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Somerset business Rochford Garden Machinery has gained over 30% more pallet positions after switching from a reach truck to a Bendi articulated fork lift truck.
“The Bendi has revolutionised the way in which we operate”
R
ochford Garden Machinery was founded in 1976 by company
principal Peter Rochford, and was originally a garden machinery retailer. Following continued growth, the Wincaton- based business began distributing products to other dealers in the area, and eventually to its current
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national network of over 1,000 specialist dealers. It prides itself on a wealth of resources, customer service, spare parts and technical support, and with a strong belief that service is second to none. By taking pride in everything it does and ensuring that that its customers receive high levels of service and support, RGM has seen rapid growth over the last three years which, as a result, led to challenges in the warehouse facility. “As the product range increased, it became all too obvious that we needed to change the profi le of our storage to allow for the new products and to free up additional fl oor space,” comments Martin
12 March 2014
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Haselup, trade sales offi ce manager. “New products were arriving in containers, but as most of the pallet spaces were taken, or we couldn’t access them, we had no option but to store them on the fl oor in the aisles. This gave us problems with stock access, rotation, picking, and a potential health and safety hazard.”
VERSATILE TRUCK
RGM turned to its materials handling partners Wiltshire-based Western Mechanical Handling and Headway Storage, who after conducting a detailed site and operational survey made a number of recommendations, including replacing the existing reach truck with
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