TRANSIT packaging solutions specialist Schoeller Allibert won the Supply Chain Solution of the Year category at the UK Packaging Awards 2021, for its dolly solution for foodservice operator and retailer, Domino’s.
The firm was also named as a runner-up in the same category for its Maxinest eTail crate.
Nick James, sales director at Schoeller Allibert UK, said, “We are thrilled to be awarded these accolades and they are testament to the degree of innovation and quality that goes into developing our products at Schoeller Allibert.
“The Domino’s dolly demonstrates how we can work closely with a customer to deliver a solution that is truly bespoke and responsive to their requirements. We have a viable supply chain solution that is paying dividends for the client and bringing multiple benefits to their supply chain operations.”
Schoeller Allibert explained it was tasked with creating a recyclable solution to improve the flow of products from Domino’s distribution centres to stores and speed up unloading times. Previously, Domino’s used two transit packaging solutions – a steel roll cage for ingredients packed in cardboard boxes, and a dolly for its dough trays.
Schoeller Allibert designed a solution that could accommodate both the dough trays and ingredients boxes. A lightweight dolly with fixed and swivel wheels was developed to manoeuvre up and down kerbs, with the aim of enabling a ‘smoother, safer and faster’ delivery process, and so that it would stack ‘neatly and easily’ for return journeys once unloaded.
Nick James added, “The dolly solution from Schoeller is generating greater efficiencies within the supply chain for Domino’s. Their franchisees are often in hard-to reach places for large delivery vehicles and as a result, space to unload is at a premium. Our solution ticks all the boxes when it comes to streamlining supply chain logistics. Additionally, we created a fully recyclable solution and pledged to buy back old or damaged dollies from Domino’s to be recycled and used to fulfil future stock requirements – creating a perfectly closed loop supply chain.”
Judges also praised Schoeller Allibert’s Maxinest eTail solution, which aims to combine the drive towards digital commerce with the sustainability demands of retailers and distributors.
The basket can be combined with dividers to ensure multiple customer orders can be stored separately in a single container. Schoeller Allibert said it has a nesting ratio of 80%, meaning return transportation costs and logistics carbon footprints are ‘minimised’.
