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Technology helps our customers manage their work schedules and teams more resourcefully
is an automated, real-time vehicle-tracking platform that gives customers delivery time windows and greater certainty around arrival times, removing the need for unnecessary contact with branches and offering more efficiency for our clients. There’ s a safety aspect too, as it allows customers to prepare for materials arriving in advance and ensure space is available for the vehicle and unloading.
Ultimately, the technology helps our customers manage their work schedules and teams more resourcefully, while also positioning our business as a trusted logistics partner.”
Although this technology is commonplace in some sectors, he notes it is unusual in the building materials industry, giving STARK UK a significant competitive advantage. With Last Mile Delivery technology already extended to
its JPS business, the company has integrated what3words technology into its ERP and driver mobile devices, which is important for frequent delivery to specific plot locations on a building site.“ Using what3words alongside our plot-delivery capability has been a brilliant example of applying technology on the logistics side,” Ranald adds.
Championing the trades
Returning to Ranald’ s earlier comments on STARK UK’ s responsibility for supporting British and Northern Irish construction, he shares more about the company’ s‘ Let’ s Get Britain Building Now’ movement, launched recently to support and champion the trades.“ In many respects,
Portico Logistics are pleased to be working with Normans for the critical supply of building materials to the Channel Islands.
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