Smart Parking at Henkel
Reduzierung des Suchverkehrs auf über 2.000 Stellplätzen. So hat Henkel es geschafft!
Henkel by the Numbers
Die Henkel AG & Co. KGaA gehört zu den bekanntesten Traditionsunternehmen Deutschlands. Mit starken Marken, Innovationen und Technologien hält das Unternehmen mit seinen drei Unternehmensbereichen führende Marktpositionen – sowohl im Industrie- als auch im Konsumentengeschäft. Henkel wurde 1876 gegründet und blickt auf eine über 140-jährige Erfolgsgeschichte zurück. Die Stellplatz-Situation stellte das Unternehmen allerdings vor Herausforderungen. Für über 10.000 Mitarbeitende standen auf 7 Parkflächen nur 2.000 Stellplätze zur Verfügung. Dies führte zu Chaos und Intransparenz.
Camping sites (approx.)
Parking spaces
Employees
Chaos and Lack of Transparency Regarding the Use of Parking and Loading Spaces
Inefficiencies Caused by
's 1:1 Allocation of Parking Spaces
Time lost due to long search traffic and parking in distant spaces
Weniger Parkplätze und Frustration
durch unbefugte Falschparkende
The industrial park in Düsseldorf-Holthausen, which is home to Henkel’s headquarters as well as other companies, employs 10,000 people. It also attracts approximately100,000 visitors annually. The 2,000 employee parking spaces were previously allocated according to the “fixed assignment” principle. However, since parking permits did not specify a specific parking space, this led to daily traffic congestion in the parking areas as drivers searched for spots and resulted in many instances of illegal parking.
Henkel has gained these benefits by using the ParkHere system
Optimierte Auslastung durch Vorabreservierung
More Targeted Allocation of Parking Spaces or Loading Zones Through User Group Management
Access Restricted to Authorized Persons via Automatic License Plate Recognition
In 2020, Henkel decided to digitize its parking management. The goal was to maximize the efficient utilization of the approximately 2,000 parking spaces and regain transparency regarding the parking area. With the implementation of ParkHere, parking spaces can now be reserved flexibly. Thanks to a sophisticated parking concept, specific user groups and visitors can be assigned parking spaces by reserving a spot. As a result, Henkel has managed to optimize parking space utilization so that there is one parking space for every 1.9 employees.
100% Detection of Unauthorized Parkers with ParkHere
Before implementing the ParkHere parking solution, unauthorized parking was one of the biggest challenges. Unauthorized vehicles were taking up the designated employee parking spaces, causing frustration among the staff. Since employees had to use other parking lots located outside the plant, they had to walk very long distances from the parking lot to their workplaces. With the ParkHere system, this is now a thing of the past!
The detection rate for unauthorized parkers is currently 100%, as only authorized vehicles are now permitted to enter the parking areas. This allows Henkel to better manage its own parking areas and assign parking spaces to employees that are located near the plant, thereby avoiding long walks to the office.
Automation Engineer, Henkel AG
Head of Engineering, Henkel AG
Smart Parking at Henkel
Smart Parking at Henkel’s Düsseldorf-Holthausen location: How did the company manage to prevent the daily chaos of cars circling for parking spots and unauthorized parking by non-employees? Find out all about that—and how Henkel was able to further optimize the utilization of its office parking spaces by using the ParkHere system—here.
