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• Increased efficiency of dispatch

planning in parallel with a reduced

planning effort

• Visualization of all tours in up-to-

date map material

• Flexibly adaptable to changing

requirements in daily business• Transparent time and cost planning

Voucherless and real-time

processes

With the module for online tour pro-

cessing, which is also connected to

LFS, the paper-based processing of

orders and deliveries can be omitted.

This saves time and personnel costs.

The software module is producer-inde-

pendent and can be used with all hand-

held computers. The data are available

in real-time and in transparent form.

The advantages ofthe Tour Planning module

in an overview:

• Complete integration in LFS – Inter-

faces to third-party systems can be

omitted

• Always up-to-date information from

the warehouse

• Operation in the familiar LFS user

interface

• Possibility of handling a higher order

volume with the same vehicle fleet

third-party systems are not required.

LFS already contains all functions re-

quired for monitoring and optimizing

the processes in detail without inter-

faces to third-party systems.

Efficient tour planning

With the new tour planning module of

the LFS.tms product line, single orders

can be allocated to suitable vehicles.

In addition, the maximum load cap-

acity and the ideal route can be cal-

culated for every truck. Thanks to the

permanent communication with the

Revolutionary and intelligent networking: LFS.tms –

The overall solution for the warehouse and the road T E C H N O L O G Y

With the module for the vehicle fleet

management, the vehicle deployment

planning becomes economically effi-

cient.

The Yard Management module al-

lows monitoring and coordinating the

external storage areas. The function

for calculating the freight costs allows

an easy monitoring of the incurring

costs.

The drivers,

the ware-

house employ-

ees and the customers receive infor-

mation during the tour.

Advantages of the integratedOnline Tour Processing

• Optimized communication between

the headquarters, the drivers and

the customers

• Easy handling thanks to direct

integration in LFS

• Voucherless documentation and

archiving of tour data

• Significantly reduced error rate

thanks to electronic data recording

• Reduced time and personnel effort

• Increased efficiency of the vehicle

fleet and the delivery process

Transportation Management Solutions LFS.tms at a glance Freight Cost Calculation

Load Space Calculation

Shipment Tracing – Log Trace

Transit Management

Shipping Handling Unit Pre-calculation

Yard Management

Online Tour Processing

Tour Planning

E+P and IBM are extending their

partnership: The warehouse ex-perts recently received the certifi-

cation as an IBM Managed Service

Provider for their offers in the do-

mains of managed services as well

as cloud and hosting solutions.

Already since the beginning of the

The two new modules for online tourprocessing and tour planning com-

plete these functions and turn the LFS.

tms product line into an even more ef-

ficient solution for the road.

Thanks to the intelligent connection

with the warehouse management solu-

tions LFS.wms², the warehouse man-

agement system as an overall solution

allows controlling the internal and ex-

ternal logistic processes. Interfaces to

LFS.wms² solutions for intralogistics,the shortest routes for the items are

already calculated when the orders

are transferred by the host system.

Another advantage of the intelligent

connection of the dispatching mod-

ule to the warehouse management

solution is the automated allocation

of orders and tours. As the system are

connected, E+P can significantly ac-

celerate and optimize the dispatching

processes.

Continued from page 1

1990s, E+P has been cooperating

with the world’s largest provider ofinformation technology, guarantee-

ing their customers renowned qual-

ity and state-of-the-art technology.

IT infrastructures are becoming in-

creasingly dynamic and complex. Es-

pecially for small and medium-sized

enterprises not wanting to make large

investments into hardware technolo-

gy, outsourcing is an important issue.

With the subsidiary EPX –Ehrhardt +

Partner Xtended – E+P offers the per-

fect solution: The users are supported

in managing and operating their soft-

ware solution, like for instance the

warehouse management system LFS

and the corresponding IT infrastruc-

ture.

The managed services certified bythe IBM include the administration

and operation of the server as well

as a comprehensive support for the

warehouse management system,

based on criteria defined in advance.

This includes data and system back-

ups, printer set-ups and support for

questions concerning LFS. The more

than 300 qualified IT experts of the

E+P Group guarantee comprehensive

support.

