Werben im Podcast: Der Logistik Podcast

In this episode, I sit down with Karel De Jong from Jumbo and Johannes Meißner from Witron to unpack the real impact of next-generation warehousing. We dive deep into how centralization and automation are rewriting the rules of supply chain agility, with fresh food logistics as our stage. From overcoming labor shortages to integrating technology that keeps freshness at the forefront, we explore what it means to play the 'first violin' in the logistics orchestra. You'll hear firsthand how Jumbo's innovative facility became a model of efficiency and adaptability, and why the end consumer still calls the tune. Join us as we reveal the strategies, challenges, and future vision shaping the modern supply chain.

Richard Kearns always knows how his supply chains, his new warehouse in Hernando, Mississippi, or his logistics processes are performing - because he receives immediate feedback every single day. As Executive Vice President of Distribution & Logistics at Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG), he serves demanding customers: the store operators are independent retailers who expect to be impressed by logistics performance every day. This is made possible by a highly automated full-range logistics center, designed and implemented by WITRON, which supplies 3,400 stores with a portfolio of currently 54,600 different dry, fresh, and frozen items. The facility is designed for a daily picking capacity of more than 460,000 cases and ranks among the most innovative and high-performance logistics centers in the United States. The results achieved are impressive. Labor and transportation costs have been significantly reduced.

At its distribution centers in Brisbane and Sydney, Coles uses state-of-the-art WITRON technology to pick 1.6 billion sales units annually from a dry goods range comprising 19,000 different items. More than 90 percent of these items are picked either fully automatically or at semi-automated workstations. The WITRON solution has fundamentally transformed not only the processes in the distribution centers but also enhanced efficiency and product availability in the stores. Working conditions for Coles’ employees have also significantly improved. As a result, nearly 18 million kilograms of manual lifting and carrying have been completely eliminated each week across the entire supply chain. By halving the required footprint compared to a manual warehouse, the ecological impact has been substantially reduced - enabling the implementation of a business model that is both economically viable and environmentally sustainable. A third, even larger logistics center is already under construction in Melbourne.

Food retailer Axfood and its logistics partner WITRON planned and implemented a forward-looking omnichannel distribution centre. From here, more than 1,500 stores and many thousands of end customers will be supplied with a wide range of over 22,000 dry, fresh and frozen items via click + collect and home delivery. The highly automated facility is designed for a daily picking performance of 1.6 million pick units.

He describes how the typical WITRON mentality - pragmatic, direct and often stubborn - helps to shape the company's success and the challenges that growing diversity brings with it.

Er beschreibt, wie die typische WITRON-Mentalität – pragmatisch, direkt und oft stur – den Erfolg des Unternehmens mitgestaltet und welche Herausforderungen die wachsende Vielfalt mit sich bringt.

The two experts share their experiences from international projects and explain how companies can prepare their employees, IT and processes for these extensive changes.

Die beiden Experten teilen ihre Erfahrungen aus internationalen Projekten und erläutern, wie Unternehmen ihre Mitarbeiter, IT und Prozesse auf diese umfassenden Veränderungen vorbereiten können.

Dr Stefan Bauer, Business Unit Director at WITRON, and Dominik Simbeck, Head of Competence Center Basis Project Support at WITRON, report on WITRON's interface offensive in the podcast - architecturally, in the UX process and in visualisation.

Dr. Stefan Bauer, Business Unit Director bei WITRON, und Dominik Simbeck, Leiter Competence Center Basis Project Support bei WITRON, berichten im Podcast von WITRONs Oberflächen-Offensive - architektonisch, im UX-Prozess und in der Visualisierung.

From the main building alone, the near/non-food area, more than 700 shops and many thousands of home shopping customers are supplied from a range of more than 100,000 items per year. On a peak day, the WITRON OPM, AIO and CPS systems pick more than 470,000 retail units.

Allein vom Hauptgebäude, dem Near-/ Non-Food-Bereich, werden aus einem Sortiment von mehr als 100.000 Artikeln p.a. über 700 Filialen und viele Tausend Homeshopping-Kunden beliefert. An einem Spitzentag kommissionieren die WITRON-Systeme OPM, AIO und CPS mehr als 470.000 Handelseinheiten.

The story of WITRON’s Order Picking Machinery system (OPM) begins at Walter Winkler’s coffee table in Parkstein. The breakthrough came with a cake and a cake server from the WITRON founder. The COM - the heart of the OPM system was born. Just as a cake lifter glides under the piece of cake, the COM moves under the items to be picked and uses them to load pallets and roll containers for the food retailers’ stores fully automatically, product-gently, store-friendly, and without errors. More podcasts, reports, videos: https://ideenraum.witron.de/en/

Die Geschichte des Order Picking Machinery (OPM)-Systems von WITRON beginnt an der Kaffeetafel von Walter Winkler in Parkstein. Ein Kuchen und ein Tortenheber des WITRON-Gründers brachten den Durchbruch. Die COM – das Herzstück des OPM-Systems war geboren. Wie ein Tortenheber unter das Kuchenstück gleitet, fährt die COM unter die zu kommissionierenden Artikel und belädt mit ihnen vollautomatisch, produktschonend, filialgerecht und fehlerfrei Paletten und Rollcontainer für die Stores der Lebensmitteleinzelhändler. Noch mehr Podcasts, Artikel, Videos und Themen finden Sie https://ideenraum.witron.de/

In this Podcast we talk with Gaute Glomlien from COOP and Holger Weiß from WITRON about their project in Norway and why chose WITRON. More podcasts, reports, videos: https://ideenraum.witron.de/en/