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DACHSER optimizes its pioneering rolling container for store deliveries
The Retail Box is designed for transporting hanging and flat garments to retailers, but also improves logistics in other sectors.
Bringing clothing to retail without wrinkles or creases is the ultimate achievement in the transportation of fashion items. To attain it, DACHSER Fashion Logistics has developed a special rolling container for hanging and flat garments. The Retail Box (formerly Roll&GOH) can be easily transported on the truck bed together with other palleted goods and is easy for the driver to roll into the receiving fashion shop. Having launched this container around five years ago, DACHSER has now further optimized it and offers two different-sized models: Retail Box classic and small. When making these enhancements, DACHSER also considered the box’s potential for other sectors in which the stores to be supplied are often located in city centers, including the cosmetics industry and, increasingly, the electronics sector. There are no plans, however, to use it for shipping food.
In fashion logistics, the aim of the Retail Box is to deliver hanging and flat garments to stores throughout the DACHSER European Logistics network—while keeping the garments intact, clean, and wrinkle-free. The flat items are stored in containers on the floor of the Retail Box under the hanging items. Now, two new models feature simplified and intuitive handling, thus enabling even more efficient transportation. Not only can these state-of-the-art boxes be assembled and disassembled in a few simple steps, but it’s also possible to fold them up when empty. That means the Retail Boxes can be stored in a shipping warehouse or a shop to save space until they’re loaded with clothing for transport or taken away again by the driver.
“Together with our manufacturer, we’ve developed and tested the new Retail Box models in close collaboration with our customers.”
Uwe Riechel, Department Head DACHSER Fashion Logistics
DACHSER Retail Box classic and small
DACHSER also optimized the design in terms of safety and durability. The “rolling closet” is now made entirely of metal and is fully enclosed. It also offers the option of using a seal or lock to secure the contents even better against unauthorized access. In some cases, the value-added transport solution makes it possible to dispense with costly outer packaging. Other advantages include cost efficiency and easier handling at the point of sale.
“Together with our manufacturer, we’ve developed and tested the new Retail Box models in close collaboration with our customers. Being familiar with the day-to-day activities in the store helps immensely in tailoring the transport product to the needs of retailers in the best possible way,” says Uwe Riechel, Department Head DACHSER Fashion Logistics.
While the Retail Box classic has the dimensions of a euro pallet and a height of 1.9 meters, the newly developed Retail Box small has the same height but is otherwise more compact, with a length of 80 centimeters and width of 60 centimeters. “Due to market demand for small delivery quantities, we’ve developed a model for half-pallets in addition to the Retail Box classic,” Riechel explains.
Due to market demand for small delivery quantities, we’ve developed a model for half-pallets in addition to the Retail Box classic.
Uwe Riechel
Sustainable transport solutions for the fashion and other industries
In enhancing the Retail Box, DACHSER also considered the possibility of using it in other sectors that face similar challenges when delivering to stores in city centers or shopping malls, such as the cosmetics and electronics industries. There are no plans to use it for shipping food.
In addition to the two Retail Box models, DACHSER Fashion Logistics offers its customers another innovative transport solution: the ProFashional Box. This was specially designed for global shipping of hanging and flat goods in air freight.
The design of both the Retail Box and the ProFashional Box took sustainability into consideration. For one thing, these designs make optimal use of the cargo space, which is a particular challenge when transporting hanging goods. For another, the two transport solutions are reusable, meaning there is virtually no need to procure packaging materials and then dispose of them at great expense. According to an initial estimate by DACHSER, the use of a Retail Box classic with an expected product lifecycle of at least 150 shipping tours can save over 4,000 kilograms in packaging material. This in turn has a positive impact on the carbon emissions generated when shipping goods.
edi – Data exchange platform for quick and secure processing of mass data
When analogue processes meet a digital world, the result is intelligent logistics.
To ensure that there is a frictionless, time-saving, and reliable information flow along your supply chain for your complex IT-based logistics processes, DACHSER operates its own EDI-Center. EDI (electronic data interchange) controls and monitors the exchange of your incoming and outgoing data to and from all connected systems. Standardised and customised interfaces permit fast and uncomplicated integration.
Benefits for you:
Avoid errors and save time: standardised and automated work steps precisely control your logistics processes
Security and availability of data: standardised and customised interfaces permit the fast and uncomplicated integration of your business processes and the exchange of all relevant information and data
Connectivity: through EDI, you are connected directly to our transport and warehouse systems
Integration: the EDI platform enables you to optimise the structure and design of your business processes.
In addition, we offer you:
Over 970 IT professionals globally.
A central 24/7 hotline
Virus protection and anti-spam filters for all applications
Maximum fail-proof security and contingency planning for all systems
Confidentiality regulations for all IT users worldwide
Permanent improvement of our systems and development of IT innovations
Focus on quality management
The DACHSER network: The high-performance logistics infrastructure of the worldwide network combined with intelligent IT enable the fast and efficient execution of a wide variety of logistics challenges.
Intelligent traffic routing: As a learning organisation, we adapt all new technological developments to optimise the supply chain in real-time and quickly translate innovations into real-time operation—benefiting you.
Excellent personnel: We constantly invest in the education and training of our employees to maintain our high level of logistics performance.
In case of questions, please get in contact with your local contact person at DACHSER.
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