Brammer shortlisted for Maintenance Team Award

Brammer’s partnership with Coca-Cola Enterprise Partners (CCEP) in Wakefield has seen its Insite™ team nominated for a prestigious ‘Maintenance Team Award’ at the Manufacturing Champions Awards held by Works Management.

Taking place in Manchester on 8th December, the Manufacturing Champions Awards celebrate those working within the British manufacturing, and showcase what UK manufacturing has to offer. The awards highlight the outstanding performance, innovation, teamwork and added value created by men, women and businesses within the manufacturing industry. Other awards include ‘Manufacturing Leader’, ‘Manufacturing Team’ and Employee-led Innovation’. Brammer was nominated for the award, having delivered a cost saving of 20% of average spend through its multiple projects at CCEP’s Wakefield facility.

After developing a good knowledge of CCEP Wakefield’s facility and how it operated, the Brammer team recommended the introduction of an Insite™ as a practical solution to save time and resources. Geared towards meeting the organisation’s needs, Insite™ is a Brammer branch based within the customer’s site. One of the main benefits of Insite™ is that it’s run by experienced Brammer personnel who have the knowledge and understanding to optimise the maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) procurement process. This helps to deliver savings not only in terms of product cost, but also in administrative costs, a reduction in inventory, and supply base.

As well as cost savings generated through vendor consolidation and inventory rationalisation, the Insite™ team was able to call on Brammer’s extensive experience in bearings and seals, mechanical power transmission, fluid power and electrical power transmission to help CCEP Wakefield achieve savings.

Andy Hickin, Key Account Development Manager of Brammer said: “We’re proud to have been recognised for the work we’ve done with CCEP. Not only did we provide advice on specific projects, but also increased efficiency throughout its production line operation. As a result, CCEP witnessed a cost saving in excess of 11%. This isn’t unique either, as many of the added-value projects managed by us can be replicated Europe-wide, as every CCEP plant has its own Insite™, meaning these initiatives could result in major cost savings for the business as a whole.”