Rudolph Logistics Group
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1946 |
| Seat | Baunatal , Germany |
| management | Torsten Rudolph |
| Number of employees | approx. 5,000 |
| sales | € 320 million (2014) |
| Branch | Logistics service provider |
| Website | www.rudolph-log.com |
The Rudolph Logistik Group is an international logistics service provider .
General
The Rudolph Logistik Gruppe is a global logistics service provider with headquarters in Baunatal, in the middle of Germany . Rudolph now has 38 locations in Germany, Europe and on the Arabian Peninsula . The group of companies consists of several smaller companies and focuses on the business areas of automotive logistics , system transport , industrial logistics , fulfillment and consumer goods logistics .
history
On November 13, 1946, Justus Rudolph laid the foundation stone for the Rudolph Logistics Group by founding a transport company in Guntershausen . The first few years were particularly difficult, because in what was then post-war Germany , the procurement of suitable vehicles, oil and diesel was almost impossible. The sons Hans and Karl supported their father and built a truck with a wood gasifier from old stock. A year later, they officially joined the company. In the first few years, the then small company focused on the construction industry . A groundbreaking step was the beginning of cooperation with the automotive industry in 1957 . Rudolph & Söhne took over the regional freight forwarding for Volkswagen for the area of North Hesse , South Lower Saxony and parts of East Westphalia . A groupage business emerged as a further business area and developed into a second pillar.
In 1969 Justus Rudolph retired and left the company management to his sons. In the years to come, they brought their sons Jürgen Rudolph and Werner Rudolph with them to the company. In addition, Gottfried Kretschmar, Hans Rudolph's son-in-law, also got into the business. After a few years, the three of them agreed on an efficient division of labor: while Jürgen Rudolph took on the focus on transport, Werner Rudolph took care of the groupage business and Gottfried Kretschmer took care of finances, administration and personnel.
At the beginning of the 1970s, new locations were constantly emerging. Rudolph Logistik became international and spread across the borders of Germany. It all started with transports to Belgium. Deliveries to Antwerp, transports from Petras in Greece or trips to Sarajevo and Brussels followed a short time later.
Hans Rudolph died in 1983. Jürgen Rudolph, Werner Rudolph and Gottfried Kretschmer took over the management of the company, and in the course of this the company structure also changed. Rudolph & Söhne Internationale Spedition GmbH & Co. KG emerged from the previously existing OHG .
With the takeover of four branches of the LOG SPED group in 1997, the number of employees doubled overnight to 800. This takeover strengthened the automotive branch in particular and laid the foundation for the new consumer goods division .
In 2000, Rudolph founded various joint ventures with Hellmann Worldwide Logistics and implemented various automotive logistics projects in Great Britain. Branches in Luxembourg and Portugal followed. The new business field Fulfillment emerged from the increased expansion of online trading .
In cooperation with Audi Volkswagen Middle East (AVME) and the joint venture partner Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, Rudolph opened a new logistics center in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) in 2007. In addition, Torsten Rudolph - great-grandson of the company's founder Justus Rudolph - joined the company and, together with his father Jürgen Rudolph, became managing partners of the Rudolph Logistics Group. At the end of 2008, Werner Rudolph gradually retired from his functions.
In the first few years, Torsten Rudolph devoted himself to reorganizing the company. In 2008 the company structured itself across locations according to business areas. The focus is on the five areas of automotive logistics , system transport , industrial logistics , fulfillment and consumer goods logistics .
Business areas
Automotive logistics
In the automotive business field, the Rudolph Logistik Group concentrates on the establishment and operation of supplier logistics centers . In addition , it takes on various warehousing tasks and offers JIT and JIS deliveries to the installation site. Shopping cart and set creation, plant logistics as well as in-house transport and empties management are also part of their service repertoire. In addition to the so-called core competencies, the company also offers various additional services, such as pre-assembly, manufacturing tasks, CKD processing, quality controls, and repackaging and packaging work.
System traffic
Procurement and distribution logistics form the core task of the system traffic business area. In the field of procurement logistics, Rudolph offers partial and full load transports, milk run concepts, consolidation / deconsolidation, as well as JIT and JIS transports. In the area of distribution logistics, the focus is on the supply of spare parts to dealers. Rudolph Logistik operates across Europe with the help of modern, scalable fleet management. The company has its own fleet as well as numerous fixed charter fleets. Among other things, telematics systems are used that enable real-time location of vehicles, electronic order transmission and navigation.
Consumer goods logistics
In the consumer goods sector, Rudolph creates the link between producers and retailers. Important tasks in this area are warehousing, order picking , production disposal and packaging of promotional goods and displays. The expansion of the area of responsibility is the development of packaging, quality controls or returns management. Customers in the consumer goods sector are, for example, Heinz Ketchup and Hipp .
Industrial logistics
In the industrial sector, Rudolph forms part of the supply chain . The tasks focus on ensuring material availability, goods distribution and process stability. Best practice solutions are developed specifically for each customer and various IT systems are used.
Fulfillment
Mail order companies such as Manufactum , online shops , but also direct sellers make use of fulfillment services . The service repertoire offered includes B. Order management via customer-specific portal solutions, interfaces to customer-specific shop or merchandise management systems, storage according to product-specific requirements, as well as commissioning and packaging. There are also various additional services, such as B. Gift wrapping, pricing, labeling or different quality control.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Rudolph Logistik creates over 800 new jobs , HNA, November 7, 2012