Economic growth in the logistics industry depends on collaboration between key partners, according to Sea Box International MD Shaun Moore.
Moore, whose company designs and fabricates container-based platforms and solutions, says intralogistics and materials handling industries are finally realising the value in suppliers and contractors working closely together.
“When they do this they share the risks, slash the costs and run projects much more effectively and efficiently,” he says.
“And this enables them all to deliver projects within contractual guidelines.”
Moore will share his learnings from his work on intralogistics projects in Australia at the CeMAT show, which starts today.
“The key challenge for an infrastructure project is that any errors or delays cost time and money, and often become the focus of negative press,” he continues.
“We have created our Container Roll Out Warehousing System (CROWS) which is an inter-connectable, all-steel, cargo-carrying platform that can be rolled in and out of standard ISO shipping containers as the result of collaboration between operations, safety, construction and environmental teams in the design process.”
For one of Sea Box's projects, the team created functional design briefs over a number of months that involved floor-level operators for applicable product knowledge, to give greater insight. The company then built a prototype in China and worked to finesse the design and test the solution. Following that they built a second prototype, repeated the process, and delivered over 4000 modules in five months.
“This way of working and the major outcomes we’ve achieved are game changers for this industry and showcase Australian innovation on a global scale,” says Moore.
CeMAT runs from today until 7 May at Sydney Olympic Park.
