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Disposal logistics

Clearly structured processes, optimized transport routes, and forward-looking planning enable resources to be used in a targeted manner and unnecessary expenses to be avoided. ebp-consulting understands the challenges and is your partner for optimized waste disposal logistics.

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Efficient and secure waste disposal logistics

Waste disposal logistics are playing an increasingly strategic role in industry. They encompass all processes associated with the collection, separation, transport, temporary storage and environmentally sound recycling or disposal of residual materials and waste within a plant. What was once often considered a downstream, little-noticed area has now developed into a central component of sustainable production systems.

This development is directly linked to the circular economy, which aims to keep raw materials in circulation for as long as possible, avoid waste and create a closed material cycle through reuse, reprocessing or recycling. The European Union (EU) and the German federal government have formulated ambitious targets as part of their climate goals, which oblige companies to establish circular processes. Waste disposal logistics forms the link between production, sustainability and legal compliance.

ebp-consulting supports companies in both general waste disposal logistics and battery disposal. Concepts have already been successfully developed and implemented in several projects.

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Our services in waste disposal logistics

  • Employee deployment planning and industrial truck deployment planning
  • Industrial truck route planning
  • Industrial truck tendering / service provider tendering
  • Process planning and coordination with relevant interfaces, such as service providers (SP), production, IT, quality
  • Layout planning for transfer areas, interim storage, storage and disposal areas
  • Creation of disposal concept and documentation
  • Tailor-made concepts that are tailored to the customer's specific conditions (plant structure, volumes, internal logistics, etc.)
        

Advantages of our consulting support in waste disposal logistics

  • Process efficiency: Short turnaround times, simple internal processes, clear interfaces with production and external partners.
  • Safety: Compliance with hazardous goods and occupational safety regulations, avoidance of fire or environmental risks; involvement of experts.
  • Cost-efficient use of resources: through optimised transport routes and optimal utilisation of personnel, transport resources and handling equipment.
  • Professional and case-specific handling of hazardous materials/lithium-ion batteries depending on battery condition, risk and source.
       
       
Intelligent systems and recycling for environmental sustainability
There are many intelligent systems for waste disposal logistics.

The challenges involved in developing a waste disposal concept for batteries

  • The internal material flow is complex: batteries are transported between production lines, warehouses and disposal points, whereby battery conditions must be separated and sorted.
  • Careful documentation is essential.
  • Waste quantities are difficult to plan, as estimates often have to be made.
  • Integration into production logistics must be carried out in such a way that safety and material flow are optimally coordinated.
  • The safe handling of lithium-ion batteries is crucial for efficiency and safety. Internal transport must be carried out safely, and batteries must be correctly labelled and moved in special containers.
  • Handling and lifting: Heavy-duty batteries require specialised conveyor technology (lift trucks, crane systems, driverless transport systems).
    Separation and sorting: Different battery types and conditions (functional, defective, old batteries) must be strictly separated.
      

Focus of waste disposal logistics: battery disposal

The life cycle of a battery, from use in a car to reuse
Lithium-ion battery recycling process

Today, there is a particular focus on the disposal of lithium-ion batteries, which are accumulating in ever-increasing quantities as a result of electromobility. Due to their chemical composition, they are classified as hazardous goods and are subject to strict legal requirements. The ADR Directive (an international agreement that sets uniform regulations for the transport of dangerous goods by road in Europe) regulates safe transport, while the EU Battery Regulation sets requirements for collection, storage, recycling and traceability. Precisely planned and safely implemented disposal logistics are therefore not only an operational necessity, but also a decisive contribution to achieving climate targets and to the responsible design of automotive value creation in line with the circular economy.

Our consulting services focus on the following areas of battery disposal logistics:

  • Safety in handling: Handling, packaging and storage of lithium-ion batteries in accordance with hazardous goods regulations, with an appropriate emergency plan in case of an accident to minimise the risk of fire and explosion.
  • Intralogistics and storage concepts: Safe internal transport, fire protection measures, suitable storage containers and areas.
  • Transport: Organisation of external hazardous goods transport to recycling or disposal facilities, including labelling and documentation.

