These requirements have swamped
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reloaded onto secure sealed lorries
many of the traditional X-ray screening Consisting of a dedicated building with and dispatched to the airport. Robust
operations and, in the case of a secure perimeter, goods are sealing procedures make any
Manchester Airport, resulted in more delivered and X-ray screened, mainly tampering at this stage obvious, and
congestion in airside areas. for sharps items, guns and explosives, mean the deliveries can be fast-
With up to 250 deliveries arriving before entering a Restricted Zone tracked straight to airside without the
every day, at uncoordinated times, within the site. From here they are then need for further screening on arrival at
managing the airside receiving the airside security post.
banks and access points at Clearly, this has immense benefits
Manchester Airport was getting more
“...carefully sourced
in terms of reduced vehicle flow
and more difficult. As well as stock,
the same area was used for security
personnel are
airside, staff resourcing, control and
time management – however these
screening personnel, a combination
employed within the
are not the only reasons for
that caused a huge backlog as the considering a dedicated consolidation
policy for prioritising people meant
consolidation centre,
facility to manage airside deliveries.
deliveries (and as a consequence Carefully sourced personnel are
the shop staff) were often waiting for
not only to ensure
employed within the consolidation
several hours to get goods to the centre, not only to ensure goods are
stock rooms and shop floor. goods are screened screened effectively, but to instil a
It became clear that a key issue
was the control of deliveries, both
effectively, but to instil
culture of ‘Intelligent Logistics’ –
understanding what is acceptable
the time and the number, on to the
airport site. In order to better
a culture of ‘Intelligent
and what’s not, and why. More than
just a label, this lies at the centre of
manage both the logistical process
Logistics’ –
all the activity and training for the
and time of those involved, without Manchester Consolidation Centre
compromising security levels, the
understanding what is
team, and has allowed a culture of
use of a secure off-site consolidation responsibility and integrity to
centre (MCC) was recommended – a acceptable and what’s develop within the workforce, in
system that had already been used turn leading to efficiency and
successfully at London Heathrow.
not, and why...”
attention to detail. trianglert
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