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38 Awards for Warehousing 2012Warehouse Managerof the YearSponsored by Knapp UK LtdWinner: Steve Nelson,Boughey DistributionThe judges were looking foran individual with excellentpersonal and professionalqualities and Steve Nelsonfrom Boughey Distribution fittedthe bill.Steve joined BougheyDistrbution in 2009 andquickly established himself asa popular and highly competentmember of the Bougheyteam.“Steve’smanagementstyleis collaborativeandhe understandstheimportanceof involvingthe team in his decisions,”said Boughey’s WarehouseDirector, Bernard Murphy.“Since Steve joined there hasbeen a significant improvementin the efficiency of operationand productivity withinthe warehouse and the teamhas become more motivated.”Steve’s achievements sincearriving at Boughey includeupdating the company’shealth and safety processes -he has introduced a numberof initiatives or changeswhich have led to an overalldecrease in accidents.Runners up• Leigh Brown – EdwardsTransport• Steve Kavanagh –Amethyst GroupTraining AwardSponsored by Toyota MaterialHandling UK LtdWinner: BriggsEquipmentThis award is given for trainingachievement and can be awardedto an individual, organisation orjointly to both. Briggs Equipmentimpressed the judges with their forkliftservice engineers’ apprenticeshipscheme.The 4-year programme takes studentsthrough their NationalVocational Qualification (NVQ)Level 2 and Level 3 and consists ofboth on-the-job learning at Briggs’head office in Cannock (or basedwith one of its field teams to accommodatestudents from across theUK) plus theoretical training at college.The first year of the apprenticeshipscheme focuses on inductingstudents to their roles in eitherBriggs’ workshop or out in the fieldwhere they gain general, all-roundengineering knowledge. During thesecond year,they areassignedpracticaltasks includingcarryingout supervisedroutine service and maintenancework, which provides morehands-on experience. They attendnine weeks of classroom basedlearning at college with three weekstraining in a workshop environment.Apprentices are placed permanentlyin their specific field throughouttheir third and fourth years andare qualified to level 3 NVQ.Last year, Briggs welcomed sixnew recruits who are now fully integratedmembers of Briggs’ team ofengineers.Runner up• PF Whitehead TransportServicesTechnology/Innovation AwardSponsored by Clarion EventsLtdWinner: Redirack LtdRediRack collected this year’sUKWA Technology andInnovation Award for itsrecently developed automatedpallet storage, retrievalandsequencingsolution.Redirack’sinnovativesolution combinesthepatentedRediLogXpallet bufferand sequencingsystemwith ASRStechnology tocreate an automated storagesolution which can increase thestorage density of existing warehousesby up to 80% when comparedto a traditional VNA systemwhile reducing annualisedrunning costs by a similar figure.In new build situations, the samestorage capacity can be providedwith a 45% reduction in thebuilding footprint giving substantialsavings in constructioncosts.Redirack say that theRediLogX system represents amajor step forward in warehousedesign and operation by combiningnew and innovative technologywith advanced storage systemsto provide greatlyincreased efficiency and substantialreductions in operating costs.Runners up• P&O Ferries• Elddis Transport (Consett)LtdAugust 2012www.ukwa.org.uk