An integra ted maintenance and mon-

itoring system guarantees that the

EPX support center can detect poten-

tial errors already in advance. Marco

Ehrhardt, managing partner of E+P,

explains the advantage for the enter-

prises: “Managed service providers

are the new IT departments in smalland medium-sized enterprises. As an

IBM-certified MSP, we can help our

customers to reduce the costs for an

expensive infrastructure to a min-

imum. This way, they can focus on

their core business.”

Besides managed services, EPX is

also responsible for hosting and pro-

viding the computing power in the EPX

computer center. The users profit from

the high availability of the modern in-

frastructure without having to make

large initial investments. The offeris completed with cloud computing.

This includes on-demand infrastruc-

ture like computers, storage capaci-

ties and networks, but also operating

systems, the warehouse management

system LFS and third-party software.

IBM iSeries

Warehouse Management Solutions· System Guided Operations

Pick Management(Pick-by-Voice, Handhelds,RFID, Pick-by-Light,Pick-to-Belt)

Transportation ManagementSolutions· Route Planning· Telematics· Transit Management

Cloud and Hosting Solutions Material Flow Controller

Dashboards· Resource Management· KPI’s· Job Control

Transport Management· Calculation · Loading· Integrated Shipping System Yard Management for vehicles

with RFID and Video

Dock Management

Video Documentation

Stock Control· Inventory Management· Supports VAS – Value Added Services

Full integration with

Yard Management

N

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COLER trusts in the connected warehouse

management and tour planning offers of E+P C A S E S T U D Y

The COLER GmbH, an expert for

vehicle parts and repair shop

equipment, was looking for a new

warehouse management system

for their 32 sites in Germany. They

were looking for a solution with ahigh scalability that would allow a

quality increase for the customer

deliveries. They decided in favor

of the warehouse management

system LFS produced by Ehrhardt

+ Partner (E+P). The reason: in

comparison with other warehouse

administration tools, LFS not only

administers the inventory, but ac-

tively manages and coordinates the

warehouse processes. The starting

signal sounded in 2010 in the Biele-

feld warehouse. E+P integrated the

warehouse management system

based on the elaborated logistics

strategy and the training concept

“Train the Trainer”. The objective of

this concept was to train the COLER

employees during the first go-live

phase and enable them to autono-

transparency along the entire supply

chain.

“As a partner of the automotive indus-

try and a supplier of the most different

spare parts, we guarantee our cus-tomers on-time and high-quality deliv-

ery. In order to guarantee the highest

possible process and inventory secur-

ity, we had to restructure our logistic

processes”, explains Thomas Torke,

logistics manager of the COLER GmbH.

COLER – tradition and

modern trends since 1924

With more than 900 employees on 32 sites, COLER belongs to the top

players in the spare parts industry. Besides car parts and accessories for

the free market, the company also stores original spare parts for many

car manufacturers, offering their customers the full range of products.

In addition, COLER offers the complete assortment of repair shop equip-

ment and special tools. The company assists the repair shop owners in

planning new buildings, making reinvestments and buying new equip-

ment. The maintenance and repair services efficiently solves custom-

er problems the same day. The trade assortment is completed by the

product ranges for distribution, electric tools, household appliances and

telecommunication equipment for commercial customers and resellers.

The department of security technology manages and realizes projects in

all domains of building security.

ly, the vehicle parts expert decided to

implement the LFS-.tms product line

with the two new modules for online

tour processing and tour planning. In

2013, the starting signal sounded in

the Mühlheim-Kärlich warehouse.

Intelligently connected:

warehouse andtransportation management

“Compared to a simple warehouse

administration tool, the warehouse

management system offers

many additional features”,

Thomas Torke reports. “While

other systems only serve

simple inventory administra-

tion, LFS manages all goods

movements and employees and

intelligently coordinates the process-

es.” However, an overall optimization

consists of more than just managing

the warehouse processes. Transport

logistics play a decisive role in the

process chain. “Together with E+P,

we planned to optimize the entire

logistics chain”, Torke says. “This is

only possible when warehouse man-

agement and transport management

are closely connected. With LFS and

the two functional areas LFS.wms

and LFS.tms, we have found the suit-

able solution.” The advantage of the

new LFS.tms product line is that the

solution can be used as an integrated

part of LFS without additional inter-

faces. This means that all processes

can be displayed in the familiar and

user interface of the warehouse man-

agement system. The objective was

to efficiently increase the quality of

the customer delivery with the new

software products and to make all

processes traceable and transparent.

