Cross Docking to consolidate loads and reduce ‘on site’ traffic

1st January 2011

As a socially responsible manufacturer, one of our clients and a manufacturer of luxury limousines, wanted to reduce the number of vehicles accessing its manufacturing plant by 75%. As many of the LGV vehicles were not fully laden a consolidation of their loads offsite was the obvious answer.

Operating from a remote offsite location which had good road links and was already taking deliveries from the manufacturer's suppliers, a cross docking operation was set up.

Transport experts from Rudolph and Hellmann Automotive created a load plan and delivery schedule that enabled the loads to be cross docked without incurring any additional road miles. The selection of more appropriate vehicles and better load planning successfully reduced the number of LGV's accessing the plant by 75%.

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_{There’s only one condition - you must be UK based and be operating in the automotive sector, with a head count of around 25 - 30 or more operating in logistics roles.}