BIW Compact 1-2015 English

02 When it comes to competence When it comes to competence COMPACT When it comes to competence When it comes to competence ATTENTION Goods receipt at Weichselstraße 10 GOODS RECEIPT RELOCATED FROM SCHWELM TO ENNEPETAL As of the start of year, BIW Isolierstoffe GmbH has a new goods receipt facility with a basic area of 1,800 m2 on which a high rack warehouse with storage sufficient for around 2,000 euro-pallets has been installed. With the relocation of the warehouse from Schwelm to Ennepetal, all of the important stages in the value-added chain have been consolidated in Ennepetal. As a result of the constant development of the entire company, the area available to us in Schwelm was too small and the logistical expenditure of material provision for production was too much. With an annual consumption of several thousand tonnes of silicone, millions of metres of glass silk and other raw materials by our production, it was obvious that the potentials for optimisation needed to be exploited. The previous warehouse in Schwelm was rented, the new warehouse, in Ennepetal is owned. Alongside logistical and ecological benefits, namely the reduction of CO2 emissions and transportation, the raw material no longer need to be moved multiple times and is directly available to production 365 days a year, at any time. Another innovation is the EDP-supported warehousing system which represents the provision progress of raw material in real time. This makes it easier to control raw material supplies as well as increasing the schedulding accuracy for production. In addition, every raw material container is specifically included in the new WLAN- supported, scanner-based system for location and batch and is subject to constant monitoring. The responsible management of the strategic new alignment of goods receipt is under the control of Dirk Gammler who has taken on this new challenge, alongside his long-established tasks in purchasing, with great enthusiasm. In addition: Alongside the 1,800 m² set aside for goods receipt, this new building also offers a further 1,800 m² for the expansion of BIW production. The first machines are ready and waiting to be commissioned. More are on order. This set the scene for further growth of BIW in Ennepetal. — DR. MARKUS WIETHOFF Dirk Gammler

BIW Compact 1-2015 English

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