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Lead Logistics Services

When you need customised and competitive transport and logistics solutions for your complete supply chain, DB SCHENKERleadlogistics has you covered. DB SCHENKERleadlogistics is our collective name for 4PL, LLP, freight management, transport management and supply chain solutions. Managing logistics and a wide range of external providers across your supply chain is complex.

DB SCHENKERleadlogistics has the expertise to manage these complexities under one roof. We identify and bring on board the best and most competitive providers and sub-contractors for each aspect of your supply chain. In doing so, you receive the optimal logistics set up for your business. Our set up is cost-effective, uses top service providers (by lane/capability), and draws on a broad set of providers to guarantee capacity. By acting as a single point of contact, our expert engineers provide a one-stop-shop, while accessing the skills, capacity and cost advantage of the best service providers on the market.

Regional Lead Logistics

We understand that managing global supply chains requires local knowledge. At every stage, market structures, culture, politics and local business practices can vary. Cross-border logistics, in particular, can be highly complex. That’s why we have developed regional services to handle the local aspects of global logistics: Lead Logistics Europe, Lead Logistics Americas and Lead Logistics Asia Pacific.

Although adapted locally, our Lead Logistics services are globally integrated and transparent. Using inventories within warehouses and cross dock facilities, we tightly manage your supply chain from end-to-end.

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Logistics Orchestrator

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Taking aftermarket logistics to the next level

e-commerce incorporated

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Partnering with Magento

DB Schenker is offering a powerful new extension to equip small and mid-size merchants at Magento, one of the world's leading providers of e-commerce platforms. The Partnership evolved from increasing customer demand for web-shop order tracking.

Logistics automation at its best

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

Empowering global e-commerce

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DB Schenker provides its customers with access to over a hundred marketplaces globally by partnering with leading SaaS platform provider, ChannelAdvisor.

Inventing the digitized warehouse

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

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Learning by gaming: Virtual Reality as a boost for employee training

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Serious Gaming: In collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics DB Schenker has developed an employee training course as a VR digital game.

Exoskeletons

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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.

Supporting the Alpaca Industry in Peru

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Since the Inca Empire and dating back to 5000 B.C., the lives of alpacas have been preserved and extended by using their wool to create clothing and other materials. Found primarily in the Peruvian Andes, over four million alpacas are tended by thousands of Peruvians who are living far away from modern life.

Mobile Malaria Project

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The Mobile Malaria Project team, led by Dr. George Busby from the University of Oxford, has travelled over 7,500km with a modified Land Rover Discovery across Africa to exchange with local experts on the challenges in malaria control and to teach African scientists how to use the latest technology in this field.

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.