Swedish Scribona extends partnership with German Schenker, DHL

Swedish information management products provider Scribona AB has extended its partnership with German logistics provider Schenker AG and DHL, the express logistics subsidiary of German postal group Deutsche Post AG, it was reported on February 16, 2005.

Through the collaboration, the logistics systems will be integrated and Scribona’s physical inventory management and transports will be taken over by DHL and Schenker.

Scribona’s logistics personnel in Sweden will be offered employment at DHL by the summer of 2005. Within 18 months, all physical inventory management will be relocated to one of DHL’s logistics centres at the same time that the logistics systems are integrated.

The motive behind the collaboration is to create a more flexible supply chain function, Magnus Johansson, head of Scribona’s Supply Chain Management unit, said.

Scribona’s Norwegian warehouse was transferred to DHL’s premises in August 2004. All logistics personnel was offered employment at DHL at the same time that Schenker took over responsibility for Norwegian transport operations.

Scribona (www.scribona.com) was set up in 1992 after the split of Swedish office supplies maker Esselte Group.

Since 1992 the company is listed on the O-list of the Stockholm Stock Exchange.

(Editor’s note: The O-list has no minimum value requirement and less stringent listing rules.)

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