According to logisticsbusiness.com, Infios has announced that POCO — Germany’s largest furniture and home improvement discounter — has successfully gone live with Infios Warehouse Management (WM) at its Trebbin logistics centre. The deployment marks the first milestone in a multi-site program to standardise and modernise supply chain execution across POCO’s nationwide logistics network.
Operational Drivers Behind the Standardisation
Founded in 1989, POCO specialises in affordable home furnishings, kitchens, electrical goods and DIY products. It operates 127 stores alongside a rapidly growing e-commerce business. Its logistics network includes a central goods-receiving warehouse, several regional distribution centres, and a highly automated e-commerce fulfilment centre. Growing operational complexity had outgrown the capabilities of its legacy ERP-based warehouse and logistics modules.
Furniture logistics presents distinct challenges, including bulky and heavy goods, variable packaging formats, and — in particular — multi-package items that must be stored, picked and shipped as coherent units while maintaining full transparency at the component level. These requirements demand a high level of execution intelligence, orchestration and real-time visibility that traditional ERP-based modules are not designed to deliver.
A Modular, Best-of-Breed Architecture
By implementing Infios WM, POCO is decoupling warehouse execution from ERP and establishing a modular, best-of-breed architecture purpose-built for intelligent supply chain execution. The solution enables standardised core processes across sites while flexibly adapting workflows, automation interfaces, and labour processes — including those unique to large-item and multi-package handling.
Seven-Site Rollout Strategy
The Trebbin go-live at the end of 2025 serves as the blueprint for further rollout. A second site will follow in 2026, with the remaining locations implemented using reusable templates and industry-specific configurations to accelerate time to value.
“Infios Warehouse Management delivers the execution intelligence needed to run complex, multi-channel supply chains at scale,” says Dirk Teschner, Senior Vice President and Managing Director at Infios. “For POCO, we have configured the solution to reflect the operational DNA of the furniture industry – particularly the precise co-ordination required for multi-package product handling.”
As part of Infios’s Intelligent supply chain execution platform, Infios WM can be extended with complementary modules such as slotting and yard management, positioning POCO to further optimise inbound, outbound and inventory management processes as its business continues to grow.
Source: logisticsbusiness.com
Compiled from international media by the SCI.AI editorial team.