In the COLER group, 35,000 different

mously introduce

the system on

other sites. The

Bielefeld warehouse

was followed by the

sites of Kirkel, Mülheim-Kärlich,

Holdorf and Oldenburg. In 2014, the

central warehouse in Münster will

be connected to the system.

Process security along theentire logistics chain

In 2014, the central warehouse in

Münster will be connected to the sys-

tem. In order to maximize the pr ocess

security, COLER recently decided to

connect the E+P product line LFS.

tms for transportation management

solutions and to use the new mod-

ules for tour planning and online tour

processing. The pilot project was the

warehouse in Mühlheim-Kärlich, Ger-

many. The decisive advantages: LFS.

tms can be connected to the exist-

ing warehouse management solution

without additional interfaces and can

be operated with the familiar LFS

user interface. Only the combination

of warehouse and transportation

management solutions allows an

optimization of all processes. This

way, COLER benefits from maximum

“Experience shows that it is useful to

consider logistics as a closed process

and not to manage the logistic pro-

cesses using an ERP system. That is

why we decided in favor of the ware-house management system as a glo-

bal solution for the warehouse and the

road. With LFS, can remain competitive

in the future and we can benefit from

a significantly better quality of the cus-

tomer deliveries.”

Strategic roll-out planning

Before the integration, a logistics

strategy and a roll-out plan had to be

elaborated. In this process, the exact

requirements to the new warehouse

management system were analyzed

and the objectives were defined. In

2010, E+P started with the implemen-

tation of the system in the Bielefeld

warehouse, the first of seven sites for

which an implementation was planned.

This warehouse was quickly followed

by the sites in Kirkel, Mülheim-Kärlich,

Holdorf, Oldenburg and Trier. Recent-

parts have to be managed every day.

“For us, receiving a targeted and indi-

vidual solution from E+P was essen-

tial”, Torke explains. “LFS.tms and its

different modules allow us to select

the function that will optimally support

COLER’s everyday business”, Torke

says.

Two modules

for efficient tour planning

The Online Tour Processing module

allows a flexible and transparent tour

planning process and optimizes the

information exchange between the

headquarters, the drivers and the cus-

tomers. The data are made available

to the drivers, the headquarters and

the customers – in transparent form,

online and in real-time. Data recording

takes place during the tour with the

help of handheld computers. The tour

planning module offers functions for

planning tours efficiently by observing

restrictions, for instance in road traffic.

The tour planning module offers differ-

ent stages that build upon each other.

It includes options for manual tour pro-

cessing with three sub-functions for

frame tours, map representation and

tour optimization as well as options

for dynamic tour planning. These func-

tions can be adapted to the different

industrial sectors and the customers’

individual requirements.

Accelerated internal and

external processesThe connection of the LFS.wms ware-

house management solution and the

LFS.tms transportation management

solution allows an acceleration of the

internal processes at COLER and an

increased efficiency for the customer

delivery. Already during order consol-

idation, a command can be entered

in order to inform the transport man-

agement system about the location of

the items to be shipped. In addition, a

driver can flexibly take up other orders

when collecting the items in the ware-

house. When the driver recognizes that

goods that have not yet been allocated

to the current can be delivered on the

same route, the goods can be scanned

in order to allocate them to the current

tour. At the same time, the warehouse

management receives a request for

changing the order status. “In addition,

we use the system in a way that all or-

ders of a customer are collected and

recorded with a cut-off time in order to

pick the ordered items in a path-opti-

mized form. This means that we deliver

several orders for the same customer

in one process.” Shorter processing

times guarantee a higher customer

satisfaction. The vehicle parts expert

has to provide many different items in

stock. Here, LFS guarantees a high in-

ventory security, which is also import-

ant for stocktaking. The system’s high

flexibility also shows in tour process-

ing: As the processes in the warehouse

are connected to the processes on the

road, the drivers can optimize them

easily and autonomously. With their

handheld computers, they can always

check the current status of their orders.

