Investing 1.2 million euros, AS “Kesko Senukai Latvia” has opened a new class A warehouse with an area of 14,200 m2 in the Rumbula logistics park.
The new warehouse will allow to increase the amount of centralization of deliveries, reducing the load of deliveries in stores and other warehouses of the company. It will also serve e-commerce and wholesalers in Latvia.
“As our product range develops, so does the number of our suppliers. In order to ensure timely and efficient delivery of goods to stores, we have opened a new logistics center that will help optimize manufacturers’ supply chains. and other logistics centers of the company in the Baltic countries, thus accelerating the flow of goods deliveries. In this phase of development, the new logistics center will be able to fully meet our needs, greatly improving the company’s efficiency. ” , says Viktorija Voičenko, executive director of “Kesko Senukai Latvia”.
The logistics complex will allow “Kesko Senukai Latvia” to reduce the transport costs of production and offer new opportunities to local producers. The total size of the object is 14,200 m2 and the total storage capacity is 13,000 pallets with the possibility of increasing it in the future.
“Coupled with modern transport storage and logistics solutions, supplier centralization will provide additional opportunities to expand our product range in our stores, while reducing the cost of delivering goods. It could be of particular interest to local producers by enabling to expand cooperation opportunities “, explains Aldis Paegle, head of inventory and logistics at” Kesko Senukai Latvia “.
The project was completed in less than a year: modern warehouse equipment was installed in the new logistics center, extensive shelving systems, offices and other improvements were implemented.
The work was carried out by developer SIRIN Development, a full-cycle industrial and commercial real estate development company acting as an investor, developer and owner of long-term built properties.
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