DHL inks asset management deal

THE MOVE will help DHL manage and maintain its critical asset base at its DHL Express Southern Hub, Heathrow. The 150,000 sq ft hub supports a network of 47 service centres across the UK. Operating 24/7, it has the capacity to process 28,000 items per hour. As well as onsite green energy assets including, photo-voltaic panels and air source heat pumps, the facility includes automated parcel and mail sorting systems, and x-ray machines, all of which require round the clock monitoring and maintenance. 

The partnership with Peacock Engineering will see DHL move its existing EAM solution, IBM Maximo, to a new cloud-based version, IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS). MAS offers a single platform for asset management, monitoring, maintenance, computer vision, safety and reliability.

DHL is also upgrading to the latest generation of Peacock Engineering’s Fingertip add-on mobile solution, enabling its team to benefit from improved real-time data capture, flexible work processes and faster work progression. DHL’s maintenance teams will also receive training workshops delivered by Peacock Engineering.

Peacock Engineering CEO Alan Cambridge, said: “The new cloud-based IBM Maximo Application Suite integration will help bring all of DHL’s maintenance and work schedules at its DHL Express Southern Hub together, in a single EAM platform, helping to speed up fixes and ensure the impact of maintenance on operations is minimal.”