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The project in an overview

Set for the future: With the centralization of their warehouse

management with LFS, the Popken Fashion Group relies on a future-

proof system.

Flexible industries require flexible solutions: LFS can be adjusted to the

changing requirements of the textiles enterprise and allows the highest

possible transparency.

LFS securely manages the high throughput between 30,000 and

40,000 parts per day. Individual packing instructions are also observed

in LFS.

LFS also manages the high returns rate of almost 50%. For returns, the

system detects the resale value in order to make the goods available

for sale as quickly as possible.

The warehouse management system also guarantees the secure

handling of folded garments items and transfers all required

information to the split tray sorter.

A challenging project: The fast-moving industry requires a permanent

adaptation of the warehouse management processes. At short notice,

the new label GINA LAURA and the corresponding online shop were

successfully connected to LFS.

C A S E S T U D Y

7.3 million items – B2B, B2C and e-commerce – one solution

Multi-channel processes with LFS at the Popken Fashion Group

to be sent to customers all

over the world. The enterprise

also offers their customers a

24h delivery service. In or-

der to increase transparency

and to keep the processes

as lean as possible, LFS

allocates a shipment type

to every incoming order.

When order series are cre-

ated, the orders with the

same shipment types are

grouped. This acceleratesthe shipping processes.

Another important factor

for e-commerce is returns

management. 50% of the

goods ordered online are

sent back to the sender.

These goods have to be available for

other orders as quickly as possible.

Therefore, Ulla Popken has created a

zone for fast-moving items. Seasonal

items or frequently ordered items are

quickly made available for dispatch.

LFS detects the resale value of the

goods based on the sales figures de-

fined in the system. Returns orderswith a high resale value can immedi-

ately be used for the next dispatch.

Short processing

times with LFS

Every month, Ulla Popken publishes

a new catalog and offers the items in

more than 300 shops throughout Eu-

rope. In order to guarantee the timely

delivery of the new collections, short

delivery periods have to be observed.

Throughput times between two and

three days are the norm. In order to

guarantee the deadline compliance,

profits from the high-

est possible transparency in the

warehouse, shortened delivery

times and an efficient returns man-

agement.

Modern womenswear starting with

size M – This is the business model

of the textile enterprise Ulla PopkenGmbH. For more than 25 years, they

have been successfully selling their

products to their customers. And their

products are very popular, so that theholding uses three distribution chan-

nels: mail order trade, stationary trade

with approximately 300 shops and

franchising. The multi-channel strat-

egy is monitored in the central ware-

house in Rastede, near Oldenburg.

It has also been implemented for the

menswear label JP 1880 and the GINA

LAURA GmbH & Co. KG, which belongs

to the company group since 2012. In

the Rastede central warehouse, all

threads of Ulla Popken and JP 1880

run together. Expressed in figures, this

means a throughput between 30,000and 40,000 parts per day. In addition,

approximately 7.3 million items are

stored on a surface of 52,115 square

meters every year. In order to guaran-

tee the timely and correct delivery of

the items, a powerful warehouse man-

agement system is required. Before

the cooperation with E+P, the Popken

Fashion Group managed the logistic

processes of the different business

areas separately. “The former solution

could not offer us the required trans-

parency”, says Michael Ostermann, di-

vision manager for logistics at the Ulla

Popken GmbH. “We opted for LFS, be-cause the solution offers a high range

of functions and can be flexibly adapt-

ed to our requirements.” LFS manages

the processes for all business areas,

based on their different requirements.

These requirements are especial-

ly high in fashion logistics: There are

many items to be stored (so-called

stock-keeping units), short delivery

times, high returns rates and a high

share of seasonal items which make

professional warehouse management

essential.

