DHL inks asset management deal
The logistics firm has signed a three-year deal with enterprise asset management specialist Peacock Engineering.
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.”
