A team from Achenbach recently had the opportunity to visit the UPS hub at Cologne/Bonn Airport in the middle of the night. The logistics center is UPS's central hub in Europe ? and is the second largest facility of its kind in the world.
Every night, up to 18 cargo planes – including jumbo jets – are handled there by around 2,800 employees per shift. In the state-of-the-art, semi-automated sorting facilities, incoming and outgoing shipments are assigned to the correct destination regions and forwarded at lightning speed.
Customs clearance for third-country shipments is fully integrated into the process, as is end-to-end shipment tracking. Particularly impressive: the hub operates on a daily basis – every night starts with zero backlog.
The Achenbach team gained exciting insights into the world of system logistics and took many impressive impressions back with them.
UPS is a strong partner for Achenbach ?, enabling us to supply our customers worldwide ? with technology components quickly and reliably.
Achenbach visits the UPS Hub in Cologne – an exclusive look behind the scenes
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