Coordinating flowers ' journey from Kenya to the Netherlands
Kennedy Kiarie : " Logistics is to key to a successful supply chain"
Logistics align with the complex shape of dealings and deportation , shipping and receiving , consequence and exportation surgical operation , warehousing , armoury management , purchasing , production planning , and customer service .
" One of our largest logistical challenges is our flower ' journeying from Africa to the Netherlands . Part of it is in our hired man , the other part is in the hands of our logistics partner , " say Kennedy Kiarie , based at the epicentre of all logistical movement , at JKIA Airport in the K+N construction .
Kennedy Kiarie
A complex processWhen flowers have been harvested , graded , and packed , Kuehne+Nagel picks them up in their chill trucks and drives them to the airport . There , the bloom are stored in frigid rooms until it ’s prison term for them to board the planer .
Kennedy explains : " There is the packhouse manager at the farm , people load the truck , the motortruck number one wood , people unload the truck . And that is just the first part of the journeying . A lot can go awry , and we wo n’t even know it until 60 minutes afterward . Sometimes intact truckloads are delivered to the wrong place , or boxes are on the incorrect palette . Sometimes this fall out at night when we are not there . These are thing we can not control , but we sort it out . "
Keep calmKennedy has been doing this chore since 2015 , and in these years the turn one thing he has learned is to stay put calm . " you’re able to project very well , about what is going to descend on a fussy solar day , but somewhere in the line , something will not go according to plan . In logistics , you could not reverse . When something bechance , you have to stick to it and look for solutions . We are chasing people and chasing information every day , but we have to stay calm , disregarding of the pressure , " Kennedy informed .
DecisionsThere is a lot of decision - making . Sometimes in audience with the Sales team in the Netherlands . " Lately we have had to deal with electrical capacity constraints . When that go on I consult Michiel and Jamie , and together we determine on a plan . The squad in the Netherlands depends on my communication . If a shipment is delay , they have to know because they have to adjust the sort and unpacking plans . And it flat has an shock on the manner that our flowers are brought into the market . purchaser are counting on our provision every solar day . Besides minimise the encroachment on the market , communication back to the farm is also fundamental . Together we read and meliorate our process , " he considers .
go for the futureKennedy too is very much looking forward to the execution of DXP . Kennedy : " I think it is go away to help with some man - made mistake we are currently make out with . Of naturally , with the numeral of flowers that we ship every day , it is only lifelike that a few mistakes will be made . But how amazing is it that our newfangled software package can drastically meliorate these wrongdoing - prone process ! Problems with packing listing , delivery Federal Reserve note , and label will be something of the past . "
PartnersKennedy is the linking rowlock in the Marginpar logistics for ship all flower from Kenya to Aalsmeer where flush are unpacked and sold . At JKIA Nairobi Airport , he and his married person in crime Clifford Mongare partake their bureau with loading forwarder Kuehne+Nagel . Marginpar feel a lot of support from K+N daily and for the long term .
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