- Customer advantage includes time-, cost savings and operational readiness from day one
- Convenient solutions and ease implementation in any logistics building
Prologis Europe is pleased to announce the launch of its all new Essentials platform in Europe, providing scalable, end-to-end logistics solutions and efficiencies in the areas of operations, energy and sustainability, mobility and workforce.
The platform, the first of its kind within the industry, addresses some of the most critical challenges in global logistics today, enabling warehouse operators everywhere to focus on core business activities from day one.
Four categories of Essentials solutions
Operations Essentials provides a turnkey experience for any warehouse operations need, sustainably at any point during, and beyond lease term. Solutions cover a comprehensive range of customisable racking, material handling equipment, forklifts, IT & IoT connectivity and automation needs. In addition to purchase and rental options, Operations Essentials also incorporates buyback programmes and financing possibilities—another industry first, allowing customers to recoup costs when they need it most.
“We pay attention to what our customers are saying,” says Mark Zulver, senior vice president, Head of Essentials, Prologis Europe. “Regardless of size and complexity, running a business alongside managing day to day warehouse operations (especially during relocation) is a challenge. We remove that pain point, offering our standard of excellence across every customer solution needed, by leveraging our scale, access and global expertise.”
Energy and sustainability Essentials translates savings to customers via solar capture programmes like SolarSmart and StorageSmart. These low barrier, clean energy options build straight into net zero strategies, converting directly to warehouse efficiencies such as heat pumps and powering EV-charging for equipment and fleet. Prologis is working to outfit their global portfolio with solar panels; today, Prologis produces 450MW in solar capture and storage.
Mobility Essentials helps customers efficiently move supply chain transportation towards zero emission vehicles and logistics; workplace charging and fleet electrification capabilities for all sizes.
Workforce Essentials supports customers with solutions in recruitment, talent retention and productivity through certification, smart logistics and safety gear, as well as upskill training (already available in limited markets and coming soon to all of Europe).
Key benefits
The Essentials platform applies scalable business value and a full-service approach to everyday warehouse needs, whether operating a Prologis building or not. Specialist Essentials Solutions Managers are a single point of advisory and contact, spending time with each customer to understand their core business to bring in the right people and tailor the right mix of solutions to ensure space is optimised for maximum productivity, safety and employee wellbeing. Built on a foundation of customer service excellence, solutions are designed to avoid disruption and alleviate common pain points – including forward thinking around maintenance, which Prologis covers. Flexible and future-proof, implementation moves at the customers’ speed, budget and in line with needs.
Quote from Henk Gerards, Operations Director Contract Logistics, Geodis Rotterdam:
We needed more space for our operations and due to the challenges in the real estate market, finding new—and better in terms of location—available space in the logistics hotspot in Rotterdam was almost impossible. Thijs Fleers and the entire Prologis Essentials team came up with a solution that has exceeded our expectations; they listened to our needs. Today, we’re still in our existing building, just better! Prologis Essentials added a multiple-layered mezzanine floor, tripling our previous warehouse capacity. They ran the project from start to finish, going beyond providing warehouse space to outfitting, optimising design of space and movement flows, LED lighting, warehouse protection and support on all permitting processes. From day one, we were able to focus on our business, headaches gone.
Prologis owns, manages, leases and develops logistics real estate with a focus on providing customers with the ability to service their consumers within dense regions. Its portfolio is focused on the world’s most vibrant centres of commerce and its scale across these locations allows them to better serve their customers’ needs.
Find out more about the Prologis Essentials Europe Platform.
ABOUT PROLOGIS
Prologis, Inc. is the global leader in logistics real estate with a focus on high-barrier, high-growth markets. As of June 30, 2023, the company owned or had investments in, on a wholly owned basis or through co-investment ventures, properties and development projects expected to total approximately 111 million square metres in 19 countries. Prologis leases modern logistics facilities to a diverse base of approximately 6,700 customers principally across two major categories: business-to-business and retail/online fulfilment.
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