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Duffells Doubles Distribution Centre Expansion built on service
Duffells has taken another 12,000 sq ft warehouse – adjoining the existing one – and almost doubling the company’s warehouse space. “Only two years ago, we moved to our new warehouse in Croydon and our continuing growth has meant that we required even more space,” says Director, Alex Kuness. “Currently we dispatch more than 600 parcels each day but it soon became apparent that we would outgrow our warehouse before the end of the year. So we decided to acquire the adjoining warehouse as part of our long-term growth strategy, to house a new dispatch and goods receipt system. “Our success is built on our service and that philosophy applies equally to our logistics and distribution,” Alex added. “The new premises will allow us to integrate fully our barcoded product project and allow us the flexibility to cope with extra volume and offer our customers multiple delivery options.” Duffells also has plans to introduce more than 4,000 new products and the new warehouse will also be partly used for storage with some innovative solutions for products which have been traditionally difficult to process.
SSAIB OFFERS C&G LEVEL 2 NVQ QUALIFICATION FOR FREE
The SSAIB is offering SSAIB registered firms an opportunity to gain an NVQ, level 2, industry specific qualification in Electronic Security and Emergency Systems. The qualification is the industry national occupational standard and is certificated by City and Guilds. It is awarded to an individual for demonstrating their competency whilst carrying out their job. The assessment is done on one site visit and you will need to produce a small portfolio of evidence. An independent assessor will review your level of competence and ensure your knowledge is adequate for the award by: Checking records and your portfolio of information relating to jobs that you have Installed or service documentation for maintenance engineers; visiting you on a job to observe you working; discussing with you jobs that you are working on to assess your underpinning knowledge. The qualification is suitable for individuals who install, commission and maintain intruder alarms, CCTV, access control, fire systems or integrated systems and is open to anyone aged 19 or over who works in the electronic security systems industry, provided: You have worked and gained experience on a variety of installations; domestic, industrial, commercial (at least 12 months experience). You have support from your employer confirming your experience. The company you work for must have an office in England and be an SME of less than 250 employees. For further information and an application form email [email protected]
ASSA ABLOY SECURITY SOLUTIONS WEBINAR PROVES POPULAR
With registered attendees from 42 countries throughout the world, the ASSA ABLOY Security Solutions webinar on complete doorset specification has proved successful. The hour-long online seminar, hosted in conjunction with this year’s Ecobuild exhibition, got into some of the industry’s most pressing issues, including the role and aesthetics of doorsets in commercial buildings, CE Marking, BIM and whole life costing. Editor and journalist Andrew Brister, who chaired the webinar, was joined by: ASSA ABLOY Security Solutions Managing Director, David Wigglesworth, Product Manager Andy Stolworthy and Category Manager for Lend Lease, Steven Dawson. Commenting on the webinar, David Wigglesworth said: “This was a great opportunity to interact with specifiers and those who wanted to find out more about door opening solutions and specification. “There was a 15 minute Q&A at the end of the webinar, which generated a huge number of comments on the issues raised in the webinar and by the panel.
David Wigglesworth.
“Being actively involved in a number of panels and committees involved with standard’s development, it’s important for ASSA ABLOY to take these opportunities to share knowledge, and continue pioneering work in industry.”
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THE JUL/AUG 2013 ISSUE SPONSORED BY ALDRIDGE
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