Flexis ensure efficient throughput for 3PL operator

Independent third party logistics (3PL) service operator, Bowker, provides a range of contract distribution and dedicated and shared user warehousing services from three strategically located facilities at Preston, Leyland and Hull. The company has a diverse client base and stores and distributes anything from hazardous chemicals to foodstuffs.

After taking the decision to reevaluate materials handling operations across all three sites, the company has introduced a fleet of 12 Flexi articulated forklift trucks from Narrow Aisle. Five Flexis are in service at both the Leyland and Preston facilities, with a further two trucks working at the Hull site.

Throughout its business Bowker has standardised on narrow aisle widths with some block stacking capacity at each of its facilities.

Although the Flexis can operate in aisles as narrow 1.8m wide, Bowker chose to set the aisle widths at 2.0m because it was felt that the extra space would allow the most efficient speed of throughput.