LOADING BAYS & DOORS
THORWORLD INDUSTRIES’ SAFE
INSTALLATION ENABLES
KEY WORKER COMPLIANCE
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ExcelLogistics, the customer-orientated haulage and warehousing operation with a food supply chain focus, has safely achieved completion on a Thorworld Industries modular loading dock installation in challenging times, with all teams involved working compliantly to meet social distancing guidelines.
Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, the national and international logistics firm had been celebrating the success of winning a major 10- year food supply contract, which necessitated the purchase of a larger and higher specification operation close to its existing fulfilment centre in Letchworth Hertfordshire. This new facility was to become 2Excel’s flagship operation, enabling it to be fully BRCGS (British Retail Consortium Global Standards) Food Safety accredited, offer barcode scanning, and become
WMS (Warehouse Management Software) integrated. Having found the perfect location and size of building, 2Excel Logistics was faced with the challenge that the warehouse had no loading docks, only level access doors - a problem often faced by logistics companies.
LOADING SOLUTIONS IN CHALLENGING TIMES To deliver the best operational performance and highest loading equipment compliancy standards, Justin Wilkie, managing director at 2Excel, began researching appropriate modular dock systems and installation solutions. He found loading specialist Thorworld Industries online and was impressed with the options the manufacturer could supply.
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James Corfield from Darmax Ltd., Ian Langan, technical director at Thorworld presented Wilkie with plans to design, manufacture and install a loading solution for the new warehouse. The blueprints incorporated a bespoke modular dock system, designed so handball tip containers and traditional curtain sided vehicles could be unloaded in the warehouse, whilst complying with BRC regulations.
The plans fulfilled all 2Excel’s loading requirements and included intelligent detailing such as fully enclosed external cladding around the front of the dock for pest control purposes and a traffic light system to enhance driver safety. “Thorworld’s modular dock system design was visually stunning,” Wilkie remarks, “and looked set to deliver in terms of improved efficiencies surrounding unloading loose containers.”
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