Southern Doc Products

Case Studies

Company:

Ben E. Kieth, Food and Beverage company in Dallas, Texas

Challenge: The same line-up of doors services both inbound and outbound traffic for this beverage distributor. From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., 30 to 57 truckloads of beer and other beverage products arrive at the dock. Crews then load BEK trucks in the late evening and into the early morning for shipments to stores throughout Texas the next day, maintaining efficiency while minimizing risk in a 24/7 loading dock operation with high personnel turnover.

Solution: Southern Dock Products equipped 14 remodeled dock positions with the latest equipment. The team at Southern Dock Products knew that having trucks securely in place is important to Ben E. Keith management. In the end, they integrated automated loading dock and safety equipment into a single Master Control Panel to operate in a predetermined sequence:

Results: Hydraulic equipment, ease of maintenance, and automatic operation make the loading dock operation safe and efficient. Training provided by Southern Dock Products ensured employees understand the simple operation and can show new-hires how to use it. The design also lowered installation and maintenance cost due to a reduction in the number of conduits. Overall, Ben E. Keith’s Dallas facility is running better than ever.

Company:

Dallas Morning News in South Dallas, TX

Excerpt: While the coffee is perking on Sunday morning one of the rituals repeated in homes across the country involves digging through the 20 to 40 or more ad sections that arrive when the paper hits the doorstep. » more

Company:

Stryker Communications in Flower Mound, TX

Excerpt: Stryker depends upon the people they hire and it doesn’t matter if the position is the director of engineering or someone in production. That is the human resource orientation for this global leader in medical technology.» more