Trucks increase storage
August 1st 2008 The BSS Group has
maximised storage capacity
at a new national pipework
distribution centre near
Coventry using three
Sidetracker multi-directional
trucks. The new 4,700m2
NDC is the central warehouse
for stocks of pipework from
15mm OD to 500mm OD,
mostly supplied in 6m
lengths. The NDC delivers to
the 56 company branches
three times a week. Orders
are delivered within 48 hours
of receipt, and many within
24 hours.
Over the last ten years the
company has installed
narrow-aisle cantilever
racking with Sidetracker
trucks at most of its branches
to improve efficiency and
maximise storage capacities.
The new NDC racking is up to
9m high and is designed to
accept individual loads
weighing up to 2.3t. The
compact design of the
Sidetrackers has allowed aisle
widths to be reduced to
1900mm, increasing the
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