The Challenge
Prestigious British meat producer, Dovecote Park acquired a small abattoir on their current site in 1997 and were looking for a dedicated transport company to service their new small business supplying wholly to one customer.
As the business grew both in size and offering, it came with a requirement for their logistics partner to respond to increasingly challenging and diverse demands to support rapid ongoing growth.
Our Approach
We set out to fulfil early requirements to meet Dovecote Park’s expectations and provide a comprehensive logistics package. As the business grew, we worked in partnership to provide solutions for storage and shunting movements around the growing factory as well as specialist vehicles for dedicated deliveries to a growing and diverse customer base.
Our work includes:
- Building strong relationships with effective communication to understand future requirements and be able to commit to additional demand as new customers come on board.
- Investing in staff training and development to increase competency and successful fulfilment in the joint workplace.
- Working closely on Health and Safety, environment and ethical trading policies, sharing platforms, knowledge and best practice.
- Joint projects on problem solving and continuous improvement to drive efficiency and sustainability within the despatch and logistics operations.
- Maintaining BRCGS accreditation to provide quality assurance through to end user.
- Achieving outstanding service levels through built in flexibility and constructive management of resources.
The Results
We have been proud to work with Dovecote Park over the last 27 years, growing with the business and providing solutions for their expansion and diversification. The two businesses together have built a partnership based on a mutual commitment to uncompromising quality and service. We have made significant year on year investment in industry specific equipment enabling consistent flows of production critical inbound goods and facilitating unhindered transition into new markets for the high-quality foods produced by Dovecote Park. The team at Dovecote can focus on taking their business forward knowing that they are backed up by the full commitment from our team.
Speaking of the partnership, a representative from Dovecote Park said: “It’s been great to work with Dennis Distribution over the years, knowing that we always work in partnership to come up with solutions for all our transport requirements. We particularly like having our branding carried UK wide on their vehicles and trailers, just the sort of adaptability we were looking for. We know we can rely on them to support us.”