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36 Awards for Warehousing 2012Saluting the best of theUK’s logistics industryLondon’s Dorchester Hotel was once again the setting for the UKWA’s Awards for Warehousing ceremony -where companies and individuals across the warehousing and 3PL sectors were rewarded for excellenceThe main sponsorof the UKWAAwards forWarehousing2012 wasJungheinrich UKLtd. The companyis a leadingmaterials handlingequipmentsupplier andoffers pallettrucks, stackers,counterbalanceand reach trucks,order pickers,VNA trucks andstacker cranes. Inaddition,Jungheinrich providesrental andfinancial services,racking systemsand warehouseplanning.Companies and individuals across thewarehousing and third party logistics(3PL) sectors were rewarded forexcellence at UKWA’s Annual Awards forWarehousing 2012 ceremony, which washeld recently at London’s Dorchester Hotel.This year the Association received arecord number of entries in all categories.The winners were chosen by UKWA’sAwards Committee, which comprised PhilCulling, Chairman of storage systems specialistRedirack; Mel Grainger, a past chairmanof UKWA; and Roger Williams, theassociation’s Chief Executive Officer.Roger Williams commented: “UKWA’sAwards are established as symbols ofachievement in the 3PL sector and emphasisethe importance of logistics withintoday’s economy. The high number andquality of the entries we received underlinesthe professionalism that runs through themodern logistics industry.”A total of nine awards were presentedand the winners were:• Young Employee of the Year - JoanneDolan, Paul Ponsonby Ltd;• Environment Award - Elddis Transport(Consett) Ltd• Team of the Year - Amethyst Group• Warehouse Manager of the Year - SteveNelson, Boughey Distribution• Training Award - Briggs Equipment• Technology/Innovation Award - RedirackLtd• Customer Service Award - CenturyLogistics Ltd• Best New Member - Williams ShippingLtd• Chairman’s Award - Richard HuntOver 400 UKWA members and theirguests, together with suppliers to the warehousingindustry, attended UKWA’s Awardsfor Warehousing 2012 ceremony.The main sponsor of the event wasJungheinrich UK Ltd, while individualAwards were sponsored by: LutterworthEcoLighting Ltd, Redirack Ltd, Knapp UKLtd, Toyota Material Handling UK Ltd,Clarion Events Ltd, Briggs Equipment UKLtd, Psion (UK) Ltd, RedPrairie Ltd andHoppecke Industrial Batteries Ltd.A Summary of each of the winningentries is featured over the following threepages.August 2012www.ukwa.org.uk
Awards for Warehousing 2012 37Young Employeeof the YearSponsored by HoppeckeIndustrial Batteries LtdWinner: Joanne Dolan,Paul Ponsonby LtdThis new award was open to anyemployee not in a supervisory ormanagerial role under the age of25 and was won by Joanne Dolanfrom Paul Ponsonby LtdJoanne graduated from DeMontford University with a degree inAdvertising and Marketing beforejoining Paul Ponsonby in a salesdevelopment role. However, herduties were soon changed toembrace both sales and marketingfunctions.In her first year alone she recruitednine new accounts, redesignedthe company’s website and compiledcompetitor analysis and marketpositioning reports.Joanne continued to impress thecompany’s directors with her willingnessand ability to take on awide range of positions within thebusiness.“Joanne has established herselfas a valuable member of our teamand has assisted the directors in ahost of additional tasks that are notspecifically in her job role,” saidLinda Wildman, a Paul Ponsonby LtdDirector.Runners up• Kara Pyne – CenturyLogistics Ltd• Jamie Bonwick – BougheyDistributionEnvironmentAwardSponsored by LutterworthEcoLighting LtdWinner: ElddissTransport (Consett) LtdThe Award to the companythat demonstrates the mostsignificant and successfulapplication of ‘Greenprocesses, procedures ormonitoring’ during the yearwent to Elddis Transport(Consett) Ltd. The judgeswere impressed by a numberof green initiatives undertakenby Elddis, which includedemploying a leading vehicleaerodynamicsexpert todesign abespoke‘spoiler’to fit to itsvehicles,which hashad a significantimpact on the company’sfuel consumption.In 2011 Elddis employed aleading vehicle aerodynamicistand invested £15,000 ona bespoke ‘spolier’ design tofit to its vehicles. The newdesign was rolled out to 10vehicles in September 2011and such has been its impacton improving fuel consumptionthat Elddis expects torecoup its investment within ayear.Among the other processesintroduced in the past year toimprove Elddis’s ‘green credentials’has been an automatedreporting system thatallows the company to monitorthe particular performanceof its drivers. The systemprovides key managementinformation that hasallowed Elddis to improveoverall fuel efficiency acrossits fleet.Runners up• Boughey Distribution Ltd• MDATeam of the YearSponsored by Redirack LtdWinner: Amethyst GroupThe Team of the Year award – forthe company or depot that demonstratesan outstanding team effortduring the past year in their warehousingoperations – went toAmethyst GroupAmethyst’s Fradley Park distributioncentre is a 107,000 sq ft facilitynear Lichfield in Staffordshire. Itprovides e-fulfilment to three corehigh street fashion retailers – NewLook, Jane Norman and TheEdinburgh Woollen Mills.The Amethyst Fradley team’s2011/12 throughput target was 25per cent higherthan the previousfinancial year.To cope withthe increasedstockholdingrequired to meet its client’s forecastsAmethyst took a number of missioncritical steps:• an extra 105,000 sq ft warehousewas acquired and kitted out;• management identified productcategories that typically sell togetherand rearranged storage accordinglyacross two sites;• a new ‘merged order’ softwareprogramme was developed inhouseto allow orders picked acrossthe two sites to be monitored.• a training academy was establishedto allow Amethyst to traintemporary staff in the run up topeak periods.The steps taken have allowedAmethyst to manage mid-week spikesand maximize efficiencies in the receiptand pick and pack operations. In fact,99.9 per cent of all orders receivedbefore 7pm are now picked, packedand dispatched on the same day.Runners up• Wincanton Plc (Coddington)• MDA• Wincanton Plc (Yeovil)www.ukwa.org.uk August 2012
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