Enhancing Global Distribution Logistics through Regional Hub Development and Automation
Reducing transportation costs and improving Cross Dock operations efficiency.
Customer：Sporting Goods Manufacturer
Challenge (Before)
The customer manufactured products at factories in Asia and exported them separately to each European country.As a result, shipments were small and frequent, creating an inefficient structure in both shipping operations and transportation costs.
As the company sought to expand sales across Europe, there was a growing need to establish a hub facility capable of consolidating shipments and efficiently redistributing products for intra-European transportation.
Solutions
NX Solution
- Established a regional hub in Europe by preparing a warehouse facility that met the customer’s requirements for location, equipment, space, and future scalability.
- Consolidated exports by shipping products for multiple European destinations together from factories in Asia to the regional hub, reducing transportation costs.
- Introduced an automated sorting system to improve the efficiency of Cross Dock operations, including unloading loose cartons from containers and sorting them by destination country.
- After sorting, products are delivered to each country using the most appropriate transportation mode—such as trucks or rail—thereby optimizing logistics within Europe.
Benefits
Benefits (Results)
By utilizing consolidated transportation through the European regional hub, international transportation costs were significantly reduced compared with direct exports to each country.
Furthermore, the introduction of an automated sorting system at the hub improved both the accuracy and processing efficiency of Cross Dock operations.
This initiative has established an efficient and scalable logistics infrastructure that supports the expansion of sales in the European market.
