Automotive procurement logistics

Just-in-time plant supply

Experienced and reliable: the Geis Group has been a regional forwarder for the industry for over 20 years, providing just-in-time transportation of suppliers’ components to clients’ production plants.

Services include pick-ups from suppliers from a precisely specified area, normally the transfer and consolidation as well as delivery to the production plants within a specifically defined time frame.

The handling of customer-specific loading equipment, reusable packaging and specialist racks with return delivery is all part of Geis’s standard service. Flexible, efficient and on the spot.

The extras:

specialist automotive technology (MEGA)
scanning technology for shipment tracking
time-phased transfer and delivery
flexible, volume-related solutions

The task

smooth transportation with fixed deadlines
collection from suppliers
consolidation and sorting of shipments
JIT delivery to plants
handling of empties and loading equipment

The solution

web-based transport request
transport processing using direct transportation or via a consolidation point
return delivery of reusable packaging and loading equipment
proactive information of any changes

The advantages

material flow to production plants can be easily planned
optimised time management using time-phased deliveries
high level of supply reliability for production
direct and fast communication