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Thyssenkrupp sets up ‘world’s biggest virtual warehouse’
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Thyssenkrupp sets up ‘world’s biggest virtual warehouse’

By OEM Update Editorial June 11, 2018 5:10 pm

World’s biggest virtual warehouse: Virtual presentation of more than 150,000 products and services providing fully digital access to 3.5 million sq.m. of storage space at 271 international operating sites.

Thyssenkrupp has digitised the entire range of its materials services unit to set up the world’s biggest virtual warehouse.

Thyssenkrupp Materials Services is making rapid advances with its digital transformation: experts are digitising their entire range and consolidating it in the world’s biggest virtual warehouse, a statement issued by the company said.

With more than 3.5 million sq.m. of storage space at 271 operating sites around the world, Materials Services is now closer than ever to its customers and offers round-the-clock access to more than 150,000 products and services through its new omnichannel structure, enabled by a powerful, self-developed AI (Artificial Intelligence) solution.

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Tailored channels
Providing all required channels is key to the success of an omnichannel approach. At thyssenkrupp Materials Services customers can place orders via individual customer portals, EDI interfaces, online shops and in the future also via external platforms. “We digitise all our items and offer information in real time. Whether it’s just-in-time or just-in-sequence, customers will be able to order in line with their needs using the channel that’s most convenient to them. The focus is 100 percent on our customers and their requirements. That’s the basis for increasingly smart interaction in the future,” says Axel Berger, Head of Digital Transformation at thyssenkrupp Materials Services.

Positive experience with first customers has already been gathered during a practical trial. A new B2B portal as part of the omnichannel approach is already in use. It will go live in summer 2018. “After the official launch we will of course continue to make further optimisations and integrate customer feedback. Work on our highly complex omnichannel structure is an ongoing process as the digital transformation of thyssenkrupp Materials Services also is,” says Berger, who despite this also stresses the central role of personal contacts: “Alongside the new digital channels, the human factor – personal customer support by our experienced sales staff – will always be a key success factor for our business.”

Holistic approach
By starting to connect all its machinery last year with toii, thyssenkrupp Materials Services reached a key milestone in its digital transformation along the entire value chain. “To profit sustainably from the advantages of digitalisation, it’s important to take a holistic approach. In addition to new, smart solutions in procurement – such as our new cloud-based purchasing platform – and sales, which are now served via our omnichannel strategy and the virtual warehouse, the intelligent digitalisation of operating processes is also of key importance. Our IoT (Internet of Things) platform toii is an in-house development that allows machines of different types and ages to communicate with each other on a worldwide basis. In combination with our omnichannel approach this is leading to significantly faster and simpler coordination and planning processes. This is an effect which is substantially enhancing the efficiency of all players in the supply chain and a goal we will continue to work on in the future with the aid of new digital technologies,” says Hoss.

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