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5 years of EBL –
5 years of pole position in warehouse logistics.
First at the start and first to the destination – this wasn’t always
the case for Raphael Widera. In the very early days of his cart-
ing career at the age of six, he mixed up the accelerator pedal
with the brake. Today instead of brake lights only his tail lights
can be seen. And it’s all a question of technology. This also ap-
plies to his place of work, the EBL Logistics Innovation Center
– Ehrhardt + BOMAG Logistics.
EPG has been operating the logistics center since 2012. This
is where BOMAG original spare parts in all shapes and sizes
are stored and shipped throughout the world. As Warehouse
Manager of EBL, Raphael Widera is the man of the hour and
is jointly responsible for the design and implementation of the
processes in the high-bay warehouse with integrated automatic
shuttle and in the automated small parts warehouse. “The big-
gest challenge before the go-live was to implement customer
requirements into solutions,” says Raphael Widera. “To achieve
this we provide the best pre-conditions.” EBL is equipped with
state-of-the-art warehouse technologies. Its own technological
innovations such as the LFS.oculus3D data collection and de-
tection system are constantly being driven forward. Warehouse
planning and consulting concepts can now be applied and con-
tinued to be developed directly. Furthermore, in addition to
the LFS.academy offering, customers have the option of put-
ting their theoretical knowledge to the test and applying it in
real-life during EBL live operations.
The success is the result of the work of Raphael Widera and
his 50 strong team. He recalls: “2013 was a very exciting year
for us. In Brazil the football stadiums for the World Cup were
being built using BOMAG machines and we received the or-
der for the production supply.” EBL is airfreight-certified. This
ensures fast handling at airports, for instance also for the ship-
ment of spare parts to China or the USA. Today with 500 or-
ders and 2,000 items, the daily throughput for the Bopparder
Maschinenbaugesellschaft is 20 percent higher than at the start
of the project. Almost 50,000 spare parts are stored at EBL – and
the potential is far from being exhausted.
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