The Finnish National Lottery, Veikkaus, has selected DB Schenker as its logistics service provider in Finland.
Veikkaus, leveraging the capabilities of DB Schenker, has chosen the operator’s proposed solution for logistics operations at a distribution center near Helsinki. The solution involved relocating Veikkaus’s warehousing operations from two locations in Finland to a new DB Schenker warehouse—the Avia Distribution Centre in Vantaa—to create a service hub and streamline logistics and transport operations.
The solution proposed by DB Schenker provides for the storage and distribution of 230,000 shipments annually, with a total of 160,000 deliveries guaranteed within 24 hours to approximately 7,000 Veikkaus retail outlets. The Avia Distribution Centre also offers value-added services, such as a secure warehouse, a lottery ticket dispatch department, labeling, palletizing, packaging, and paper cutting.
The total logistics area of the distribution center, which houses 31,000 pallet spaces, is 20,000 square meters. The center is located near DB Schenker’s headquarters in Finland and just a few kilometers from the country’s largest airport—Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport—and the highway connecting all major cities.
– This new venture is extremely important to us – stated Katri Kostiainen, VP Contract Logistics and SCM, DB Schenker Finland. – It reflects our commitment to providing specialized logistics expertise to market leaders around the world. An efficient and modern warehouse, an effective management system, as well as our knowledge and pursuit of excellence, allow us to meet our customers’ expectations.
– We are very pleased with the opportunity to continue our cooperation with Schenker – says Lauri Noro, Head of Logistics at Veikkaus Oy. – Our logistics partner should understand the realities of our business so that we can work together to improve individual processes. This is exactly the case with DB Schenker, which has been co-creating our company’s logistics since 1995, and in 2011 we expanded our cooperation to the entire logistics chain. As a result of the merger of Finnish gaming companies, our logistics operations have changed, and we are deeply convinced that DB Schenker is the right partner to meet this challenge.