Smooth processesin mail order trade

The most challenging distribution

channel of Ulla Popken is the mail or-

der trade, which consists of the cata-

log and the e-commerce business. The

challenge: Many small deliveries have

As a multi-channel company, the

Popken Fashion Group counts on

three distribution channels with the

fashion labels Ulla Popken, GINA

LAURA and JP 1880: mail order

trade, shop trade and franchising.

In order to optimize textile logis-

tics, these channels are managed

in one central warehouse. In the

first step, the Popken Fashion Groupoptimized their warehouse manage-

ment software for the Ulla Popken

GmbH. In the German central ware-

house in Rastede near Oldenburg,E+P implemented the warehouse

management software. The new

solution flexibly adapts to chang-

ing conditions in textile trade and

the resulting logistic requirements.

This way, the Popken Fashion Group

Ulla Popken also uses the LFS function

for creating order series for the station-

ary trade. In Rastede, the enterprise

uses a split tray sorter to which LFS

allocates the order series. Afterwards,

the goods are distributed to the singleshops. The warehouse management

system transfers the information about

the item quantities to be distributed to

the split tray sorter. “Currently, we only

use this picking type for folded gar-

ments”, Michael Ostermann explains.

This type of goods accounts for 70 per-

cent of the shipping volume. “We want

to further optimize our processes”,

Ostermann continues. “That is why we

are planning to connect a sorter sys-

tem for hanging garments to LFS in our

Oldenburg warehouse.” This way, the

manual two-stage picking process for

hanger goods can be omitted.

Transparent processes,

also during order peaks

In order to guarantee the highest

possible quality, almost every item

is checked before sale. “In the past,

the incoming deliveries often blocked

the goods receiving area, because

the items could only be stored after

passing the check”, Michael Oster-

mann explains. Now, a direct storage

is possible, because LFS can identify

the items at any time, which allows a

check after storage. This also stream-

lines the goods receiving processes,which is especially important in times

of high order volumes – like a season

change – in order not to lose track of

the processes. The franchise business

is also seasonally driven. This business

segment for instance includes enter-

prises that autonomously use the brand

names Ulla Popken or GINA LAURA and

run their own business autonomously.

Here, depending on the purchaser, spe-

cific requirements – like for instance

packing instructions – have to be ob-

served. These requirements can also

be controlled and documented in LFS.

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Background:

The Popken Fashion Group

As a multi-channel enterprise, the Popken Fashion Group sells their fashion

assortments to 30 countries, offering their products in more than 600 shops,

with their mail order service and in online shops. They are supported by

selected franchise and shop-in-shop partners. The fashion enterprise

employs more than 4,000 employees that are highly committed and support

their customers with experience and know-how. The Ulla Popken GmbH and

the GINA LAURA GmbH & Co. KG with their labels Ulla Popken, GINA LAURA and

JP 1880 are companies of the Popken Fashion Group.

www.popken.de


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More space and a reliable supply for production

LFS in use at Seeberger C A S E S T U D Y

Seeberger –

Visions leading to success

In 1844, Seeberger was founded as a family-owned enterprise. Thanks

to the long-time experience, the medium-sized enterprise has a long

tradition in all markets of the world. The product range includes nuts,

dry fruit and coffee specialties from one of Germany’s oldest coffee

roasters. All products are subject to strict quality control. The harvest-ing process is resource-saving and the products are gene technology

free. This way, Seeberger can guarantee their customers the highest

possible product quality.

A sense of tradition

since 1844: Founded

as a family-owned enterprise,

the Seeberger GmbH with head-

quarters in Ulm, Germany, today

delivers several thousands of tons

of dry fruit, nuts and coffee to cus-

tomers all over the world. Another

tradition of the South German com-

pany is working with the ware-

house management system LFS of

Ehrhardt + Partner (E+P), which

has been in use at Seeberger for

more than 20 years, controlling allmovements in the raw materials

warehouse.

In recent years, all signs have been

pointing towards growth. To be able

to handle the increasing goods and

production volume in the future, the

company decided to build a new auto-

matic warehouse. The special feature:

Using a bridge, the new building will

be connected to the production site

and the old warehouse on the other

side of the road. On this bridge, a driv-

erless transport system (DTS) guar-

antees the reliable supply for the 25production machines. Here, too, LFS

will ensure the entire material flow. Up

to 75 pallets per hour will be stored

and retrieved in the new Seeberger

warehouse.

