Airbus has selected Kuehne+Nagel as lead logistics provider and DHL as lead transport provider, becoming Tier 1 partners for the European plane maker.
The decision is a significant step towards the integration of Airbus and will allow a further harmonisation and optimisation of Airbus' logistics and related transport processes in Europe.
The Airbus new logistics concept foresees the successive consolidation of all local warehouse facilities into regional hubs in Germany (Hamburg), France (Toulouse, Nantes-Saint Nazaire), Spain (Madrid, Puerto-Real) and the UK (Broughton) by 2010.
They will be fully managed and operated by Kuehne+Nagel. These logistics centres provide more than 150.000 sqm of floorspace for storing aircraft equipment, parts and raw materials to serve the Airbus production lines.
As lead transport provider DHL will implement a full transport management system and streamline the transport of moving materials from the supplier to the Airbus manufacturing plants.
International Commercial Terms (Incoterms) will be harmonised to one common FCA (Free Carrier) standard. This allows better integration, rationalising of capacity and better tracking of items. Shipments of Airbus aircraft sections by air (Beluga), sea and road are not part of this new contract with DHL.
"The optimisation of our supply chain and logistics by defining one lead logistics provider and one lead transport provider is an essential step towards to increasing our efficiency and delivering on our Power8 targets," said Fabrice Bregier, Airbus chief operating officer.
Implementation of the new transport and logistics concept will start on September 1 this year.
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