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Case Study: Automotive Lift Ramps |
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| Crated 10-15ft. long steel automotive lift ramps weighing
several thousand pounds delivered to auto body repair
facilities without receiving personnel or docks.
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| The product manufacturer placed minimal interest in solving
problems regarding the unloading and placing of the product
at customer receiving locations. The customer had to rent a
forklift for the day or hire a rollback wrecker to move the
product from the truck to the ground. In addition to the cost, inconvenience and scheduling of the forklift, the customer
was forced to pull hourly mechanics off auto repairs to
unload the product and place it inside the repair facility.
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| Assembled a trained group of specialty freight carriers
dedicated to hauling the product every week. The carriers communicated exact delivery dates and times to the
customer's field support staff. Carrier trailers were
equipped with automated cranes capable of lifting up to
8000-pounds. Carriers were able to lower the product from the
truck to the ground with the trailer equipped crane and
assemble outside contract labor to assist with the inside
delivery and product placement.
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| Forklift rental and costs were eliminated and the customer
was no longer inconvenienced with mechanic downtime. The
customer saved additional money by eliminating packaging
required by common carrier handling and enabling mechanics
to continue revenue producing activity.
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