Starting as a food wholesaler in 1844,

the Seeberger GmbH has developed

into a worldwide active brand for dry

fruit, nuts and coffee. So far, all raw

materials have been stored in one

of the 18,000 pallet bin locations

of the old warehouse. To be able to

handle the increasing order volume

that is expected within the frame ofthe growth strategy, the company

has decided to build a new high bay

warehouse and to automate all pro-

cesses. The entire material flow will

be controlled by the warehouse man-

agement system LFS.

Provider selection

“The objective of building a

new warehouse was not only

to create more space, but also

to guarantee a reliable supply

of raw materials for the pro-duction machines. This was not

possible before and the mate-

rial flow processes

were not optimal”,

Frank Bäcker, op-

erations

manag-

er of the

Seeberg-

er GmbH,

e x p l a i n s .

“That is why

we decided to

automate all

processes inthe new warehouse

in order to obtain a

smooth material flow.” The

decision in favor of LFS and E+P

was easy to make: The warehouse

management system had already

been in use at Seeberger’s old ware-

house for more than 20 years. In 2012,

a release upgrade was performed.

“This speaks for the quality, reliability

and consistency of the system”, FrankBäcker says.

Refrigerated and

automatic warehouses

The new high bay warehouse is 40

meters high and consists of two aisles

with channels of 14 horizontal and

15 vertical rack levels. In total, 700

different items can be stored on the

23,000 pallet bin locations in the new

warehouse. In goods receiving, the

raw materials are recorded in LFS

using radio frequency terminals. With

forklifts, they are taken to one of the

six hand-in points. From there, they

are transported to the high bay ware-

house.

In the warehouse, a fully automated

laterally guided shuttle system takes

the pallets to a buffer section for the

stacker cranes that can handle both

Europe and industrial pallets. The

stacker cranes move between two

aisles with up to 250 meters per min-

ute. The goods are allocated to bin lo-

cations in three different temperature

zones: On the bottom level, the prod-

ucts are stored at 5 °C to 8 °C. In the

zone above, there is a temperature of

up to 15 °C and on t he top level there

is a zone without temperature control.

Based on the master data, LFS can

already allocate a bin location to the

products in goods receiving and auto-

matically control the process.

Smooth material flow

The warehouse management system

and four driverless transport vehicles

(DTV) guarantee a smooth material

flow. The vehicles will connect the

new high bay warehouse with the

production site. When a production

Results in an overview

With the new construction and the intelligent LFS control for all

material flow systems, Seeberger was able to triple their capacities.

LFS guarantees the complete automation and the perfect connection

of all deployed systems (including the DTV and the high bay

warehouse).

In addition, Seeberger profits from a completely transparent material

flow and a reliable supply with raw materials for the 25 production

machines.

With the new system, up to 75 pallets can be stored and retrieved

per h our.

order is created, LFS sends a tele-

gram to the stacker cranes in the

automatic warehouse. They will re-

trieve the required goods and take

them to the retrieval points. Here, a

DTV will pick up the pallet and trans-

port it across the bridge to one of the

25 production machines. “LFS has to

ensure the perfect interaction of the

different automated systems to keep

the production running”, Frank Bäck -

er continues. The retrieval process

has another special characteristic:

After arriva l and before storage, LFS

automatically selects pallets from the

raw material lot for a manual quality

control carried out by the laboratory

personnel.

When a lot has successfully passed

the control, a DTV can pick up the pal -

lets and transport them to the produc-

tion site across the almost 100 meter

long bridge. LFS allocates the vehicles

to the bin locations based on the or-

ders. The Seeberger employees use

their RF terminals to scan the goods

and take them to the next processing

station or place them on the respect-

ive machine for packaging. Thanks

to the automated processes and the

smooth material flow ensured by LFS,

Seeberger can store and retrieve up

to 75 pallets per hour.

High quality standards from

goods receiving to dispatch

Also during the packing process , the

weight and the packaging quality of

the goods are permanently checked.

