Frankfurt. Also planned is the installation of a system in Dusseldorf and a second system in Munich. Background: Until 2010 it was easy for air cargo consigners to acquire “known consigner” status and to send their own goods without checks. All they needed to do was to submit a declaration to the forwarder. This changed on 29 April 2010. Since then, anyone who wishes to become a “known consigner” must be certified by the Federal Aviation Authority. The approximately 65,000 “known consigners” will retain their status during a three-year transition period, which will end in April 2013. Their “unsecure” freight will then need to be certified as “secure” by means of appropriate checks. It goes without saying that the initial result will be freight congestion. — Security in Southern Germany: SDV Geis’s first X-ray machine in Munich SDV is Global Freight Forwarder 2012 SDV, a shareholder of SDV Geis GmbH, was recently named “Global Freight Forwarder of the Year 2012” by industry journal Air Cargo News. Once again this year, readers chose their favourite companies in a range of different categories. Air Cargo News handed over the awards to the winners at the “Cargo Airline of the Year Awards” ceremony in London. SDV Geis drives forward eFreight The International Air Transport Association (IATA) accelerates the eFreight project. More and more carriers are committing themselves to this industry-wide initiative that aims to banish paper from the air-cargo supply chain. Among them is SDV Geis. R egardless of its size, each cargo shipment requires up to 30 documents to be printed – enough to fill around 80 Boeing 747 freighters every year. The aim of eFreight is to dispense with paper altogether and use electronic Airway Bills (eAWB) instead. The advantages of eAWBs include the fact that they are cheaper, faster and environmentally-friendly. “For us these are reasons enough for supporting the eFreight project. Moreover, standardized electronic messages are far more accurate and reliable,” says Managing Director Michael Schork. At IATA’s Aviation Day Europe in Frankfurt at the end of May, he Michael Schork and Uwe Schwandt (fifth and fourth from the left) with other participants at Aviation Day Europe organized by IATA in Frankfurt together with Uwe Schwandt, Product Manager Air Germany, signed the corresponding agreements-inprinciple with Lufthansa Cargo. They will serve as the legal basis for the exchange of electronic Airway Bills. The eFreight initiative is a long-term initiative because the complex adaptation processes will take time. Michael Schork: “eFreight is clearly the future – and we like to keep up with progress. For this reason we’re systematically driving forward all electronic data transmission activities.“ — air + Sea services | 13 Anniversary: 10 years of SDV Geis On 18 October, SDV Geis celebrated the 10th anniversary of its joint venture with a nocturnal boat trip through Berlin. Transfer is also marking the anniversary by looking back at the past ten years. 2002 Launch: With effect from 1 January 2002, Geis Cargo JM International GmbH, SDV Deutschland GmbH and the Hamburg office of Saga Germany GmbH merge to form Geis SDV GmbH. This joint venture allows the Geis Group to offer its customers air and sea services as well as logistics services with a global orientation and coverage. Geis also secures access to the global network of the SDV Group and acquires additional project expertise. 2003 Joint appearance: Geis SDV reveals its new logo. Immediately recognizable are the following areas: international logistics, air and sea freight, and project management. An arch symbolizes unity and a global orientation. 2004 Even stronger: On 1 August Geis SDV takes over a competitor’s “Aerospace Logistic Services Hamburg” division. This represents a significant expansion in aircraft spare-parts logistics for the joint venture. 2005 New service: Geis SDV introduces the Healthcare Service – comprehensive in- ternational transport solutions for timeand temperature-critical products, including radioactive materials, pharmaceuticals and technical equipment. 2006 Combined offices: At the start of the year Geis SDV moves into new offices in CargoCity South at Frankfurt Airport. The German headquarters and the Frankfurt office are combined here. 2007 Warehouse logistics: Geis SDV secures logistics capacity at the port of Hamburg. The 10,000-m2 warehouse in Hamburg-Altenwerder allows it to offer comprehensive contract logistics solutions. 2008 Security: On 10 December Geis is granted AEO-F status and is officially recognized as an “authorized economic operator”. For customers this means accelerated customs clearance and certified security. 2009 Under one roof: At the end of the year Geis SDV merges the separate Hamburg offices into joint offices. More than 100 employees from the air freight, sea freight and project divisions now work under one roof. 2010 Screening: Geis SDV starts installing its first X-ray system. This allows it to process packages sent by unknown consigners significantly faster at its Munich site. 2011 A new name: At the start of the year the joint venture is renamed SDV Geis GmbH. The name change comes in the wake of the long-term extension of the collaboration between the Geis Group and SDV. 2012 Course set for growth: Under the leadership of Michael Schork and Henri Le Gouis, SDV Geis is now active in the areas of air freight, sea freight, projects and logistics. 320 employees at nine locations each year process around 35,000 TEUs of sea freight and 43,000 tonnes of air freight. SDV Geis’s turnover in 2011 is 166 million euros. This is the basis upon which the joint venture will seek to continue to grow in its second decade, with new customers, successful projects and pioneering solutions. 