Are Untapped Cost Savings Hiding in Your MHE Fleet?
The relentless pressures of inflation bearing down on businesses today have put the search for cost reductions high on the agenda of most companies. As we all battle with National Insurance and minimum wage rises, supply chain and fuel price volatility as well as health & safety and environmental legislation, few can afford to ignore any potential savings that may be sitting unrealised within their existing operation.
Finding such savings within material handling fleets has become more and more important for our customers at Aprolis Handling. So much so that we have developed a dedicated‘ Cost Reduction Audit’, specifically designed to ensure that every possible penny of savings sitting within a handling operation can be identified and realised.
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Quick Wins That Deliver Immediate Results
The first step is to identify the‘ low hanging fruit’, incremental changes that can be easily and quickly introduced into the current handling operation, yet collectively yield worthwhile gains. This includes looking at things such as fuel usage, operator best practices, equipment management, material flow and storage space utilisation.
Where the Biggest Savings Are Often Found
Second is the application of some flexible thinking. This is generally where the biggest wins are to found. Many fleets are either not as dynamic in their ability to respond to fluctuations in business demand as they could and should be, or the equipment itself is not the perfect fit for its application. Sometimes even both. Keep an open mind here, as a surprising number of improvements can often be found, even within a mature fleet.
With our customers at Aprolis, we not only apply such flexibility to equipment changes throughout the term of an agreement, but also to the provision of responsive support packages which can be included within contract or delivered on a time plus materials basis. We even hold an extensive range of short-term hire and refurbished used equipment in stock, specified to enable us to meet the specific needs of seasonal industries.