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INNOVATIONS in LOGISTICS © Istock / Peopleimages WWW.GEIS-GROUP.COM INNOVATIONS IN LOGISTICS © iStock / PeopleImages CUSTOMER AND TRANSSTAFF MAGAZINE OF THE GEIS GROUP FER 02.2018 TOP STORY Innovations in logistics 04 ROAD SERVICES Multi-billion toll increase 08 PAGE Still on the road for Daimler 10 04 AIR + SEA SERVICES Geis Air + Sea well received 11 LOGISTICS SERVICES Logistics Centre Gochsheim inaugurated 12 New logistics project for babymarkt.de 14 Tyre logistics in Luxembourg 15 PAGE GENERAL NEWS © Daimler 10 The new apprentices are here 16 Awards for best apprentices 17 Geis apprentices are top of their class 17 On your marks – get set – go! 18 Employees recruit employees 18 Job fair in an extraordinary location 18 Anniversaries – 40 and 25 years with Geis! 19 Apprentice marketing now also via video 19 PAGE Help for children 19 12 IMPRINT Published by PAGE Hans Geis GmbH + Co KG Internationale Spedition Rudolf-Diesel-Ring 24, 97616 Bad Neustadt/Saale Phone: +49 (0) 9771 – 603 0 16 Fax: +49 (0) 9771 – 603 109 www.geis-group.com Responsible for the contents Management of the Geis Group Editorial STROOMER PR | Concept GmbH Christian Stephan Deborah Plachetka Rellinger Straße 64a, 20257 Hamburg Phone: +49 (0) 40 – 853133 0 Fax: +49 (0) 40 – 853133 22 E-mail: [email protected] 02 VERMISCHTES Dear Readers, Our customers, our employees, our services – these three factors have made a decisive contribution to the Geis Group’s successful development in recent years and decades. But innovations play an equally important role for our company. INNOVATIONS ARE ACCELERATED Wolfgang Geis (left) and Hans-Georg Geis For example, we at a very early stage began expanding our IT department, connecting our a unified IT system introduced across all customers via intelligent communication countries (see page 11). What we’re more software to forwarding and contract logistics, delighted about than anything, however, is and optimizing our runs using algorithms. the very positive feedback from our customers. We also programmed our first smartphone app for delivery scanning several years ago. Good news also from our Road Services division. Here we have celebrated an We are now introducing innovations at ever anniversary, after having been working as shorter intervals – as long as they are cost- an area contract freight forwarder for effective and universally accepted. In the Daimler for precisely 25 years (page 10). top story (page 4) we describe the innovations we’re currently testing, implementing and push- You can find much more news about the ing forward in the Logistics Services division. Geis Group in this latest issue of Transfer. We hope you enjoy reading it! AIR + SEA SERVICES TAKE OFF Yours The Air + Sea Services division is also growing positively in Germany. A lot has happened since we reported in the last issue of Transfer about the re-establishment of our Air + Sea teams. Hans-Georg Geis and Wolfgang Geis, Additional branches have been opened and Managing Partners of the Geis Group WITH INNOVATIONS INTO THE FUTURE EDITORIAL 03 INNOVATIONS IN LOGISTICS Customer-oriented, efficient and sustainable: The Geis Group is committed to innovation and is driving forward its use and further development in contract logistics. he use of RFID tags in electronic products and textiles, the early T installation of pick-by-voice systems and the latest smartphone app for delivery scanning all make clear that in contract logistics, new technol- ogies are tested and then rolled out on a broad basis when cost-effective- ness and acceptance are assured. “Innovative solutions and the digitaliza- tion of processes open up great potential and competitive advantages for us”, says Dr. Johannes Söllner, Managing Director of the Geis Holding. “We have therefore sys- tematized their testing and development.” EXPERTS IN ACTION The know-how is developed in Geis’s own working groups and in cross-company workshops. In the field of new technol- ogies in warehouse logistics, for example, Geis is involved in a German Logistics Association (BVL) working group made up of experts from trade, industry and logistics. Technologies are jointly iden- tified, possible areas of application de- © iStock / PeopleImages termined and innovations evaluated. 