Dematic’s contribution to Coco-Cola Amatil’s (CCA) new Distribution Centre (DC) in western Sydney has been recognised in the beverage distributor’s Supplier of the Year Awards.
Dematic reportedly received the Innovation Award for supplying CCA with material handling solutions including: the Negative-PUT concept; roll-on, roll-off (RO-RO) automated truck unloading docks; a Pallet Runner storage system; and OH&S initiatives.
The company was represented at the awards ceremony by CEO Glen Borg and industry logistics manager David Rubie.
“For Dematic to be recognised as the best from amongst hundreds of CCA suppliers in such a highly contested category, is an outstanding achievement,” Rubie said.
“The excellent results being achieved at the Eastern Creek DC were only made possible thanks to the incredible support we received from the various Dematic and CCA project teams throughout the design, development and implementation phases of the project.”
The Supplier of the Year Awards is said to be designed to improve suppliers’ understanding of CCA’s business across all function to enhance and facilitate innovation and continual improvement.
The awards recognise excellence in six categories: Account Management; At Work Business Partner; Customer Service; Innovation; Process Improvement; and Sustainability. An overall CCA Supplier of the Year was also selected, with this award going to packaging supplier Visy.