Wincanton optimizes schedules and saves on milk distribution November 8th, 2017 The challenge UK based logistics group Wincanton operates a fleet of around 50 vehicles and 120 trailers on contract to Dairy Crest, collecting milk from 600 farms throughout the southern half of England and delivering it to dairies or manufacturing plants over a wide area of the country. Raw milk is collected from farms by a number of different-sized tankers carrying between 14,500 and 26,000 litres each, then much of it is consolidated into larger consignments at “reload points” (local depots or other strategic locations), where it is loaded into bigger articulated tanker semi-trailers carrying up to 29,000 litres. These are trunked direct to their final destination point, usually as full loads. Truckstops Lo

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