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	Full Service Solutions Keep Darigold On Top

Full Service Solutions Keep Darigold On Top

Technology Category	Functional Applications - Fleet Management Systems (FMS) Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems
Applicable Industries	Food & Beverage
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation Maintenance
Use Cases	Fleet Management Predictive Maintenance Remote Asset Management
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	RHCC spent a significant amount of time getting to know how Darigold operated to discover its unique challenges. Following several visits to various distribution and production centers, RHCC noted that Darigold could not definitively identify what it was spending per facility on maintenance issues and repairs. In addition, it did not have a way to track overall fleet costs from one location, and it was locally leasing equipment in an inefficient manner. By continuing to study Darigold’s business, RHCC learned that each facility produced an assortment of milk, powdered milk, cheese and butter products. As a result, its lift trucks needed to stand up to the challenge of multiple working environments, such as washdown stations and cold storage. Read More
About Customer	Seattle-based Darigold, Inc., has been producing fresh dairy products for people around the globe since 1918. To stay competitive, it recognized the need to find efficiencies and cost savings in its manufacturing and distribution facilities. In particular, Darigold sought to track all maintenance costs in one place, streamline the repair and upkeep process of its lift trucks and standardize its fleet to ensure the proper equipment was used in all of its applications. In search of web-based applications to address its needs, Darigold turned to Raymond Handling Concepts Corporation (RHCC) and the comprehensive line of Raymond® lift trucks. Read More
Solution	With 13 plant locations, two standalone distribution sites and a production of 8 billion pounds of milk per year, service and uptime are crucial to Darigold’s business. With these facts in mind, RHCC suggested the iTRACK system, a fleet tracking system that provides actionable fleet maintenance data reports that can span from individual trucks to collective lift truck data for multiple facilities, allowing for an overall snapshot of Darigold’s maintenance and productivity. The iTRACK system also enabled Darigold to monitor and reduce its overall costs per operating hour. The iTRACK system enabled Darigold to immediately see benefits through an integrated Web portal and assess the efficiency and productivity of its fleet. Through the close observation of its fleet, Darigold also was able to decrease its dependency on leased equipment, as it can now plan and anticipate maintenance activity. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Fleet Management Systems (FMS)

Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems

Applicable Industries

Food & Beverage

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Maintenance

Use Cases

Fleet Management

Predictive Maintenance

Remote Asset Management

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

RHCC spent a significant amount of time getting to know how Darigold operated to discover its unique challenges. Following several visits to various distribution and production centers, RHCC noted that Darigold could not definitively identify what it was spending per facility on maintenance issues and repairs. In addition, it did not have a way to track overall fleet costs from one location, and it was locally leasing equipment in an inefficient manner. By continuing to study Darigold’s business, RHCC learned that each facility produced an assortment of milk, powdered milk, cheese and butter products. As a result, its lift trucks needed to stand up to the challenge of multiple working environments, such as washdown stations and cold storage.

About Customer

Seattle-based Darigold, Inc., has been producing fresh dairy products for people around the globe since 1918. To stay competitive, it recognized the need to find efficiencies and cost savings in its manufacturing and distribution facilities. In particular, Darigold sought to track all maintenance costs in one place, streamline the repair and upkeep process of its lift trucks and standardize its fleet to ensure the proper equipment was used in all of its applications. In search of web-based applications to address its needs, Darigold turned to Raymond Handling Concepts Corporation (RHCC) and the comprehensive line of Raymond® lift trucks.

Solution

With 13 plant locations, two standalone distribution sites and a production of 8 billion pounds of milk per year, service and uptime are crucial to Darigold’s business. With these facts in mind, RHCC suggested the iTRACK system, a fleet tracking system that provides actionable fleet maintenance data reports that can span from individual trucks to collective lift truck data for multiple facilities, allowing for an overall snapshot of Darigold’s maintenance and productivity. The iTRACK system also enabled Darigold to monitor and reduce its overall costs per operating hour. The iTRACK system enabled Darigold to immediately see benefits through an integrated Web portal and assess the efficiency and productivity of its fleet. Through the close observation of its fleet, Darigold also was able to decrease its dependency on leased equipment, as it can now plan and anticipate maintenance activity.

Impact #1	Darigold has seen a significant cost reduction due to the new ability to track and manage its life truck fleet across multiple locations.
Impact #2	Darigold is now using the iTRACK system to track maintenance costs of all its lift trucks.
Impact #3	Darigold has experienced considerable increases in productivity due to the substantial reduction in repair costs and downtime.

Impact #1

Darigold has seen a significant cost reduction due to the new ability to track and manage its life truck fleet across multiple locations.

Impact #2

Darigold is now using the iTRACK system to track maintenance costs of all its lift trucks.

Impact #3

Darigold has experienced considerable increases in productivity due to the substantial reduction in repair costs and downtime.

Benefit #1	Darigold cut its lift truck maintenance costs in half within the first six months.
Benefit #2	Darigold reduced lift truck leasing costs significantly.
Benefit #3	Darigold produced 8 billion pounds of milk per year.

Benefit #1

Darigold cut its lift truck maintenance costs in half within the first six months.

Benefit #2

Darigold reduced lift truck leasing costs significantly.

Benefit #3

Darigold produced 8 billion pounds of milk per year.

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