b'jUnE 22 - jUly 26, 2020warehousing & distribution 13Loadsmart partners with Opendock for Integrated dock schedulingLoadsmart, a leading digital freightlaborationtoautomateappointment technology company, has announcedschedulingforthemorethan1,800 atechnicalandstrategicpartnershipwarehouses that utilize Opendock. withOpendock,amarketleaderinShippersareincreasinglylook-centralized dock scheduling softwareingfornewwaystoleveragetech-forshippersandcarriers.TheAPI- nologytoeliminatebottlenecksand enabledintegrationofLoadsmartsimprove the efficiency of their supply digitalfreightplatformandSmartchains, said Ricardo Salgado, CEO Schedulingtechnology,withOpen- andco-founderofLoadsmart,The Rhenus has solidified Miami as its hub with its newly opened 160,000 square foot warehouse. docksdockmanagementsoftware,integrationofourSmartScheduling enablesshipperstosimplifyandtechnologywithOpendockscen-Rhenus Logistics moves tons of PPEacceleratetheschedulingprocesstralizeddockmanagementsoftware byidentifyingandbookingthebestenablesustoremovefrictionand from Europe and Asia to the Americas possibleappointmentwithminimalstreamlinetheappointmentsched-human intervention. ulingprocessforoursharedcus-Rhenus Logistics, a leading globaltained2.2millionmasksviatheirFormostshippersandcarriers,tomers. Shipperswillimmediately logistics service provider, leads the trendAmericas gateway. schedulinghaslongbeenatime- benefit from improved efficiency and inthisnewlogisticalreality.DuringInotherpartsofLatinAmerica,consuming, manual process that typi- better service. The integration allows the COVID-19 epidemic, Rhenus hasRhenuswasabletosuccessfullycally requires multiple phone calls andLoadsmartsSmartSchedulingtech-transported millions of pieces of per- secure emergency shipments of PPEemails to book an appointment. Thisnology to instantly select and book the sonalprotectiveequipment(PPE)tocomprisedofnearlyninemillionprocessbecomesevenmoreprob- bestpossibleappointmentbyusing theAmericasduetolimitedairlift.masks with more scheduled later thislematicwhenappointmentsmustbeartificial intelligence to analyze travel Rhenus has led the trend in the trademonth on a local and regional level. rescheduledduetoachangeinthetime and other factors. Should a driv-andlogisticsindustrybyreceivingThe Rhenus Class A warehouse indrivers estimated arrival time. Recog- ers ETA change while en route, the more and more PPE and other medi- Miami is located across from Miaminizing this challenge and the potentialintegration even enables Loadsmart to cal equipment from Europe and AsiaInternationalAirportandtenmilesof leveraging artificial intelligence, theautomatically reschedule the appoint-and exporting it to Canada, the US andfrom the Port of Miami.twocompanieshaveforgedthiscol- ment in seconds. Latin America. Due to the limitations on flights from Europe to the Ameri-cas,RhenushassolidifiedMiamias its hub with its newly opened 160,000 square foot warehouse.TheGermany-basedlogistics company, which currently has a strong presence in Europe, Asia-Pacific and Africa, established its footprint in the Americas with the recent opening of its new warehouse that is designated as a foreign trade zone. The facility, whichprovidedverticalsolutions forconsumerelectronics,industrial telecommunications,high-technol-ogy,high-fashionandretail,isnow focused on personal protection equip-ment(PPE)includinggloves,face shields, masks and ventilators, as well as testing kits for COVID-19 and an assortment of other medical products.Wehaveseenatremendous increase in the demand for PPE and other healthcare products, said Jrn Schmersahl, CEO of Rhenus Air & Ocean Americas. While this was not a niche for us in the past, we have become experts in moving PPE to the USandthe Americas.Clearlyour Miamiwarehousewasstrategically located for us to reach the Americas quickly.Wearecommittedtocontinue assistingourlocalcommunitiesand healthentitieswiththeirtransporta-tion challenges so that they can over-comethemduringtheCOVID-19 crisisasquicklyaspossible,com-mented Christian Ryser, Chief Oper-atingOfficerofRhenusLATAM Hispanic Region.SomeexamplesofRhenus COVID-19 solutions: In Canada, Rhenus partnered with a large multinational automotive manu-facturer, who has pivoted their busi-nessmodeltoPPEproduction.The client is currently moving significant volumes out of Asia and Europe with thetotaltonnagesettoexceed100 tons. Rhenus has been able to secure weekly commercial aircraft space to help deliver the goods.InBrazil,despiteglobaltravel restrictions,countrylockdownsand severe capacity constraints on all trade lanes, Rhenus was able to deliver six full trucks of masks and reagent tests domestically and a shipment that con-'