Lubricants

Within the lubricants industry the pressures of a changing marketplace, volatile margins and the impact of global supply and demand balance have created a renewed focus on the need for a cost effective, efficient and sustainable supply chain.

High service quality, health and safety standards, margin control and operational excellence is regarded as a given. Companies are now looking for the supply chain to amend their service effectively around changing costs and working pressures.

Some of the challenges and supply chain demands that our customers are asking us to meet include;

• Supporting major strategic changes, such as closure of UK blending plants;
  
  Our response ranges from the provision of import/export services using Wincanton international transport solutions, to a whole UK distribution platform including order management, bulk storage facilities, packed warehousing and transport services.
  
• Agility in responding to changes in supply & demand and volatile margins;
  
  Providing distribution services on a 'pay as you occupy/use' basis rather than dedicated facilities or combination of the two.
  
• SKU and customer demand changes, for example movement towards more added value products, smaller drop sizes over a wider range of grades, increased frequency/JIT deliveries;
  
  Wincanton has combined innovative vehicle design increasing the number of grades that can be carried on one vehicle with effective routing & scheduling practices and systems
  
• Management of market forces such as rising costs of production, demand decreases due to the current economic climate, and its effect on industrial customers especially in the automotive and manufacturing sector;
  
  Our approach is to look at the total supply chain, identifying and controlling all cost drivers with flexible solutions such as shared user warehousing, innovations in vehicle design and technology, and efficiency/productivity gains, for example increased fleet utilisation.
  
• Environmental pressures and considerations;
  
  We have been able to offer intermodal solutions, reduced transport impacts through vehicle design and transport optimisation, and improved mpg through driver management and training.
  
• Increased demand for higher levels of customer service and improved information flows;
  
  Management of the customer services function; order management, in-cab technology and tracking services are a number of the services Wincanton provides in this area.
  
  

Our Services

Through our history and experience in the lubricants market sector Wincanton provide an end-to-end supply chain solution and innovative service offering providing a unique combination of cost effective storage and transport and added value services.

Each solution is tailored specifically to our customer needs and requirements, and includes but is not limited to;

Transportation

Comprehensive range of transport services, which cater for local, national and international requirements including;

Bulk and Packed Transport

Operating a wide range of vehicles including;

• 44T tankers multi and single compartment
  
• 38/32T 10 compartment tankers (rear steer and 3 discharge systems)
  
• 26T curtain rigids (modified for IBCs)
  
• Packed fleet running full and part loads
  
• Small drop network.
  

- Utilising Transport Routing and Scheduling using Wincanton or client systems to optimise drivers, fleet and networks. Predictive scheduling according to customer demand patterns. In-cab tracking and vehicle control.

- Transport outbases on a dedicated or shared user basis capable of on-site tanker to tanker or tanker to IBC tranship.

- Developing Transport functional expertise including Driver Training, Risk Assessment, Incident Control, fleet maintenance and vehicle design.

Storage and Warehousing

Flexible solutions to suit customer current and future requirements including:

• Dedicated operations
  
• Access to shared user space
  
• Seasonal/other temporary storage
  
• Open air storage
  
• Bulk storage/tank farms/portable tanks
  
• Packed and IBC storage
  
• Case Pick/Full Pallet Pick
  
• Product Re-work
  
• Returns Management
  
• Sampling and Quality Control
  
• IBC transhipment
  
• Tanker to tanker transfer
  

IT Services

• In-cab technology and tracking
  
• Voice pick
  
• Warehouse management systems
  
• Interfaces into client systems including SAP.
  

• Customer services and order management
  
• Bulk and packed transportation and storage
  
• Unique vehicle design able to transport bulk and packed on the same vehicle.

International import/export services

• Shipping management and freight forwarding
  
• International transport
  
• Port to DC transport
• Customs clearance and documentation
  
• Inland container storage.
  

Health and Safety

Within the energy and petroleum sector Wincanton are recognised as having best in industry practices and procedures particularly in health and safety management and driver training. Our unremitting focus at all levels on the highest standards of health and safety, sees us delivering award winning industry leading performance receiving Chevron most admired carrier award in 2008.

Clients

Wincanton has significant experience in the lubricants industry across the UK and Europe. We manage operations for businesses such as Chevron, Total, Fuchs and BP Castrol. Our ability to add value to customer operations has ensured that we have retained long term working partnerships, for example working with the Chevron corporation since 1992.

our clients include:

BP Castrol
Chevron
Total
EXXON Mobil
Fuch's