It's something we're really good at.
We have been in the industry for over 50 years, tackling challenges and moving logistics in the industry forwards.
Many elements introduced into automotive logistics by Ewals have become industry standards, including the Mega semi-trailer.
The automotive industry currently represents 71% of our total turnover.
Every day, we provide:
Shipping throughout Europe, with single-load just-in-time and just-in-sequence deliveries, as well as partial loads, including express deliveries. We also provide x-dock and other logistics services.
Adient Case Study:
Adient is a world-leading supplier of car seats with a global reach. In the Czech Republic, it is the exclusive supplier of Škoda Auto and many other European car manufacturers. The company has seven production plants in the country and, with 10.5 million seats produced per year, it is among the 100 most important companies according to the Czech Top 100 ranking.
Historical development of partnerships
Cooperation with the company Ewals Cargo Care began in 1992, when Adient, then still known as Johnson Controls, opened the first car upholstery plant in the city of Česká Lípa. Ewals Cargo Care provided road transport and took care of customs procedures. Warehouse management and dispatch of finished products were subsequently added. In 1995, the first production plant was opened in the town of Mladá Boleslav, where car seats for Škoda Auto are manufactured. The scope of cooperation grew together with the development of production in the Czech Republic. Today, we are partners with all plants in the Czech Republic where car seats are produced (Mladá Boleslav, Bezděčín, Bor and Solnice-Kvasiny) and all plants where upholstery is produced (Česká Lípa, Stráž pod Ralskem and Roudnice nad Labem). The range of services provided is diverse, and it can be said that Adient makes full use of them all.
Utilised services
- Complete logistics – Ewals Cargo Care provides everything from getting order confirmation from the supplier, packaging, material loading, storage and delivery of parts for production
- Operation of external warehouses
- Storage in trailers (Warehouse on Wheels) – this works both for materials and for finished seats
- JIT distribution of finished car seats for production
- Complete takeover of packaging management. We communicate directly with Adient’s suppliers.
- Pre-production – gluing of several parts to create a finished component for production
- JIS (sequencing) – assembly of parts on a pallet according to exact production needs, so that the pallet can be transported directly to the production line
Main benefits for the client
- Flexibility and willingness to tailor services to the client’s specifications
- Taking responsibility for all risks during loading, transport, unloading, storage and transport of car seats to the end customer
- Adapting IT tools to the client’s requirements and making certain programs and applications available to the client
- Process improvements to ensure equitable utilisation of the warehouse and development of web applications, to which both Ewals Cargo Care and Adient have access
- Making our packaging records program available to the client
Selected cooperation statistics for Adient Mladá Boleslav
- We employ 100 of our workers directly at Adient’s plant and adjacent warehouse in Bezděčín, Mladá Boleslav
- Every day we dispatch
- 1,700 sets (complete seats for one car) to Škoda Mladá Boleslav
- 400 sets to Porsche Leipzig
- We provide 60 nationwide dispatches and 130 international dispatches of materials daily.
And on top of that?
We have already programmed unique turnkey web platforms for a complete overview of orders, including comprehensive KPI, for 21 customers.
For 3 customers, we process receipt and dispatching in their warehouses.
For 2 customers, we provide pre-production services.
15 customers use our WOW warehouses in semi-trailers.
21 customers use our shuttle shunting service.
2 customers use our loading window order system.
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