The Client
A four star and leading edge County Council with a desire to be “The Greenest County”
The Challenge
The Council had taken the lead in the drive to ensure that fresh quality foods are provided to schools in an environmental manner and (where possible) from local sources. Previously there were a large number of deliveries to any given location, necessitated by the separate delivery of frozen food, groceries plus fruit and vegetables. These separate deliveries are likely to be very inconvenient for the schools as staff will need to be available for each delivery. More importantly, the number of miles driven is excessive giving rise to a large environmental footprint and high costs.
The Solution
In addition to considering the practical issues and truly understanding the hurdles for change, Axios used a leading vehicle scheduling system to identify the optimum warehouse location(s), the ideal mix of vehicles and the best delivery routes.
The Results
A range of options were identified ranging from training of existing suppliers through to a single set of deliveries reducing the delivery miles, environmental footprint and congestion by 60%. |