04 TOP STORY Other projects are driven forward by dedicated development teams of pro- ject managers and programmers. These include intelligent scheduling systems for forwarding as well as capacity plan- ning tools for the daily optimization of all warehouse resources in response to the constantly fluctuating quantity re- quirements at the individual sites. In the new Logistics and Technol- ogy Centre in Gochsheim (near Schweinfurt), Geis is currently test- ing three concrete innovations in the field of identification technology: RING SCANNER: This scanner is placed on a finger 1. like a ring and is connected to a bat- tery pack, which is worn like a wristwatch. The main advantage of the scanner is that the order picker has both hands free and doesn’t have to constantly put the scan- ner down and pick it up again. In addition, the device works quickly and has a high recognition rate. In terms of weight and ergonomics, the battery can in conjunc- tion with the wrist attachment be further optimized. In addition, Geis’ Czech sites are testing how efficiency can be further improved by combining the ring scanner with a display. To this end, either mobile phones are carried on the arm or tablets are fixed to the order picking trolley. ORDER-PICKING GLOVES: Here the reader is on the back 2.of the hand after putting on the glove. Both hands are then free for pick- ing, and handling is very user-friendly and comfortable. Despite the compact dimensions and low weight, the battery life is sufficient for an eight-hour shift. The efficiency of order-picking gloves can also be increased with a display in the same way as ring scanners. The manufacturer of the glove is working on models with their own small monitors. >>> TOP STORY 05 PICK-BY-VISION: NEW: PICTURES The use of data glasses has also FOR THE WAREHOUSE 3.been tested on several occasions. Geis, however, has decided against a Easily understand work steps in widespread deployment. Although both logistics – in future, “LogiPICs – hands are free and information is dis- logistical processes in pictures” played directly, Geis believes the ac- will make this possible. The curacy of the integrated scanner is still project set up by the Augsburg insufficient for regular practical use. In University of Applied Sciences a further pilot test, the criteria for con- and the Fraunhofer SCS working tinuous use are to be checked, in par- group in Nuremberg uses picto- ticular with regard to ergonomics and grams to teach new workers ba- the individual feedback from users. sic warehouse-work processes. The ring scanners and picking This enables language barriers gloves have already proven them- to be overcome, speeds up the selves in practice, and efficiency induction of new employees, and is increased in each case by an ad- promotes the integration of job ditional visualization module. seekers, refugees and migrants. HIGH-TECH FOR SOPHISTICATED Geis is one of the training part- ORDER PICKING ners that is helping to advance research and testing of the In addition, special picking trolleys have pictograms. During practical been developed for individual produc- testing at the Geis Logistics and tion supply that minimize the error rate Technology Centre in Frauenau- even with parallel order picking. They rach, it was found that employees support Geis employees with the filling implemented the pictorial of small load carriers in the automotive instructions very well, even with- sector. The shelves are equipped with a out any previous knowledge. pick-by-light system, with the article that needs to be gripped being illuminated. The picking trolley contains a pick-to- light display, which shows the current container to be filled. The number of parts that are gripped is checked by scanning. Marco Weißensel, who as Area Logis- tics Manager represents the Geis Group in the BVL working group, says: “We are currently also working on technolo- gies such as exoskeletons that help our employees lift goods. Very flexible pro- cesses can also be mapped with omni- directional conveyor and positioning systems. In contrast to traditional con- veyor technology, several objects can be moved and positioned simultaneously and independently of each other on any number of belts. However, detailed test scenarios need to be run before con- crete results will become available.” 06 TOP STORY © Tchibo Geis is already using such picking gloves at several logistics sites. INTELLIGENT ADD-ONS BRING ADDED VALUE Geis has come up with a new solution to the classic problem of standard software versus individual software in contract logistics: Its own IT experts develop pow- erful and tailor-made additional modules based on very powerful standard software for all warehouse and value-added pro- cesses. These include the tools mentioned above for capacity control and planning, intelligent technologies for communica- tion with temporary staff, and individual optimization routines in line with the filling-level optimization (see info box). “With our development teams we are sys- tematically advancing new technologies”, INNOVATIVE says Dr. Johannes Söllner. “For us inno- PLANNING TOOL vation is not an end in itself – it’s always about offering added value, optimizing pro- Geis in Gochsheim is responsible cesses and goods handling for employees, for the storage and picking of all and ultimately benefiting the customer.” Nike articles for Intersport. For order preparation in order-pick- ing, Geis uses a planning tool that Geis IT has programmed itself and integrated into the warehouse management system. THE CHALLENGE The aim is to pack the individual WITH ALL INNOVATIONS parcels optimally with regard to IS TO REDUCE the degree of filling and delivery dates.
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