Impact of Pre-Network Palletization on Supply Chain Efficiency – DB Schenker
Overview
| Company Name / Department |
DB Schenker |
| Contact Person |
Eddy Dekker |
| Location | Tilburg (NL) |
|
Optional remote work |
2 of 5 days |
| Travel expenses (own account or reimbursed by the company) | Reimbursed |
| Housing arranged by company | No |
| Housing expenses (how much per month, own account or subsidized by the company) | No |
| Internship compensation | € 450 per month |
| Study program | |
| ESCF community |
Full member |
| Start date |
February 2025 |
Company Description
Global Logistics Service Provider
Project Description
Project description:
Research the effects in costs, time, quality and GHG emissions of a change in our process where cartons for a specific customer are palletized before they enter our groupage network, versus todays situation where they are palletized at the first hub in the destination country.
Goals of the project:
To be able to make a motivated decision about this and similar significant changes in a (Class A) customer specific supply chain setup.
Deliverables:
Process flows of the as-is and the to-be setup, a report on effects, and a recommendation on how to approach changes like this
More information: escf@tue.nl
