operator consistently remains lower
when placing the pallet at height, and
instead has to depend on cameras and
personal skills, which isn’t as reliable.
Jungheinrich’s VNA order pickers are
therefore ideal for our operations.”
Jungheinrich Logistics Systems, part
of Jungheinrich UK Ltd, specialises in
the design and installation of market
leading, intelligent intralogistics
solutions. Its unique end-to-end offering
of intralogistics systems and materials
handling equipment – whether manual,
semi or fully automated – has enabled
Jungheinrich Logistics Systems to adopt
a consultative approach to implementing
everything from forklift trucks and
racking to fully automated, turnkey
systems.
Following an in-depth analysis of each
customer’s intralogistics model and the
challenges, changes and customer-base
of the business, both the material flow
and information flow within the
organisation are assessed to provide best
practice advice on using automation to
add value. With one brand, one vision
and one delivery, the resulting
implementations are bespoke and in
accordance with the precise needs of
customers’ strategic business objectives.
In addition to the VNA trucks,
Jungheinrich also supplied the
wholesaler with ten ERE 125 electric
pallet trucks to deploy in its warehouses
in Coleraine and Dublin, as well as
counterbalance trucks and other manual
handling trucks for the food outlets and
meat plant.
As a nearly 24 x 7 operation, it’s vital
for Lynas Food Services to have access to
strong, robust and reliable machinery. In
order to maintain business consistency,
it’s essential for the company to
minimise down-time as much as
possible. To ensure this requirement is
met, Jungheinrich has provided a
consistent loop of communication, with
engineers available on the same day or
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next day to fix any issues that arise.
Since the implementation of the ERE
pallet trucks in August 2019, and the VNA
order pickers in November 2019, Lynas
Food Services has seen numerous
improvements, with the main benefit
being the reduction in the damage to
racking. Maurice explains: “One of our
main problems was the amount of
damage we had to racking, which resulted
in the loss of pallet spaces, and the risk to
health and safety. We have seen a
significant reduction in the damage to
racking in our expanded part of the
warehouse since we implemented the
VNA order pickers in November”.
As well as the reduction in damage,
Maurice and the team at Lynas Food
Services have also seen increased
productivity in their workforce. By
removing the need for employees to
manually operate their pallet trucks and
walk from each side of the warehouse, the
workforce are now able to utilise the
electronic ride-on format to move
between the pallet’s at a speed of 10km/h,
helping to increase their production speed
and ability to manage increased demand.
Lynas Food Service is continuing to
grow and expand with plans for a new
warehouse in Dublin and several other
food outlets. Understanding there will be
a need for reach trucks in the next space,
Maurice claims that it’s a ‘no-brainer’
from their experience with Jungheinrich
that it will deploy four to six
Jungheinrich trucks after proving their
reliability and robustness.
Steve Richmond, Director of Logistics
Systems at Jungheinrich adds: “Lynas
Foods has maximised its storage
capacity, efficiency and productivity
across its sites through the deployment
of Jungheinrich VNA order pickers, ERE
pallet trucks and additional machinery.
Despite challenging times, with certain
industries continuing to grow and meet
accelerated demand, the implementation
of innovative technology and solutions is
necessary to help transform operational
performance, reliability and safety within
businesses. We look forward to
developing our relationship even further
and helping them and other businesses
in Northern Ireland to expand and meet
demand in the future.”
Maurice concludes: “The team at
Jungheinrich is dependable and has
incredibly knowledgeable experts in
logistics. They have provided us with
options which we never would have
considered and continue to look after us
and our machinery. We have a couple of
other machines in our warehouse, but
we’ve found Jungheinrich to be the most
reliable model. If we ever have an issue,
Jungheinrich instantly arranges for an
engineer to come to our site to fix it, while
going above and beyond to check our
other machines and identify any problems
before they arise, which helps us save
time and reduce any costs. We’re
excited to continue our work
with Jungheinrich moving
forward as we continue
to expand.” MADE
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