{"id":16964,"date":"2020-03-30T09:55:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T09:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mumnet.cn\/we-are-able-to-react-to-a-crisis-fast-and-appropriately"},"modified":"2022-02-14T13:13:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T13:13:26","slug":"we-are-able-to-react-to-a-crisis-fast-and-appropriately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mumnet.cn\/ch-en\/we-are-able-to-react-to-a-crisis-fast-and-appropriately","title":{"rendered":"“We are able to react to a crisis fast and appropriately”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alexei Kovalenko, Guillaume de Laage de Meux and Nikolaus Kohler \u2013 as members of the Group Management of M&M Militzer & M\u00fcnch International Holding AG, they have a close eye on the business of the individual country units. In an interview, they report on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the group so far, and how the demand for transport is developing in different industries.<\/b>
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\nThe Militzer & M\u00fcnch Group is active in 29 countries. The extent of the pandemic varies locally, as do government regulations. How are you dealing with the situation?
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\nAlexei Kovalenko:<\/b>\u00a0The safety of our employees has top priority. With the exception of some warehouse space, we count among the asset-light companies. Thus, it was relatively easy for us to have many employees working from home. All things considered, we always act in accordance with local requirements and regulations. But of course, we notice restrictions and decreased transport volumes in international goods traffic. In the West, government support has helped us a lot, including in France and Germany. This has somewhat mitigated the decline in orders. In Germany, for example, we put some employees on short-time working when air traffic came to a virtual standstill and our freight could not be transported on board passenger aircraft.<\/p>\n

Nikolaus Kohler:<\/b>\u00a0The Militzer & M\u00fcnch management is struggling with the challenges in all 29 countries and is taking the necessary steps to master the extraordinary situation. Especially in Central Asia, governments have imposed rigorous measures in some cases. In these countries in particular, I assume that not all transport companies will make it through the crisis. However, the Militzer & M\u00fcnch Group is well positioned \u2013 it remains to be seen whether the crisis will lead to a market shakeout from which individual logistics companies will benefit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe are a people’s business. We all had to adapt and use virtual means of communication to maintain contacts.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Alexei Kovalenko
\nChief Financial Officer, TransInvest and Militzer & M\u00fcnch; Speaker of the Militzer & M\u00fcnch Group Management<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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