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Warehousing improves on-time delivery
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Alcoa Fastening Systems product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Apr 18, 2007
Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS) has invested GBP 44,000 in racking at its European headquarters in Telford.
A UK manufacturer's commitment to increasing on-time delivery has been given a boost with the installation of a new warehouse storage system.
Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS) has invested GBP 44,000 in racking at its European headquarters in Telford.
With 2006 boasting both the most successful year of trading as well as best figures for on-time delivery since the UK arm of the company was originally established as Huck Fasteners in 1985, Wayne Lill, Materials Manager at AFS, said: "We were spending up to GBP 14,000 a year on third-party storage, which is not only costly but inefficient in terms of stock retrieval and monitoring".
"The new system was supplied and installed by Teccon in a three-phase development to ensure day to day running of the factory was not interrupted".
"In the long run, on-site storage of both the product we manufacture and the goods supplied to us from our US plant in Texas, enables us to respond quicker to customer orders and improve yet again on lead times".
"In addition, and as part of our commitment to recycling and environmental management, the redundant racking has been used by a neighbouring electrical and maintenance services contractor".
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