“We are planning for next year an expansion of the general warehouse by 12,000 square meters, with this being virtually a doubling of the area. From the central warehouse we have also served online orders since September 2022. We have around 17,000 orders placed online monthly and the trend is rising,” said Dan Cionca, a logistics manager at dm drogerie markt.
Dm operates with a single central warehouse, in Timisoara, and distribution to stores is done via its four partner hubs. Each hub serves a geographical area.
“We are however contemplating the idea of having several hubs. We now have 50% more deliveries in stores compared with last year. We introduced three shifts to boost productivity”.
Dm drogerie markt network has now reached 137 stores, with another three openings scheduled by yearend, in Bucharest, Sibiu and Iasi.
“We will open further units next year, we have a rapid expansion. We are choosing large cities in principle, but we have lately also entered smaller cities, such as Calarasi, Slobozia”.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)