The Rack Group Ltd is delighted to
announce they have just renewed another year’s contract with Iron Mountain, one
of the world’s leading document storage giants. After a rigorous tender process The Rack Group won the privilege once
again of becoming Iron Mountain’s preferred pallet racking maintenance and
inspections company. Phil Maxwell-Smith The
Rack Group’s Managing Director commented
“we are very pleased that Iron
Mountain have decided to choose the Rack Aid® Management System. Over the
years The Rack Group have developed
a very strong working relationship with Iron Mountain and look forward to
working with them for another year.”
Iron Mountain
first approached The Rack Group Ltd with
the sole purpose to find a solution to help reduce and eliminate where possible
pallet racking damage across their distribution network. Iron Mountain
identified their warehouse and distribution division as an area where savings
associated with pallet racking maintenance and repair could be made and The Rack Group were only too happy to
assist.
The working
relationship between The Rack Group
and Iron Mountain started six years ago when John Headford of Iron Mountain
formerly known as Hays Distribution, approached The Rack Group with the sole purpose to reduce pallet racking
maintenance and repair costs throughout Iron Mountain’s entire network. After
seeing the huge success The Rack Group’s
Rack Aid® Management System had been when implemented throughout ASDA stores
and distribution centres, Iron Mountain took the decision to adopt The Rack Aid
Management System for themselves throughout their entire network.
Regular safety
inspections were employed throughout the network which gathered crucial
information in regards to stocking materials and the types of damage being
incurred. After analysing each safety inspection, The Rack Group identified fitting Rack Armour (upright protection)
to stop the damage happening, and replacing damaged uprights with sacrificial
legs would save Iron Mountain time, money and disruption around the warehouse.
Users of
Industrial Storage Equipment have a legal duty to carry out regular inspection
audits in order to identify damaged components (as stated in the Provision and
safe Use of Work Equipment Regulation section 6), these inspections are key to
the whole management system.
More recently
the training aspect of The Rack Aid
® Management System has been incorporated throughout Iron Mountain. The Rack Group and Iron Mountain
identified training as a vital element within the management system as a means
to ensure Iron Mountain colleagues were given the correct information,
instruction, training and supervision to work safely in and around storage
equipment. Iron Mountain wanted
competent operatives and seniors managers throughout the network to be aware of
the dangers associated with working with pallet racking. The Rack Group developed bespoke training enabling Iron Mountain’s
workforce to work safely around the warehouse and to conduct their own pallet
racking safety inspections. Further developments
are in place to offer an accredited qualification NVQ (QCF) to Iron Mountain’s
employees regarding inspections to qualify their workforce, once developed this
will then be available for others.
Over the past
six years the Rack Aid Management System
has saved the Iron Mountain network thousands of pounds in repair costs and
strives to increase this figure year after year. This will be achievable
through constant developments and innovative thinking. The Rack Group embraces this challenge and looks forward to another
successful year working alongside Iron Mountain.
If reducing your
pallet racking maintenance and repair costs whilst still maintaining a strong
health and safety culture is important to you, please call 01226 784488, or
visit our website
www.therackgroup.com and ask about what
The Rack Group can do
for you.
