Warehouse logistics innovation

Autonomous high-reach forklifts, robot-supported storage and order-picking systems, storage system optimisation based on big data – when it comes to warehousing innovations, we are true pioneers.

For us, this also means testing new technologies.

We shape the future of logistics together with our customers and our employees. Motivation, perseverance and curiosity as well as the efficient handling of setbacks are what it takes to create successful innovations. Even mistakes are valuable to us, as they show us how to improve our warehouse processes on an ongoing basis.

We shape our growth and evolution in cooperation with start-ups that develop tailor-made solutions and rethink warehouse logistics together with us.

The aim is to ensure that identified innovations are fully exploited and built to be useful over the long term. We do this by:

• Identifying potential for improvement
• Developing solution proposals
• Performing trial runs in our own warehouses
• Assessing and implementing the innovation
• Unlocking potentials

At Rhenus, we have identified the following focal areas to date.

Efficient warehouse organisation 

• A goods-to-person solution that has completely changed the makeup of our warehouses.
• The goods are stored in boxes that are put together like a magic cube.
• Robots bring individual boxes to the check-out station, where they are picked up by our employees.
• This results in an optimised utilisation of the available space.