Replenishment System to Move 5x More Product:

 We worked closely with a tire manufacturer to help them design and improve the way they were distributing their product line throughout the plant with our custom industrial trailers.  Due to the fact that they had many different size tires coming off the lines, we needed to surmise how big the deck of the trailers needed to be in order to move “X” number of tires per trailer.  Once we came up with that number, we had to make sure that the tires were contained and secure during transportation.  We accomplished this by making removable sides so the tires could be easily loaded.  We also made the sides high enough based on the number of tires that had to be transported per each trip.  With the removable sides, our customer was able to load from any side depending which direction they approached the line.

With providing them 10 custom trailers and 2 electric tuggers, we were able to increase efficiency and productivity by 40% as well as reducing their forklift fleet by 3.

Paper Mill Lean Solution

4,000 lbs. Capacity with Reverse Steer: We had the opportunity to work with a fortune 100 company to help them transport 2,000 lbs. bags of minerals from storage to their processing plant to be broken down and then delivered to shipping.  The hurdle was that they had to pull the train of 3 trailers weighing 12,000 lbs. up an 8% grade ramp.  In order to accomplish this we had to provide a tugger powerful enough to pull this kind of weight.  The other obstacle was the lack of room to turn the train around. 

Solution: We provided six 4,000 lbs. capacity trailers with reverse steer capability so they didn’t have to make a 180° turn.  They would disconnect from one end and re-connect on the other end and proceed to pull the train.  Along with that, we equipped them with a 40,000 lbs. pull capacity propane tugger to give them enough power to make it up the ramp without bogging down the motor.  By doing this, they eliminated all the forklifts in the plant and were able to move 6 times more per load compared to a forklift.

2000 lbs. Capacity Carts with Sides : A major wholesale food club company wanted to be able to move soft drinks, food products, and merchandise from their distribution center across the parking lot to their warehouse. They wanted to be able to move a number of product at once. We accomplished this by providing 2000 lbs. capacity carts with sides to contain the product. The sides on one of the carts are removable and the other cart has doors that open up completely in order to unload and load product. To move these carts we provided a PAV (Power Assist Vehicle) to tow the product. With this solution, they are able to move 4 times the product instead of with a forklift.