Capital Equipment News November 2019

LOGISTICS

Eazi Access wins two Logistics Achiever Awards

Market leader in work-at-height and material handling solutions, Eazi Access, was recently awarded two accolades at the Logistics Achiever Awards gala evening held in Johannesburg on 17 October.

Eazi Access received its awards for revolutionising its truck fleet distribution network.

T he awards ceremony recognises professionalism and excellence in the logistics field by rewarding companies in southern Africa for the innovation they drive in their own logistics and supply chain management practices. Eazi Access walked away with the Silver Award for Supply Chain Innovation that delivered a customer-centric solution, and the Enviro Award for the redesign of fleet requirements and the implementation of optimised routing and scheduling. Eazi Access received its awards for revolutionising its truck fleet distribution network. After thorough research and analysis, the organisation identified pockets of inefficiency and decided to implement a cutting-edge transportation management system to help streamline a customer-centric supply chain and logistics process – specifically its fleet of trucks that drive to its numerous customer worksites across the country. Award-winning partnership Redesigning an entire legacy logistics system is no small task, and Eazi Access partnered with supply chain specialist

Resolve Solution Partners to bring the project’s request for proposal (RFP) to fruition. An important part of the RFP was interrogating how the people, processes and technology in Eazi Access could work better to enhance the way its truck fleet management operated. The assessment needed to deliver tangible goals that the organisation could not only implement but also continuously improve upon so it can future-proof its logistics processes through innovation, cost savings and smarter ways of working – all essential, considering the challenging economic conditions the industry continues to operate in, resulting in the appointment of Value Logistics as Eazi Access’ transport supplier. According to Jonathan Mphake, fleet manager at Eazi Access and project owner, the decision to partner with Resolve was a natural one. “Resolve is renowned for providing tailor- made solutions that are innovative and practical,” he explains. “The way they streamline and optimise the entire operation brought people, operations, processes, data and technology together so seamlessly – making sure we could achieve the balance we needed.”

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