Industrial Conveying spruiks standalone technologies to mobilise dock loading operations to collect and pre-arrange freight while trucks are in transit
By Rob McKay | August 25, 2010
Materials handling firm Industrial Conveying is spruiking standalone technologies to mobilise dock loading operations to collect and pre-arrange freight while trucks are in transit.
The Bendigo company believes the selling point will be compressed idling time at loading docks, an issue central to chain of responsibility pressures and shuttling operations.
But the process is fairly complex, involving as it does design engineer survey, custom design, manufacture and installation of technology for bulk loading and unloading of palletised product into shipping containers, pan-tech trucks or open deck trailers.
Industrial Conveying Managing Director Don Erskine says the new system increases the ‘smart’ utilisation of truck fleets during the loading and unloading process.
“Materials handling and supply chain management is much more than just warehouses, trucks and transport, it takes into account how all these aspects combine to make a complete handling spectrum,” Erskine says.