Chilled centre labelling challenge
June 1st 2008 High volumes and
continuous output in a
chilled environment put
great demands on the
barcode labelling system at
Dairy Crest's national
distribution centre. The
company realised they
needed an upgraded system
to improve standards, and
reduce downtime and
maintenance costs.
"We wanted printers that
could print high quality
barcodes and work in a
challenging environment-
24 hours a day, 364 days a
year," says Bill Whitelaw,
senior shift manager at
Dairy Crest's NDC.
The KTEC Group came up
with a viable solution and
recommended Toshiba SX5
label printers. "It was
essential that we could
demonstrate that the
collaboration between KTEC
Group and Toshiba could
produce reliable, accurate
barcoding that would
perform throughout the
National Distribution
Network ensuring that Dairy
Crest's product arrived at all
the right destinations,"
explains Robert Knox, MD
KTEC Group.
Dairy Crest now have 12
Toshiba SX5 label printers
that output pallet labels at
dispatch gates. Printers are
mounted on a high stand so
labels are easily accessible to
forklift truck drivers. As they
pass, the label is applied to
the pallets prior to loading
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