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Now more than ever, consumers are demanding digital, tailor-made offerings, one-of-a-kind brand experiences, and rapid delivery. This is where intralogistics comes into play. And, it is not a commodity. It provides a key competitive advantage in highly contested markets – saving our customers precious time.

As the global leader in this industry, it is our mission to streamline intralogistics processes, making them ever leaner, faster and more efficient. That also means leveraging the power of digitalization, and harnessing it for the world of internal material flows. The connectivity of things and systems in today’s globalized world is opening up revolutionary opportunities to fulfill our customers’ ultimate, underlying need: the ongoing, reliable and flexible availability of goods across all distribution channels and all industries. We cooperate and communicate closely with our customers on a wide range of innovative projects to make their businesses fit for the future.

An excellent example is Haribo’s new central warehouse. SSI Schaefer provided a one-stop solution by successfully planning and executing this mammoth project within a very tight timeframe. You can discover more in our cover story, beginning on page 10.

In addition to individual projects, we are tackling the challenges of today and tomorrow on a broader scale. We are shaping the future of intralogistics. Emerging trends, such as artificial intelligence and robotics, motivate us to continue driving innovation within our industry worldwide – with the aim of proactively researching and developing new solutions for our customers.

You will learn more about these and other intralogistics topics in this issue of Update magazine. We hope you find plenty of inspiration, and wish you an enjoyable read.