Mechanized delivery base

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The mechanized delivery base (MechZB) in Tornesch, built in 2013

The mechanized delivery base ( MechZB ) has been a further logistics base for Deutsche Post DHL alongside the parcel centers since 2012 .

In addition to the parcel centers, these delivery bases form a second pillar of the Deutsche Post DHL parcel concept. The built-in distribution system automatically assigns the shipments to the corresponding deliverer in box chutes that hold up to 200 shipments. What has been done by hand in the previously usual delivery bases is done automatically in the mechanized delivery bases. Distribution technology from Vanderlande , the Posisorter series ( shoe sorter ), is used for the vast majority of locations . At some other locations, however, distribution technology from Lippert, the Rota-Sorter series, is used. The new locations are usually built by an investor in accordance with the specifications of Deutsche Post DHL and initially rented by the latter for 15 years.

Background: 2012 package concept

At a press conference on September 15, 2011, Deutsche Post DHL announced that it would invest 750 million euros in the expansion of its parcel network in Germany over the next few years. The distribution capacity is to be doubled and processes that are still handled manually today are to be largely automated in the future. In the future, a parcel should be as quick as a letter to the recipient. Furthermore, the IT network is to be expanded. In the future, the customer should be able to track parcels in real time and the recipient should be able to determine, for example, the day, place and time of delivery.

In addition to the expansion of the parcel centers , the plan also includes the construction of newly developed mechanized delivery bases.

Task and function

The mechanized delivery base is depending on the point of view of the beholder

  • a delivery base with automatic sorting technology for parcels
  • the decentralized expansion of a target package center, or also
  • a second-level destination parcel center at the location of a delivery base

The term mechanized delivery base refers to the conveying and sorting technology for parcels. In delivery bases in which the parcels are mostly sorted by hand, conveyor technology is also used in individual cases, which could also be understood as mechanical or mechanized; however, this is not what this term means.

The parcel distribution system has the following functions, which are carried out one after the other in one pass:

  • Telescopic conveyor belts support the unloading of swap bodies in which packages are delivered loosely loaded
  • the addresses and barcodes of the parcels are automatically read by a stationary scanner directly on the conveyor belt
  • the parcels are automatically sorted according to individual delivery districts and collected in storage chute terminals that are located directly in front of the loading gate at which the delivery vehicle is loaded by the delivery agent.
  • Optionally, in a second sorting step, which takes place in the afternoon, parcels for evening delivery can be sorted into different time slots

Because the MechZB sorts the parcels in its supply area itself, ...

  • ... it relieves the target parcel center of fine sorting. The terminals that become free there can then be used for other delivery bases.
  • ... parcels can be loaded loosely on the journeys between the target parcel center and MechZB, thus saving loading volume and truck journeys.
  • ... depending on capacity utilization and economic efficiency, the starter package center can also send shipments directly to a MechZB outside of its region and thus relieve the target package center of parcel volumes. This saves distances, processes are accelerated and, with flexible planning, truck trips are saved.
    • In the case of such direct journeys, packages for the nearest neighboring MechZB are also loaded in individual cases, which are then separated out again by the sorting technology at the destination of the direct journey and then forwarded to the actual target MechZB. This further relieves the target parcel center and, in turn, saves truck trips.

In summary: The MechZB not only serves the effectiveness of the processes within a delivery base, but also makes the entire DHL Parcel Germany network more flexible and it is easier to respond to capacity bottlenecks.

Locations

The first mechanized delivery base in Braunschweig was officially put into operation on December 5, 2012. On the same day, Deutsche Post DHL announced in a press release that it would implement at least 25 mechanized delivery bases throughout Germany by the end of 2013. In the first half of 2013, the Bochum, Oldenburg, Dinslaken, Großbeeren near Berlin and Berlin-Marzahn locations went into operation. Deutsche Post DHL wanted to set up a total of more than 50 such mechanized delivery bases nationwide by 2014. In fact, only 12 locations were in operation at the end of 2013.

Around 80 new locations were created across Germany from 2012 to 2017. Most of these are located in metropolitan areas such as the Ruhr area , the Rhine-Main area , the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan area, the greater Cologne area , the greater Stuttgart area and above all in Berlin and Munich . For example, the Germering and Neuaubing locations are less than 4 km as the crow flies and the Berlin-Marzahn and Berlin-Lichtenberg locations are only 2.5 km apart as the crow flies.

See also

Web links

Commons : Mechanized delivery base (Deutsche Post DHL)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Videos and film reports

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Press release Deutsche Post DHL; December 5, 2012: Deutsche Post DHL's first mechanized delivery base on the network ( memento from June 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Logistics today, July 17, 2014: Logistics property: New parcel handling center for DHL in Waiblingen
  3. ↑ Press conference, September 15, 2011: Deutsche Post DHL is expanding its parcel network in Germany for future customer requirements ( Memento from June 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Deutsche Post DHL MedienService, November 29, 2013: Fit for the future: Mechanized delivery base Aschheim ( Memento from December 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive )