Successful steps towards a sustainable future
Smooth material flows, efficient warehouse management, the shortest possible processing times and maximum product availability: Apotea and SSI SCHAEFER's collaboration over the past few years has been a true success story in logistics. The modern, fully automatic solution for the distribution center in Morgongåva enables the online pharmacy to meet its customers’ high demands and uphold its top standard of service; it also puts the company in an excellent position to handle further growth and future peaks.
Apotea takes the future seriously – not just in terms of the success of the company, but also with an eye to responsible resource use. “To us, it’s obvious that we need to start thinking about the future now. That includes making our actions as sustainable as possible and state-of-the-art technologies help us achieve that”, says Pär Svärdson. This was the motivation behind measures such as installing solar panels on the roof of the logistics center and investing in its own electric trucks. These trucks co-transport packages that would otherwise be transported by various shipping companies between the logistics center in Morgongåva and the package terminals in the Stockholm area. By taking over a part of the transport chain, transportation is streamlined, and emissions are reduced.
Through its clever designs, SSI SCHAEFER also contributes to greater sustainability - to save energy and further reduce operating costs, the conveying system switches off when required. In addition, automatically adapting cartons to the shipped items reduces volumes, saves packaging material, decreases the size of the deliveries, and thus helps achieve even better transport capacity utilization.
