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HAVI Logistics relies on KiSoft WMS by KNAPP

01.02.2010

HAVI Logistics, “The Global Lead Logistics Provider” for the food service industry running 72 distribution centres worldwide and serving well-known customers such as McDonald’s, BP, IKEA and Bone’s has opted for partnership with KNAPP.

First in a pilot project, KiSoft WMS, the warehouse management system by KNAPP, will be installed in two out of six distribution centres in Germany, with rollouts to follow at all the European locations within three years.

KiSoft WMS offers optimal support for the business model of lead logistics providers, acting as a strategic logistics partner for customers and delivering logistics services from a single source. Through its partnership with KNAPP, HAVI Logistics is well prepared for future logistical demands and can rely on the modern, trendsetting warehouse technology and automation as well as KNAPP’s integrated warehouse logistics software.

In addition to the WMS, HAVI Logistics will also employ KNAPP’s supply chain execution module, for controlling and tracking the material flow throughout the transport processes between supplier, distribution centre, and customer’s point of delivery, thus profiting from the entire supply chain and cross-location processes (stock information, load carrier and empties tracking, quality assurance, cross-docking, centrally managed recalls across Europe, mobile warehousing (customer-related picking on the vehicle) and so on.).

HAVI Logistics (www.havi-logistics.com) is “The Global Logistics Provider” for the food service industry. The company has separate divisions for the European, North American and greater Asia areas. In Europe alone HAVI Logistics employs more than 4700 people in 47 distribution, logistics and service companies. The distribution companies provide all the logistics services for 5800 points of delivery throughout Europe.

The KNAPP Group, with 26 sales and service offices around the world and approx. 1,700 employees worldwide, develops best-of-class software solutions in the logistics area with more than 400 software engineers. Through the many years of experience, innovative software architecture, and KiSoft Warehouse Management System including Pick-by-Voice, the customers profit from proven best-practice processes (more than 6,000 users in 20 countries) and short implementation times, thanks to the extensive and easily configured standard functions (1,100+ features).
 



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