Original parts center

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The Original Parts Centers - OTC for short - are the individual logistics centers for supplying spare parts to Volkswagen AG . With a total storage area of ​​one square kilometer, they form the largest spare parts warehouse in Europe . In addition to the headquarters at the Volkswagen plant in Kassel in Baunatal (OTC 1 - OTC 5, Hall 11/12 and Hall 18), there are other locations in the goods distribution center and in the company park in Kassel as well as in Borken , Wabern , Zwickau and Ingolstadt . It was put into operation in 1994 and then expanded in 2002, 2004 and 2008.

With its range of around 400,000 items, Original Parts Sales - VO for short - has a worldwide turnover of 8 billion euros. In the Kassel locations alone, around 2,500 employees generate sales of EUR 4.6 billion. It includes the brands Volkswagen Genuine Parts , Audi Genuine Parts , Seat Genuine Parts and Škoda Genuine Parts .

Customers in over 170 countries are supplied by Volkswagen Genuine Parts Logistics GmbH & Co. KG . The service level is 98 percent with 42 million order items delivered.

literature

  • Hans-Helmut Becker: The people. The work. A future. 50 years of the Volkswagen plant in Kassel. Siebenhaar Verlag 2008, ISBN 978-3-936962512

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Individual evidence

  1. The people. The work. A future. P. 86
  2. The people. The work. A future. P. 87
  3. The people. The work. A future. P. 108


Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 50 "  N , 9 ° 26 ′ 28"  E