14 | GENERAL NEWS New apprentices arrive at Geis In August and September more than 80 young people entered the world of logistics by e mbarking on apprenticeships at Geis. Overall, around 200 trainees are currently employed by Geis. O nce again this year, forwarding and logistics service specialists represent the largest single category with more than 40 apprentices, followed by warehouse logistics specialists and warehouse specialists. Other apprenticeships initiated this year include one as a system integration IT officer, one as an office communication expert, two BA degrees majoring in freight forwarding, transportation and logistics, and seven apprenticeships as professional truck drivers – two for the first time at Geis Eurocargo in Nuremberg. “Our site offers ideal conditions for a sound apprenticeship. For this reason, we have decided to train professional drivers ourselves this year,” says Heike Rohmeyer, Training Manager at Geis Eurocargo. “We are delighted that we have been able to offer a young man and a young woman the opportunity to enter this exciting profession.” During their three-year apprenticeships, both will acquire CE driving licences for trucks with trailers, will learn how to transport and load goods, and how to look after and maintain their vehicles. Scheduling, cost accounting, and quality assurance will also be part of their training. “The demographic shift is also making itself evident to varying degrees at our sites through the lack of qualified applicants,” says Bernhard Hofmann, Training Manager for Forwarding Professions in Bad Neustadt. “We are proactively countering this challenge by intensifying our activities in the field of employee recruitment and offering apprentices vocational training with the best-possible prospects. This year we have therefore once again been able to fill all the positions according to our requirements and maintain our usual high quality level.” — The new trainees at Geis’s headquarters in Bad Neustadt 15 Geis employees participated in the “WÜ2RUN” company run in Würzburg … Sporty and athletic Four company runs and a football tournament – the Geis Group’s sporting balance in 2012. GEC vs. GIS On 8 June Nuremberg was the scene of a very special football match: Geis Eurocargo GmbH (GEC) played against Geis Industrie-Service GmbH (GIS), with the GEC team winning 11:2. When it came to the celebrations afterwards, however, it was most definitely a draw! Largest run in the world Precisely 68,586 participants took part in this year’s J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge Run in Frankfurt am Main, making it once again the world’s largest running event. 25 participants from the Geis Group also ran the 5.6 kilometrelong route. The Geis team not only enjoyed the sporting challenge of the event, but also the shared so…and 25 in the J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge Run. cial experience. Fun is important On 21 June, more than 1,000 running enthusiasts took part in the 10-kilometre-long Nuremberg “FunRun”, including 18 from Geis Eurocargo. In preparation, the group met every Thursday to train together, and their efforts paid off: The two fastest Geis runners reached the finishing line in just 45 minutes. Running around Würzburg A few days later a total of 15 runners from Hans Geis GmbH in Kürnach and Geis Industrie-Service GmbH in Würzburg ran the Würzburg “WÜ2RUN” company run for the first time. The fact that the seven-kilometre-long race began and finished at the city’s open-air swimming pool was a strong incentive for all runners, with its lawns afterwards becoming the scene of the afterrun party! Kindergartens supported After its successful participation in 2011, Hans Geis GmbH once again this year took part in the Bad Neustadt Sparkassen Run. On 16 July, more than 3,000 runners ran the five different-length routes, including 46 in the Geis shirt. One positive side-effect: Thanks to the high number of participants, Sparkasse donated 10,000 euros to kindergartens in the Rhön-Grabfeld district. New Divisional Manager Personnel Management On 1 July, Volker Kindler took over as manager of the newly-established “Personnel Management” department in Bad Neustadt. Kindler, who is 49 years old and a business management graduate, was born in Nuremberg and has worked as a personnel officer, group personnel manager and head of personnel management for several companies, and most recently as a freelance human resources and management consultant. At Geis he will be responsible for shaping and directing personnel management, as well as for staff development and training at the German sites. Contact: [email protected] New in Nuremberg Andreas Karl has recently joined Geis Industrie-Service GmbH in Nuremberg as the new TOP (Team Optimization Process) Division Manager. Andreas Karl, who was born in Würzburg, started working for Geis on 1 August. Previously he studied logistics at the Technical University of Central Hesse and held several positions in the project and LEAN management divisions of various companies. Most recently he worked as a budget and personnel officer for a logistics company in Frankfurt. As the new TOP Division Manager at Geis Industrie-Service GmbH, the 33-year old will in future coordinate and implement projects and training courses of Geis’s internal CIP programme and support the TOP activities of other sites. Contact: [email protected] Anniversaries Over the past few months, seven Geis employees have celebrated their 25th anniversary with the company, and two have even celebrated their 40th anniversary. 25 Johann Rösl joined Geis IndustrieService in Nuremberg on 15 July 1987. Since 2003 he has been group leader in goods inwards for the Gorenje project. 25 Heike Schmidt began working for Bischoff Transport in Naila on 3 August 1987 as a trainee shipping clerk, and since December 1993 has worked in the fleet management department. 25 Sandra Rank began working for Bischoff International in Naila on 17 August 1987 as a trainee shipping clerk, and for the past 17 years has worked in the consolidated freight department. 25 Henry Portisch joined Geis on 1 October 1987. He started as a shipping clerk at the branch office in Würzburg, and today manages the offices in Kürnach and Satteldorf. 40 15 Dieter Häßner started working as a truck driver for Chemnitzer Transport-Service in Plauen on 20 August 1972. Since it was taken over by Bischoff Transport he has been delivering goods in and around Naila. 40 Siegfried Kolb began working for Siemens in Erlangen on 28 August 1972 as a group leader in the packing department. Today he works in Erlangen in receiving department. 25 Thorsten Skiba began his apprenticeship as a trainee shipping clerk at the head office in Bad Neustadt on 1 August 1987 and is now a field sales representative in the sales department. 25 Irmtraud Hüller joined Bischoff International in Naila on 10 August 1987 as an administrative clerk. Today she works in the pallet department. 25 Jens Elsner took up his position as an airfreight clerk at SCAC Deutschland in Hamburg on 1 October 1987. He is now the site manager of SCAC Deutschland’s successor, SDV Geis, and SDV Geis Aerospace Logistics in Hamburg. The Geis Group would like to say a big thank you to all of them! We can round off your logistics! www.geis-group.com Spezialservices A full range of special services – from assembly to packing.
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