Case Study

DHL Sainsburys Argos – taller VanMate for retail home delivery

DHL needed a lifting solution for Sainsbury’s Argos home deliveries without tail lifts or electrical installs. Our taller, lighter VanMate system – with high-lift mast, kerb-friendly trolley and multipurpose attachments – minimises manual handling risks, cuts costs and enables efficient delivery of white goods and furniture direct to the customer threshold.

Case Study:

DHL Sainsburys Argos – taller VanMate for retail home delivery

Client:

DHL / Sainsburys Argos

Product:

VanMate VM2

DHL Sainsburys Argos – taller VanMate for retail home delivery

DHL needed a lifting solution for Sainsbury’s Argos home deliveries without tail lifts or electrical installs. Our taller, lighter VanMate system – with high-lift mast, kerb-friendly trolley and multipurpose attachments – minimises manual handling risks, cuts costs and enables efficient delivery of white goods and furniture direct to the customer threshold.

Customer

DHL is the world’s largest logistics provider and operates the home delivery service on behalf of Sainsbury’s Argos.
Challenge:

DHL were experiencing issues handling white goods, homewares and furniture for Sainsbury's Argos, as their demountable trucks and lorry trailers had no tail lifts across the fleet and no means to install an electrical solution.

A suitable lifting solution was required to minimise manual handling and the risk of injury for the operators when making deliveries.

VanMate VM2-KL02 White goods and furniture lifting kit
Solution:
We developed a taller and lighter version of our existing technology to create VanMate for trucks and lorries, with the following specifications:
  • A 1200mm range high-lift mast system to reach the demountable bodies.
  • A widened wheel-base trolley that can ascend/descend a standard roadside kerb.
  • A multipurpose attachment that can be reconfigured for long, tall and wide goods.
  • Kit assembly in around 15 seconds.
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Outcome:

The resulting solution is:

  • A single piece of equipment that loads, unloads and transports goods from the vehicle to the customer and back with little to no physical exertion from the operator minimising risk of injury.
  • The solution costs a fraction of a tail lift or similar alternative - and the same equipment can deliver the goods direct to threshold for most customers.
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