Value-added Logistics Services

Sensor Technology (Smartbox)

The DB SCHENKERsmartbox family creates synergy in your supply chain. We use a well-established network of cooperating partners, making this service unique within all modes of freight forwarding transportation.

With this extensive service, you’ll receive a detailed overview of your freight – around the clock, worldwide and with real-time tracking. The DB SCHENKERsmartbox family also offers related services for all modes of transports, including air and rail.

When you use DB SCHENKERsmartbox, you know you’re getting unparalleled transparency, security, and savings.

Transparency

Highest level of transparency of the supply chain
Monitoring of cargo conditions
Increased lead-time
GPS real time tracking via web (24/7)

Savings

Potential reduction of insurance costs
Reduction of customer’s logistics costs

Security

Protection against theft and vandalism

Digitalization

Data collection
Running individual reports
Facilitating analysis

The new DB SCHENKERsmartbox family service has grown. It now monitors global freight transports in a more convenient and innovative way, offering several options to fit your very specific business needs:

DB SCHENKERsmartbox premium
DB SCHENKERsmartbox light
DB SCHENKERsmartbox easy 1
DB SCHENKERsmartbox easy 2
DB SCHENKERsmartbox pharma
DB SCHENKERsmartbox logistics
DB SCHENKERsmartbox air gateways
DB SCHENKERsmartbox air real-time
DB SCHENKERsmartbox domestic lock
DB SCHENKERsmartbox domestic package tracker
DB SCHENKERsmartbox rail
DB SCHENKERsmartbox individuals
DB SCHENKERsmartbox security service

Find out easily and at any time which device might be the best for your needs. Visit our
DB SCHENKERsmartbox family configurator.

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.

The New DB Schenker

1/10

We are pleased to announce the new brand image that truly speaks to the current state of our business and our overall long-term strategy.

Maximum power for green mobility

2/10

Transport, warehousing, recycling and other services along the supply chain require a high level of expertise in the proper and compliant handling of lithium batteries. This is where DB Schenker comes into play, supporting the industry with a dedicated service for battery logistics to cope with the logistical hurdles.

Short-term warehousing

3/10

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

4/10

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

5/10

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

6/10

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

7/10

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

Exoskeletons

8/10

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.