Trade Distribution Limited, (TDL) one of the Island’s leading logistics providers, has secured a major contract with UK kitchen and bathroom design and manufacturing company, AKW.

AKW supplies products for people requiring mobility support to local authorities, housing associations and contractors throughout the UK and counts logistics as central to ensuring a consistent quality customer experience.

‘Securing this contract is not only a coup for TDL,’ said operations director Vic van den Heever, ‘It is also an opportunity to demonstrate our sophisticated parcel delivery system where, in this instance, the service will be provided using a fleet of AKW-branded vehicles that operate out of six UK distribution centres.’

AKW group operations director Bruce Lockton explained: ‘We can now offer a one-to-one service with products being collected from our warehouse and delivered to the customer with minimal in-transit handling.’

AKW will benefit from TDL’s planning optimisation system which provides the client with real-time communications and complete visibility of every order in transit.  AKW group logistics director Sara Elliott added: ‘With this system, drivers effectively have their own administrative office in their vehicle.’

TDL managing director Steve Pickett said: ‘Although the UK logistics market is highly competitive, we have a culture of high standards and proven service levels, which has contributed greatly in winning this contract.  It is particularly pleasing for us, as a Manx company, to continue to build on our success in the UK, by adding a further blue-chip account to our customer portfolio.’

Photo - TDL managing director Steve Pickett