Despite major challenges in 2021 – IDS posts strong result
- Turnover grows by 8.2% to 2.63 billion euros
- Consignment volume increases by 8.7 % to 16.6 million
- Share of B2C business increases from 18.2% in 2020 to 18.9
- Expansion of network capacity by 7%
- Exploding diesel prices currently a major challenge
Kleinostheim – March 15, 2022 – IDS Logistik GmbH has successfully made it through the second year of the coronavirus pandemic, despite particular challenges such as the snow chaos, the tsunami and the floods in July. It continued its growth course unabated with a significant increase in both turnover and shipment volume.
Germany’s largest groupage cooperation increased its turnover by 8.2% year-on-year to EUR 2.63 billion. It transported 16.6 million shipments, which corresponds to an increase of 8.7 %.
“2021 was a tough year and demanded a lot from all of us. The main reason for this was the surprising upturn in B2B business in the 2nd and 3rd quarters of 2021 with unprecedented shipment volumes. Both national and international shipments grew exorbitantly. By contrast, the B2C business, the growth driver in the previous year, barely grew more strongly than the total shipment volume in 2021 at 10%,” explains IDS Managing Director Michael Bargl.
Shipments in the national business increased by 6.9 %. In Germany, the IDS partner companies moved 3.6 million tons of goods. This is almost 7 % more than in the previous year. In exports, the general cargo network was able to increase shipments by 17.2 %.
Network densification and process optimization
In response to years of increasing shipment volumes and the extreme shipment volumes of last spring, IDS is significantly increasing its network capacities – both by expanding existing warehouse space and by adding additional depots. At the beginning of this year, the new Noerpel depot in Heidenheim – 40 kilometers north of Ulm – was integrated into the IDS network as the 51st IDS location. Extensions to seven IDS depots are planned for 2022, as well as a further network location.
IDS also launched the new GPS-based main run management system. Thanks to all IDS swap bodies being equipped with GPS solar modules, the arrival times of transports between IDS depots can be accurately predicted. All subsequent processes can be coordinated accordingly. By linking swap bodies and consignments, the location of a consignment is known at all times. This allows IDS to further optimize its transport processes, plan in real time, analyse downtimes and issue delay warnings at an early stage.
Flexibility required
“Due to the global political situation and the supply chains that continue to be disrupted by the pandemic, driver shortages and supply bottlenecks, it is currently difficult to make predictions for the current year,” explains Michael Bargl. “We assume that there will be significant volume fluctuations and increases in shipments again this year. It is not possible to predict when this will be. We are therefore preparing everything to be able to react as flexibly as possible and with a high level of performance.”
The explosion in diesel prices since the beginning of the year is currently particularly challenging. While the average price of diesel for bulk consumers was still €1.09 per liter last year, by mid-March 2022, petrol stations were charging around twice as much.
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