Afterwards, the nuts, the dry fruit

and the other products are taken to

the finished goods warehouse with

forklifts, before being delivered to

the customers. Four to five trucks

full of Seeberger products leave the

warehouse every hour. “It has been

almost a year now since E+P imple-

mented the new warehouse – and we

can already say that we have more

than tripled our capacities and that

we profit from a transparent material

flow”, Frank Bäcker summarizes.

Within the frame of the Seeberger

2030+ project, further investments

are planned for this site. Currently,

E+P is installing a materials handling

system that will be connected to LFS.

It will connect all areas of the old

warehouse will be connected. See-

berger wants to combine all process-

es of the warehouse and the produc-

tion site in one material flow.


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From theory to practice

Besides the theoretical courses, all

technologies can be tested on site

and in practice. Therefore, E+P offers

comprehensive testing options in the

logistics training centers with morethan 500 square meters of space

in Boppard, Germany, and in Dubai.

This includes radio frequency, Pick-

by-Voice or RFID. “The demand for

LFS consultants is very high, so that,

in the last months, the courses in the

LFS.academy in Boppard-Buchholz,

Germany, were fully booked”, Marco

Ehrhardt says.

Ehrhardt + Partner is looking for LFS

experts, but also for software devel-

opers and project managers. All infor-

mation concerning applications and

the current job and course offers canbe found under www.ep-jobs.com

and www.ehrhardt-partner.com.

C O N T A C T

According to studies carried out

on behalf of the HightechverbandBitkom, the Federal Association for

Information Technology, Telecom-

munications and New Media, Ger-

many has a lack of approximately

39,000 IT experts. Especially the

growth market of logistics perma-

nently needs new software experts

that know the current requirements

to modern warehouse management

and are able to cope with it. This

also applies to Ehrhardt + Partner

(E+P). Their warehouse manage-

ment system LFS is currently in

use by more than 500 customers all

over the world. In 2013 alone, E+P

realized more than 50 new projects.

On the market, LFS consultants are

more needed than ever. In this con-text, the new training concept of the

LFS.academy has been extended

and a new offer has been elab-

orated, including a new certification

program.

“Many of our customers are expand-

ing nationally and internationally and

need new employees with the required

know-how in operating LFS”, Marco

Ehrhardt, managing partner of E+P,

explains.

Currently, more than 200 LFS ex-

perts are needed for the IT and lo-

gistics market. Already today, more

than 40,000 employees work with the

warehouse management system. The

IT experts are trained in the logistics

training center – the LFS.academy – in

the headquarters in Boppard, Germa-

ny, and in Dubai.

New course and certification

program for LFS consultants

In the LFS.academy, E+P now offers

a new certification program with up-

to-date course contents. The courses,

which build upon each other, transfer

the knowledge LFS experts need for

their everyday tasks in logistics and IT.

The four-day basic course is intended

for employees working in the goods

receiving, picking or dispatch area.

The intention is to teach basic logistics

know-how and the operation of LFS.

The participants on an advanced level

can then choose individual course

packages for specific functions. This

offer is tailored to the needs of emp-loyees with a managing or supervis-

ing function in the warehouse. At the

end of the course, the participants re-

ceive a certificate as an LFS Certified

Solutions Manager.

On the expert level, E+P offers the

participants courses in which they can

deepen their knowledge and specialize

in specific functional areas. On this lev-

el, for instance, there are module cours-

es for Transportation Management or

certification options for logistics service

providers. IT courses for data base han-

dling, for the connection of new ware-house sites or for special IT subjects

complete the LFS.academy offer.

Imprint

Publisher:

EPS – Ehrhardt + Partner

Solutions DWC-LLC

Software Systems forWarehouse-Logistics

P. O. Box 644 300

Dubai, UAE

Tel. (+971) 4-870 1000

Fax (+971) 4-870 1050

Email: [email protected]

Internet: www.ehrhardt-partner.ae

Editorial office:

additiv pr GmbH & Co. KG

Montabaur, Germany

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publisher. All information is supplied

without guarantee.

N E W S

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LFS.academy with a new certification program

LF S.glass of E+P

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