Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA) says Darrell Lea Chocolate Shops now uses all three pillars of its forklift range to meet varied and seasonal needs.
Darrell Lea is said to lease up to 40 pieces of TMHA’s material handling equipment during peak production and distribution times. Its needs range from loading cartons of liquorice into containers for export to moving heavily machinery items during regular plant maintenance.
Leased equipment includes BT reach trucks and stackers, Raymond pallet trucks and order pickers, and Toyota gas and battery electric counter-balance forklifts.
According to Darrell Lea national logistics manager Shane Lincoln, the highly seasonal nature of Darrell Lea's business as well as the fact its manufacturing and national distribution centres are 35km apart create special challenges.
Lincoln says TMHA's extensive product range, coupled with the flexibility of leased equipment has helped it to meet these material handling challenges.
"TMHA has also tailored the machines to meet our specialised OH&S needs. The high-reach trucks have settings for the different levels, so the operator knows the level of his tynes. We also limit the speed of the forklifts around the warehouse," Lincoln says.
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