BRIEF - TO CONVERT ALL UK REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTRES FOR LOADING BOOTS UK’S NEW FIXED DOUBLE DECK FLEET. •TRANSDEK SOLUTION
• Requirements •To enable effective and efficient usage of double-deck trailers for Boots UK, by:
• Installing double-deck loading equipment at all Boots UK depots nationwide for loading • and unloading fixed trailers
• Including installation of 50 6.5-tonne 12-cage double-deck lifts
• Mapping out all sites and ensure access for double-deck trailers to lifts
• Modifying warehousing where access restricted
• Results
• Boots UK able to operate double-deck trailers efficiently
• Environmental savings: significant reductions in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions
• Cost savings: created by more efficient transport, with substantial reduction in number • of trunk deliveries
• Capital savings: compared to purchase of equivalent number of powered double-deck • trailers (without any external lifts)
• Transdek Achievements
• Lifts installed and commissioned within 2 days with minimum disruption
• All surface-mounted equipment with no pits
• Each site mapped with Autoturn® software to ensure access for all trailers to lifts
• Warehouses extended and angled to provide clear access to lifts, where required
