Jungheinrich, the worldwide manufacturer of forklift trucks and warehouse equipment, has renewedits contract with leading network solutions provider Nightfreight for a further three years.
As part of the new deal, Nightfreight will be responsible for the management of the completeinbound supply chain of new trucks from Jungheinrich’s manufacturing plants in Germany for the UKmarket in a move designed to improve tracking and visibility through the supply chain from factoryto customer delivery.
For the past five years Nightfreight has been responsible for operating all UK distributionproviding on-site contract management and support, product checks and low level rectification ofdamage, as well as delivery and collection of used equipment for short-term hire to Jungheinrich’sUK customer base.
Steve Clarke at Jungheinrich, said: “Over the past three years Nightfreight has played avaluable role within our business. Their transport solution has helped us deliver a first classservice to our customers. Nightfreight’s activity has been extended to take control of the completesupply chain.
“Nightfreight also supports our short-term rental business by delivering the ‘close to market’strategy that enables us to locate trucks local to the target market. In summary, Nightfreight hasshown a willingness and ability to adapt to changes within our business and we see thisco-operation developing further over the life of the new contract.”
Ian Smith, Chief Operating Officer at Nightfreight, said: “We have proven that Nightfreight is atrusted partner who can provide support during periods of change and in challenging tradingconditions. Providing an ‘end to end’ logistics solution from Jungheinrich’s manufacturing plantsis a logical next step following our successful UK contract operation.”
