Baxter, a global healthcare company, and Donaldson Company, Inc., a global manufacturer of filtration systems, have successfully been co-loading their transports between Belgium and Ireland since August 2012. Neutral orchestrator TRI-VIZOR is synchronizing the shipments of both companies in real time, while ECS European Containers supports the community as logistics service provider. The realized savings in cost and CO2 are substantial. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Baxter est une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 pharmaceutique mondiale avec une expertise dans les dispositifs m\u00e9dicaux, les produits pharmaceutiques et la biotechnologie. Baxter poss\u00e8de \u00e9galement son propre centre de distribution europ\u00e9en \u00e0 Lessines, soit \u00e0 <\/span>40 km de Bruxelles. <\/span> Baxter <\/em>is a global healthcare company with expertise in medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology and has its European distribution center in Lessines, ca. 40 km from Brussels. Donaldson Company Inc. (NYSE: DCI) <\/em>is one of the largest manufacturers of filtration solutions in the world with a European distribution center in Bruges. <\/span><\/p>\n Both companies have compatible freight flows, among others between Belgium and Ireland. This bundling opportunity was detected by TRI-VIZOR<\/em>, a company specialized in creating and operating innovative transport collaborations among shippers. In Q2 of 2012, TRI-VIZOR <\/em>invited Donaldson <\/em>and Baxter <\/em>around the table to forge a horizontal collaboration partnership. \u201cAs our delivery destination in Ireland turned out to be in the same enterprise park as Baxter\u2019s, we felt that co-loading presented a real opportunity\u201d says Johan Rosquin, traffic manager at Donaldson Leuven.<\/span><\/p>\n As the potential savings in costs and CO2 turned out to be substantial for both Baxter and Donaldson, they decided to start a pilot in August 2012. Neutral orchestrator TRI-VIZOR <\/em>was asked to manage and synchronize the shipments of both companies in real-time. Alex Van Breedam, CEO of TRI-VIZOR<\/em>: \u201cTo perform this operational orchestration activity, TRI-VIZOR <\/em>has developed the Cross Supply Chain Cockpit\u00ae, a powerful and unique ICT platform for managing horizontal collaboration communities\u201d. The result of TRI-VIZOR<\/em>\u2019s synchronization activity is that every week, containers from Belgium to Ireland are being filled to their maximal volumetric capacity with a mix of Baxter <\/em>and Donaldson <\/em>products.<\/span><\/p>\n For the transport of the co-loaded containers from Belgium to Ireland, Baxter <\/em>and Donaldson <\/em>selected logistics service provider ECS European Containers<\/em>, mainly because of its experience with the Belgium-Ireland lane. Pieter Balcaen, CEO of ECS European Containers<\/em>: \u201cAs a specialist in full container loads, particularly on the leg from Belgium to Ireland, we felt we could add significant value to this collaboration\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n The complete intermodal journey physically looks as follows: <\/span><\/p>\n The benefits for the companies involved in co-loading are manyfold, but mainly include substantial savings in transportation cost in combination with the use of fewer containers, with higher capacity utilization. On top of that, important sustainability gains are being realized through co-loading. In this case, a CO2 reduction of more than 15% is achieved<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n For Baxter, this is not the first successful horizontal collaboration experience. In 2011, Baxter started to co-load with another global healthcare company on multiple destinations to central and eastern Europe.
\n\tDonaldson Company est l’un des plus grands fabricants de filtration des solutions dans le monde avec un centre de distribution europ\u00e9en \u00e0 Bruges. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\tBelgium-Ireland: an opportunity in logistics to seize<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
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\n\t\u201cWe\u2019ve experienced that the benefits of bundling and consolidation could be very significant, especially if trust is installed in the community by a neutral orchestrator. Our aim is to continuously expand this collaboration to new destinations and with new partners. Moreover, driving reductions in our carbon footprint is part of Baxter\u2019s long-term sustainability approach to balancing business priorities with social, economic and environmental responsibilities\u201d, says Ludovic M\u00e9n\u00e9d\u00e8me, director transport and distribution EMEA at Baxter.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\tFor more informations<\/span><\/h3>\n