Automotive Logistics Solutions

Our worldwide network for procurement, distribution and aftermarket logistics ensures your components and vehicles reach their destination. We offer a range of storage services and transport modes, including road, rail, ocean, or air freight. We also provide eco-friendly transport solutions, consulting services, and 3PL/4PL concepts.

We have facilities in all of the major sourcing and shipping locations around the world - complimented by a team of industry specialists who are experts in the Automotive Industry. Our customer portfolio includes many of the world’s largest OEMs, Tier 1, Tier 2 suppliers.

DB Schenker is uniquely positioned to offer services that include transportation and distribution, consolidation and deconsolidation, along with supply chain management solutions for every market around the globe.

For the Automotive industry, DB Schenker provides global expertise in our customers’ supply chain challenges including:

Automotive supplier park operations that include KANBAN inventory replenishment schemes and JIT deliveries to line side
Customized, cost-effective, integrated, and intermodal logistics solutions for components, spare parts, and finished vehicle shipments along the supply chain.
A worldwide network for production logistics, distribution, CKD and SKD, and finished vehicles logistics.
Subassembly of sophisticated components, with production control and quality assurance systems to keep production running.
Pre-delivery inspection centers for storage and vehicle repair.
Spare-parts warehousing services offering the full spectrum of aftermarket requirements.
International resource pool to assist start-ups anywhere in the world.

No matter where in the world your shipments need to go, they will reach their destination quickly and reliably. And with our policy of continuous improvement, you can be sure to stay ahead of your competition. Whether you’re entering a new market, planning a new production facility, or simply need a logistics partner to optimise your supply chain, our customised solutions can meet your exact requirements.

Additional Services

As pioneers of innovative logistics solutions, we at DB Schenker are committed to becoming the leading sustainable, green logistics provider.

At DB Schenker, the security of your cargo is of utmost importance to us. We can offer a wide-array of supply-chain security solutions in order to protect your cargo during both warehousing and transport. No matter where your cargo is located or headed; we can offer suitable security solutions on a global level.

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.

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

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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.

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.

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.

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.