A close service relationship over many years, tailoring the complete Yale® range of products to meet the customer’s requirements has been the secret of success for Yale dealer, CLS with Sacchi Elettroforniture.
“Sacchi presented us with their specific logistics operation challenges, requiring the movement of a whole range of different items both inside and outside the warehouse on round-the-clock shifts,” said Mr. Crovetto, CLS-Yale Sales Manager. “At CLS we are very proud of our close supplier-customer relationship, and we have been carefully following the changing needs and development of the logistics requirements for Sacchi for more than a decade so that we can continually adapt to their needs.”
Sacchi Elettroforniture was founded in 1957 and today is a leader in wholesale and retail of electrical equipment, lighting equipment, electrical appliances and complete materials. For 60 years Sacchi has been working to offer high quality service, providing the best possible products and solutions, with 56 electrical material sales locations in Lombardy, Piedmont, Liguria, Tuscany and Trentino, 2 consumer electronics megastores, a logistics centre with more than 50,000 goods available in 24 hours and a fleet of 100 vehicles. Over 1,000 people work in perfect synergy, with high levels of experience, to respond promptly to the requests of over 40,000 clients. The logistics centre in Desio (Monza Brianza, Lombardy) is at the heart of this professional retail network, covering an area of 36,000 square metres.
In 2004, the steady growth of Sacchi made it necessary to move from its previous logistics and distribution centre in Lissone, to a more technologically advanced and larger location in Desio. The new features of the warehouse also meant a complete renewal of the fleet, with previous materials handling products being gradually replaced over a four year period with Yale as the official favoured supplier. For over 12 years Yale and CLS have provided logistics solutions to Sacchi, with a substantial increase in their working relationship from 2008.
At the Desio HQ, more than 80 counterbalance and warehouse range trucks are in operation, in addition to approximately 50 trucks used in the various branches of the client. The fleet is varied in order to meet the multiple handling needs of the customer, inside an impressive storage facility. The traditional counterbalanced trucks with capacities of 1500 to 4000 Kg are assisted by the vertical order pickers with the operator on board, intended for large shelves or pallet shelves in picking and storage. The platform and non-platform electric pallet trucks are used for internal handling operations and lifting loads. The reach trucks are used for handling particularly bulky products along the warehouse lanes, thanks to the great manoeuvrability of Yale trucks in tight spaces.
Sacchi depends on the trucks’ efficiency to carry out some day-today ancillary handling tasks, such as management of waste into big metal bins in the outside area, for which Yale trucks were customised by replacing conventional forks with specific equipment to perform the movement and rotate the container.
The optimization of processes and attention to waste by Sacchi led to the identification of a customized solution in 2008. A recharging area for the forklift battery: the use of a dual battery, normally at high frequency, and a personalized Yale truck for the battery changing operation, making it possible to drastically reduce the space used to recharge the trucks and to ensure continuity of use.
Over the years, thanks to the high efficiency of the logistics centre, Sacchi has reduced the size of its stores whilst maintaining quality of service and product availability. Yale has worked with the client to identify the trucks ideally suited to materials handling in tight spaces, with “user friendly” characteristics for the operator and smaller dimensions.
“The ergonomic conditions for our workers are a fundamental value for us, and the choice of the truck includes both the materials handling operation and driver comfort,” confirms Giuseppe Pellegatta, General Service and Logistics Manager at Sacchi.
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