Innovative on-site transportation solution reduces spiralling fuel costs

21st November 2011

Articulated LGV vehicles and 40ft trailers were used to shunt large quantities of material and empty containers between a number of manufacturing buildings and cells on plant. Although the process was effective, allowing the shipment of large quantities of material at a time, the increasing price of fuel and the requirement of multiple MHE units on plant to load and off-load material at the point of delivery, prompted the requirement to investigate an alternative solution.

Working in partnership with their MHE provider, Rudolph and Hellmann Automotive looked outside the box to explore a variety of options.

This fresh approach resulted in an alternative, faster, delivery route, which allows the use of outside MHE, to effectively tow a number of material containers on outside use trolleys.

This revised solution also utilises conventional Material Handling Forks to load and unload containers into the required delivery points. With no expensive LGV equipment there was an immediate saving presented to the customer. On top of this, the MHE equipment utilised on-plant became more efficiently utilised and contributed to a reduction of MHE equipment across the site, as well as giving a dynamic and flexible solution.

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