One Inventory Pool. All Your Channels.
Managing global warehousing solutions with multiple partners can create cost inefficiencies and inventory visibility gaps. We provide integrated warehouse storage services through our 100+ global sites, all unified under one cloud-based platform. Our network delivers real-time visibility, scalable capacity, and operational efficiency from a single system.
- Complete inventory visibility: Track inventory in real time across all storage locations through our unified cloud-based platform, seamlessly connecting B2B and D2C fulfillment from a single inventory pool.
- Reduced operational risk: Optimize performance and reduce risk with scalable automation solutions — from AutoStore to robotic systems — supported by our global labor force and engineering expertise.
- Protected product integrity: Ensure quality through seamless temperature control from -80°C to ambient conditions, TAPA-like security standards, hazardous goods handling, and GDP-compliant processes.
- Flexible capacity scaling: Scale storage space quickly without your own capital investment using our multi-user warehouse infrastructure or dedicated sites built for your operational requirements.
- Optimized inventory performance: Improve inventory turns and reduce obsolescence with advanced warehouse management systems and regular cycle counting.
- Standardized global operations: Manage operations consistently across regions with one cloud-based IT system that provides uniform reporting and consistent workflows.
- Dedicated partnership support: Get up and running quickly with your dedicated Key Account Manager who serves as your single point of contact.
- Continuous innovation: Drive improvement with custom solutions developed by our expert engineers and dedicated IT team.
Our Warehousing Services
Our storage and warehousing services provide end-to-end fulfillment operations. From receiving to returns, we manage every step with the flexibility and compliance your business requires.
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Inbound Receiving and Quality Control
We unload shipments, inspect quality, and book stock into our cloud-based IT platform with immediate system tracking and geo-data determination.
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Bulk, Rack, and Bin Storage
We store inventory through pallet, carton, and single-unit solutions with smart slotting that maintains 100% pickable locations across multi-level configurations.
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Temperature-Controlled Storage
Manage products from -80°C to ambient conditions with monitoring systems and backup protocols that keep your products safe and compliant.
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High-Value Storage
We protect high-value products with specialized high-security storage, including black room storage, pre-launch facilities, and secure areas for game releases, all operating under TAPA-like security standards.
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Cross-Dock and Consolidation
Bypass storage to get products to market faster through cross-docking operations that reduce handling time and enable faster distribution.
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Bonded and Customs Warehousing
Streamline international operations with combined bonded and non-bonded storage, integrated customs processing, and trade compliance expertise.
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Inventory Management
Maintain accurate stock levels through cycle counting, location clearing, and real-time visibility across all storage locations with advanced replenishment logic.
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Value-Added Services
Complete kitting, relabeling, repacking, serialization, late-stage finishing, personalization, and light assembly to customize products for specific markets.
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Reverse Logistics
Process returns efficiently with inspection, grading, refurbishment, reconditioning, and counterfeit verification, then restock or dispose based on your business requirements.
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Distribution and Last-Mile Prep
Fulfill B2B and direct-to-consumer orders through parcel, less-than-truckload (LTL), and full-truckload (FTL) networks with carrier-independent transport management.
Industries We Serve
As a warehousing service provider with decades of industry-specific expertise, we deliver solutions built to meet the unique compliance, handling, and storage requirements of these sectors.
Store apparel, cosmetics, and lifestyle products with specialized handling for garments on hanger, mixed master cartons, and omnichannel inventory management that allows you to fulfill both retail and e-commerce orders from a single stock pool. We handle cosmetics in compliance with dangerous goods regulations, including storage in automated systems.
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Success Stories from Our Clients
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Arvato offers the best possible conditions with widespread services, extensive expertise in the field of medical technology and a standardized infrastructure. As a long-standing, reliable partner, Arvato is strongly integrated into Olympus' processes and provides us with optimum support to fulfill our role as EMEA headquarters in logistical terms as well.
Alexander Nibbe General Manager Supply Chain Management, Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG -
We are very pleased to have found, in Arvato, a business partner who can deliver the solutions we need for our global logistics.
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Efficient logistics is one of the most important pillars for any omnichannel retailer. With the new and state-of-the-art logistics center in Hamm, we have reached a decisive milestone in linking store business and online store in the DACH region even more closely — also and especially to the benefit of our customers and suppliers.
Sander van der Laan CEO Douglas Group -
It is precisely in times of great challenges that the true strength of a partnership becomes apparent. Together with Arvato and the DOUGLAS Group, we have proven that we can harmonize and achieve great things even under pressure.
Hannes Kracher Head of Sales and Key Account Manager for Arvato, KNAPP
Warehouse Operations in Six Integrated Steps
Our warehousing process delivers seamless operations from the moment products arrive to final delivery and returns. Each step connects through our unified cloud-based platform for complete visibility across your warehouse network.
- Step 1 | Receiving & Inbound Processing: Your inventory arrives through container unloading, loose-loaded processing, or full pallet reception. We conduct quality control inspections and immediately book products into our cloud-based system with geo-data determination.
- Step 2 | Smart Storage & Put-Away: Smart slotting logic optimizes storage across bulk, master carton, and single-unit locations. Our replenishment logic maintains 100% pickable locations while automation maximizes space utilization, considering ideal picking routes and expected order patterns.
- Step 3 | Real-Time Inventory Management: We track stock levels through periodic cycle counting and location clearing processes across all warehouse locations. Our cloud-based platform provides real-time visibility, enabling informed decisions about allocation and replenishment.
- Step 4 | Intelligent Pick & Pack: Orders are picked using pick-by-light and goods-to-person, always supported by scan-based confirmation. Our robotic picking systems achieve up to 700 picks per hour, while automated carton assembly, package pre-determination, and label application streamline packing for efficient processing.
- Step 5 | Carrier Integration & Shipping: Our transport management system coordinates shipping across multiple carriers, managing cut-off scheduling and applying the right carrier labels for each shipment. We complete export declarations, sort by carrier lane, conduct outbound scanning, and manage capacity planning to ensure reliable delivery.
- Step 6 | Returns Processing & Value Recovery: We process returns through dedicated identification, reconciliation, and unpacking workflows. We conduct grading and counterfeit verification, recondition products when needed, complete relabeling, and confirm items for put-away or disposal based on your requirements.
Once your operations are set up, you can scale to additional regions or warehouse locations without rebuilding processes. It's flexibility that grows with your business.