Further Consulting Focus Areas as a logistics consultancy:

  • Production logistics planning

  • Material flow planning

    • Material flow design
    • Implementation of material flow control systems
    • Implementation of material flow analyses and value flow designs
    • Layout planning of logistics areas and traffic routes
    • Planning and introduction of tugger trains and automated guided vehicles (AGV)
    • Optimization of internal plant transports and traffic using evaluation tools
    • Planning the transport control

  • Intralogistics

    • Optimization of internal logistics processes
    • Definition of warehousing
    • Definition of the optimal material flow from incoming goods to production and outgoing goods
    • Definition of optimal transportation concepts
    • Optimum utilization of logistics and transport areas
    • Planning of super­markets for picking small load carriers and goods­baskets/sets using a wide variety of technologies (including pick-by-light, pick-by-voice or sequencers)
    • Introduction of kanban control
    • Definition of suitable conveyor and storage systems
    • Tendering and selection of suitable logistics technology
    • Implementation support and ramp-up

  • Tendering of logistics services

    • New tender for contract logistics & intralogistics
    • Outsourcing of warehouse logistics & intralogistics
    • Tender management for logistics services
    • Planning, preparation & implementation of tenders for warehousing & transportation services
    • Service-independent tendering
    • Market research of potential logistics service providers and large network of logistics service providers
    • Compilation of customer requirements and development of the service description
    • Preparation of specifications / Request for Quotation (RFQ)
    • Structured, possibly multi-stage tendering process for contract logistics & transport logistics
    • Communication with the logistics service providers (3PL)
    • Systematic assessment and evaluation of service provider offers in terms of costs, degree of fulfillment & quality
    • Creating transparency and comparability of service provider offers
    • Identification of gaps in the offer, pitfalls & risks
    • Accompaniment & support in discussions with providers
    • Transfer of the tender to the implementation / realization phase

  • Logistics Benchmarking

  • Lean logistics principles

    • Digitalization of logistics through the development of data models to map technical issues
    • Data procurement and integration into the overarching data model
    • Data preparation, plausibility checks and cleansing
    • Analytics as a service (AaaS)
    • Performance of regular data analyses by our ebp experts
    • Identification of optimization potential in logistics
    • Reducing costs and increasing performance in logistics

  • Packaging Planning

  • Spare parts logistics

  • Logistics optimization with big data analytics

    • Digitalization of logistics through the development of data models to map technical issues
    • Data procurement and integration into the overarching data model
    • Data preparation, plausibility checks and cleansing
    • Analytics as a service (AaaS)
    • Performance of regular data analyses by our ebp experts
    • Identification of optimization potential in logistics
    • Reducing costs and increasing performance in logistics

  • Business intelligence

    • Data­visualization with different data­aggregation on the basis of roles and user­groups
    • Derivation of role­profiles for user­groups from operations to management
    • Creation of standardized and automated reports
    • BI tool­expertise from project­-related application for support in selecting the right tools for digital logistics

  • Internet of things (IoT)

    • Data­visualization with different data­aggregation on the basis of roles and user­groups
    • Derivation of role­profiles for user­groups from operations to management
    • Creation of standardized and automated reports
    • BI tool­expertise from project­-related application for support in selecting the right tools for digital logistics

  • Monitoring in intralogistics

Our customers' targets

  • Process efficiency: Short turnaround times, simple internal processes, clear interfaces with production and external partners
  • Safety: Compliance with hazardous goods and occupational safety regulations, avoidance of fire or environmental risks, risk management through planning of emergency processes.
  • Cost-efficient use of resources through optimised transport routes and optimal utilisation of personnel, transport equipment and handling devices.
  • Use of special equipment such as fireproof containers, handling of oversized containers.

Sustainable concepts for efficient waste disposal logistics

Efficient disposal logistics for lithium-ion batteries is a key success factor in the automotive industry. It not only ensures safety and compliance, but also makes an important contribution to resource conservation and sustainability. Targeted planning of disposal processes minimises risks and makes procedures more efficient.

At first glance, disposal logistics may seem like a necessary evil in many companies – an area that supposedly does not add any direct value and often only receives attention when problems arise. But this impression is deceptive. In reality, professionally organised disposal logistics is a key success factor for cost-effectiveness, safety and sustainability.

Structured management of waste streams creates transparency and reduces costs. Compliance with applicable hazardous goods regulations and the EU Battery Directive is just as essential as the use of specialised technology for handling and storage.

This not only optimises material flow, but also creates the basis for sustainable cycles. Together, solutions can be developed that combine safety, efficiency and sustainability in battery logistics.

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