Case Study Hilti

Our customer Hilti

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SPECIAL GOODS DELIVERED AT SHORT NOTICE Starting point: Two warehouses in Austria and Germany. Objective: Thousands of customers in Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Slovenia. GebrĂźder Weiss (GW) transports Hilti products to customers in five different countries within just 24 hours. The Control Tower ensures transparency across the board.

AT A GLANCE:

HILTI

Based in Schaan (the Principality of Liechtenstein), Hilti AG is one of the world’s leading tool manufacturers. The company supplies the construction industry with technological products, systems, and services. Around 24,000 people are employed by Hilti in over 120 countries. Hilti has its own production plants, research and development centers in Europe, Asia and South America.

THE CHALLENGE

THE CHALLENGE The successful transport of general cargo, which GW has been performing for Hilti for over a decade, should be expanded to cover Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Slovenia. The daily collection of goods and rapid transports had to be guaranteed here.

The challenge:

● Collecting the goods at short notice several times a day from the logistics centres at Vienna-Leopoldsdorf and Nuremberg ● Rapid and safe transport to the customers in Austria and Eastern Europe

● Careful transport of hazardous goods (e.g. ADR class 1 detonators) or long goods (e.g. special rails with a length of six meters) ● Transparent shipment tracking at any time

THE SOLUTION

THE SOLUTION GW offered Hilti an optimum transport solution, a combination of cargo and direct shipments. In order to save time and resources, the goods are collected at the GW cross-docking hub in Maria Lanzendorf (Vienna/Austria) and transported together.

The services at a glance:

● Delivery of goods several times a day from various Hilti locations to AT, HU, SI, SZ, SL ● Guaranteed delivery of goods within 24 hours, around 2,000 shipments per month ● Safe transportation of hazardous and long goods ● The Control Tower ensures the highest level of transparency across the board

THE BENEFITS

THE BENEFITS Delivery within 24 hours GW collects the goods several times a day, uses the fastest connections within its own network and delivers them to the Hilti customer centre or directly to customers in five different countries – and all this within just 24 hours.

Planability With GW pro.line, cargo and groupage freight distribution is performed at fixed transit times, with high quality standards and daily departures. pro.line premium services also guarantee that the goods arrive at the customer before a defined point in time (16, 12, 10 or 9).

Special transports Transporting hazardous and long goods is not a problem for GW. The logistics expert assumes the entire organization, transporting the goods safely and reliable to their destination.

Transparency across the board All shipments can be seamlessly tracked via the Control Tower specially developed for Hilti. The monitoring tool brings considerable quality and time improvements for Hilti.

WHAT WE PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE ABOUT GW: PROMPT AND COMPETENT TRANSPORT SERVICES.

Insert Picture Joachim Anna Head Logistics Europe Central

“We have a long-standing partnership with Gebrüder Weiss. We are very happy with the prompt and competent transport services that GW brings for us as our exclusive partner in five European countries. The introduction of the Control Tower has brought us substantial time and quality improvements – enabling us to focus even more closely on our core business.” www.hilti.com

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