Switching to save
December 1st 2008 Business supplies wholesaler
Kingfield Heath estimates that
the switch to Atlet warehouse
trucks has already saved more
than £17,000 at its
Lutterworth distribution
centre. Kingfield Heath also
reorganised its battery
facilities and, working with
Atlet, has consolidated
operations into a dedicated
'Energy Centre' which occupies
less space, has improved
management processes and
eliminated manual handling.
The fleet consists of seven
Omni DCR man-rising
combination stacker pickers,
five ErgoPicker OPS high level
order pickers, eleven Forte
UHS reach trucks, twelve
Presto PLP pallet transporters,
seven counterbalance trucks,
thirteen Atlet low level order
pickers and two Atlet PLL
pedestrian pallet
transporters.
Atlet configured the Energy
Centre with batteries grouped
neatly by type in banks either
side of short aisles. Chargers
are positioned above the
battery positions to minimise
the overall footprint and
ensure convenient operation.
Trucks requiring a battery
change are driven to the
Energy Centre and reach truck
batteries are changed using
Atlet's Powerbed automatic
battery change system in
which the drivers change their
own batteries in around one
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