SWISS forwarding giant Kuehne + Nagel has opened a control centre for integrated logistics in Singapore to enhance its door-to-door service and its infrastructure in the Asia Pacific region.

The new centre, one of seven worldwide, will focus on Australia, China, India, Japan and Singapore.

"Leveraging on our new platform in Singapore, customers can focus on their core competences while improving their supply chain performance, reducing transaction costs and increasing efficiencies," said Kuehne + Nagel CEO Detlef Trefzger at the ribbon cutting ceremony.

Kuehne + Nagel's Asia Pacific customer base in integrated logistics comprises companies from fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector, pharmaceutical, healthcare, high-tech and the oil & gas industries.

A typical range of services is provided to an FMCG customer, where Kuehne + Nagel manages all of its international sea and air freight movements for both raw and packaging materials into its extensive factory network in the region, and finished goods flows to all markets within the region.

The Singapore logistics control centre is managing the worldwide logistics for a customer in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry, together with Kuehne + Nagel's logistics control centres in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Luxembourg.

Services include management of sales orders from the customer's factories in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, the coordination of last mile transport and the installation of medical equipment in the hospitals.