London DCs offer Flexibility, Quality, Location

Prologis UK, a leading logistics property owner, developer and investor, is further expanding its portfolio with the completion of two new high-quality units, DC5 and DC6, at Prologis Park West London, which are ready to let. Situated at a prime logistics location, both properties benefit from excellent transport links into West and Central London.

Demand for high-quality, sustainable logistics space is growing and to meet customers’ needs, Prologis UK is investing in speculative development to provide the right space in the right locations. The new units at Prologis Park West London also benefit from best-in-class sustainability features as standard and short-term, flexible lease options.

Comprising 194,433 sq. ft., and 143,053 sq. ft. respectively, DC5 and DC6 have been designed with optimal energy efficiency in mind. Both exceed net zero carbon targets in construction, with an EPC A+ rating and BREEAM Excellent. In addition, both units have a ready-to-use rooftop array of solar panels, with a generating capacity of 227kWp (DC5) and 198kWp (DC6). They also benefit from energy efficient VRF heating and cooling systems.

To ensure the move-in process is as smooth as possible, Prologis Essentials offers a range of specialist services to help customers to fit out the new space and tailor the unit according to their needs.

As well as having strong access links, both units overlook the Grand Union Canal, opposite Stockley Park, providing external recreational opportunities and local amenities for employees and the local community.

Prologis Park West London benefits from direct access to the major consumer markets of West and Central London, Heathrow Airport and Thames Valley. Close to the M4, M25 and M40, DC5 offers 30 HGV spaces, and DC6 offers 18 HGV spaces. Both units have electric cycle charging infrastructure in situ offering emission-free transportation for employees and visitors, as well as ready-to-use ducting for EV fleets.

Jason Pickering, Director, Capital Deployment & Leasing at Prologis UK, said: “These high-quality, sustainable units and their unique package of features and services, demonstrate our commitment to exceeding our customers’ expectations. What we are offering here is excellence in three key areas – flexibility, quality and location.

“Prologis Park West London boasts best-in-class sustainability features, delivering a high-quality, sustainable specification as standard. In addition to this it is a great accomplishment to have built both units Beyond Net Zero Carbon Construction, positively contributing to our customers’ net zero journeys.”

London DCs offer Flexibility, Quality, Location

Prologis UK, a leading logistics property owner, developer and investor, is further expanding its portfolio with the completion of two new high-quality units, DC5 and DC6, at Prologis Park West London, which are ready to let. Situated at a prime logistics location, both properties benefit from excellent transport links into West and Central London.

Demand for high-quality, sustainable logistics space is growing and to meet customers’ needs, Prologis UK is investing in speculative development to provide the right space in the right locations. The new units at Prologis Park West London also benefit from best-in-class sustainability features as standard and short-term, flexible lease options.

Comprising 194,433 sq. ft., and 143,053 sq. ft. respectively, DC5 and DC6 have been designed with optimal energy efficiency in mind. Both exceed net zero carbon targets in construction, with an EPC A+ rating and BREEAM Excellent. In addition, both units have a ready-to-use rooftop array of solar panels, with a generating capacity of 227kWp (DC5) and 198kWp (DC6). They also benefit from energy efficient VRF heating and cooling systems.

To ensure the move-in process is as smooth as possible, Prologis Essentials offers a range of specialist services to help customers to fit out the new space and tailor the unit according to their needs.

As well as having strong access links, both units overlook the Grand Union Canal, opposite Stockley Park, providing external recreational opportunities and local amenities for employees and the local community.

Prologis Park West London benefits from direct access to the major consumer markets of West and Central London, Heathrow Airport and Thames Valley. Close to the M4, M25 and M40, DC5 offers 30 HGV spaces, and DC6 offers 18 HGV spaces. Both units have electric cycle charging infrastructure in situ offering emission-free transportation for employees and visitors, as well as ready-to-use ducting for EV fleets.

Jason Pickering, Director, Capital Deployment & Leasing at Prologis UK, said: “These high-quality, sustainable units and their unique package of features and services, demonstrate our commitment to exceeding our customers’ expectations. What we are offering here is excellence in three key areas – flexibility, quality and location.

“Prologis Park West London boasts best-in-class sustainability features, delivering a high-quality, sustainable specification as standard. In addition to this it is a great accomplishment to have built both units Beyond Net Zero Carbon Construction, positively contributing to our customers’ net zero journeys.”

Digitalization Efforts you can count on

According to a recent report by MHI and Deloitte (1), 74% of leaders asked were looking to invest in supply chain technology and innovation. But how certain can you be about payback times, and how much disturbance will implementing these projects cause? Are there technologies that are easy to implement yet give instant ROI?

The report found that many companies were investing money in several areas of their supply chain operations, specifically warehouse and network optimization, sensors and automatic identification, robotics, and artificial intelligence. The desired outcomes are obvious; reduce costs, increase operational efficiency, improve customer experience, and as a result, reduce climate impact on receiving and delivering goods.
Digital transformation – what’s the problem?

One presumes that logistics managers see digital transformation as moving from analogue to the digital world to become more dynamic and adaptable to a fast-changing environment. But projects put logistics managers under pressure. The worst-case scenario is spending millions while not reducing expenses, gaining the expected efficiencies or reaching required revenue goals. For example, problems may be related to barriers against sharing data, the complexity of underlying processes and systems, conflicting interests or resistance to change.

Donald Houben, Head of Sales Europe at SiB Solutions, puts it like this, “Innovation projects add extra strain on workload for logistics managers especially when operations suffer from processes that are inadequate, or where change management is not properly in place. But there are digitalization projects that can quickly and easily harvest low-hanging fruit.”

His colleague Paul Bowes (pictured) , Technical Project Manager at SiB Solutions, agrees: “Lack of visual insights and visual proof hinder continuous improvements as the wanted KPIs and statistical measurements are difficult to quantify. Companies see this by using Intelligent Video and AI Services. In one instance these insights showed that up to 40% of assumed picking errors were not actually picking errors(2)”.

So how do you go about digitalization, and what do you want to achieve? One answer is to implement subscription services that can be ready in just a few weeks after commissioning. An example is Intelligent Video and AI Services that make it easy to visually search for goods and immediately see the answer to where they are and their condition in any situation.

The benefits of subscription-based Intelligent Video and AI Services

Subscription-based services help eliminate up-front costs, offer instant updates for upgrades, are often modular, enabling organizations to take what they need and add on later, and give companies complete financial control as fees are set.

When companies implement intelligent Video and AI Services, logistics professionals can quickly go back in time and see every event, from inbound, throughout the picking and packing process, to dispatch. Visual insights help to quickly resolve disputes by verifying claims and giving proof of exactly what was received, picked, packed and dispatched. The positive financial implications are obvious. So too are the positive effects on personnel.

Intelligent Video and AI Services are key to improved quality, less errors, happier customers, and ultimately higher margins. It protects companies from fraud related to inbound logistics and returns. In other words, a transformation project you can count on. Literally.
(1) The responsible supply chain: Transparency, Sustainability and the case for business. MHI and Deloitte.
(2)SiB Solutions: https://www.sibsolutions.com/save-money-by-getting-rid-of-pointless-claims-investigations/

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