Supply Chain Solutions

Value Added Services

DB Schenker’s reputation for quality, reliability and innovation brings to fruition a broad spectrum of value-added services that enhances and complements DB Schenker’s core transportation and warehouse management logistics services.

However complex and difficult your requirements are, DB Schenker has the expertise to recognize challenges unique to your industry, the wide range of capabilities to seize the opportunities together, and most importantly of all, the network, know-how and special attitude to enable successes in your supply chain.

DB Schenker’s value added services not only improve operations workflows, they facilitate strategies to postpone final assembly and labeling of products till final consumption takes place. The ultimate aim is to improve inventory management, reduce inventory holding and ensure configuration, transformation or localization of products. Some of our proven effective solutions include:

Reconfiguration
Sequencing & sub-assembly services
SKD (semi knocked down) & CKD (completely knocked down)
Quality checks
Customization (e.g. stitching, laser engraving)
Packaging services (e.g. co-packing, shrinking, wrapping)
Labeling & price tagging
Reverse logistics (e.g. repairs, warranty checks)
Returns handling

eSchenker: It's so easy

eSchenker is our most advanced logistic solution yet. It incorporates all eServices into one portal, giving you maximum support at every stage of your supply chain. From tracking and scheduling to booking and reporting, eSchenker has your logistics covered.

Tracking

The easy-to-use eSchenker tracking tool gives you real-time information about the location and status of your shipment, and its current estimated time of delivery. Allocation of a tracking number means that you can access detailed shipment data online without having to log in. Our tracking technology has now been upgraded with an even more detailed overview and status information for each of your shipments.

Hundreds of thousands of test kits for Asia

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DB Schenker recently transported Coronavirus test kits on behalf of Korean pharmaceutical manufacturer SD Biosensor. The kits were transported by air freight to countries where the number of people infected with COVID-19 is particularly high, in order to quickly determine whether a person is infected or not. Despite the many flight cancellations, our Korean team was able to support SD Biosensor by shipping diagnostic kits to various destinations worldwide at short notice.

Medical supplies for the Philippines

2/10

Start of warehouse operations for a renowned American healthcare manufacturer - a remarkable achievement from our Contract Logistics team in the Philippines during the current Coronavirus outbreak.

High-Speed Delivery of Medical Supplies

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Working with Porsche, DB Schenker, and Lufthansa Cargo, these German state governments are making sure three million face masks, 130,000 pairs of safety glasses, and 60,000 protective suits were delivered to the people who need them most.

Lautergold Disinfectants

4/10

Known for producing some of the finest spirits and liqueurs, Lautergold came up with a great idea: “If we can make schnapps,” the company’s owners said, “we can make disinfectants.”

DF Partner Disinfectants

5/10

DB Schenker distributes Anti-COVID priority shipments of disinfectants, offering free delivery directly to healthcare facilities, doctors, dentists, retirement homes and social services.

Short-term warehousing

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The Coronavirus pandemic has hit global supply chains with full force. Due to changing consumer behavior, stranded shipping containers are piling up in seaports with goods that can no longer be sold due to changing consumer behavior. In addition, growing consumer demand for certain goods, for example in the food or health sector, has led to an increase in production. This has two consequences: Currently unsaleable items need to be stored temporarily and companies are having to build up safety stocks to avoid interruptions in supply.

Logistics automation at its best

7/10

DB Schenker is now responsible for MediaMarkt Sweden's logistics for online sales and store deliveries from the Arlandastad logistics center near Stockholm.

Inventing the digitized warehouse

8/10

DB Schenker and Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking for the internet, are collaborating to change the face of the logistics industry.

Exoskeletons

9/10

DB Schenker has extensively investigated the use of exoskeletons at several logistics locations in Germany, in order to relieve warehouse personnel of physically-demanding tasks in the long term.