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COMPANY NEWS
German Haulier Operates PNEUSCAN in Multi-Function Service Centre
Forwarding agent Bode in Reinfeld, Germany, has opened a multi- function service centre, which includes the automatic tyre inspection system PNEUSCAN from VENTECH Systems.
Before each journey trucks entering
clean vehicles with completely relaxed drivers on the roads. This strategy requires innovative thinking and economic action. The most recent evidence is our new truck service centre in Reinfeld."
In-house drivers - but also more and
customer service department. Here, a digital display of all the tyre data, including diagonal wear, tyre pressure and tread depth, is used as the basis for an analytical discussion with the drivers, which may be forwarded to the tyre service department if necessary. As the car wash is conceived for up to 600 car washes per week, the same amount of passages is counted on the tyre inspection system, an optimum service tool, which replaces time- consuming manual inspection and indicates gradual pressure loss over time - above all on the inner sides of the drive axles. Since commissioning of the PNEUSCAN equipment,
specially trained staff, about 3,000 pallets are handled every day in the warehouses, including those with goods for Sweden and Finland. In cooperation with Kombiverkehr KG, Bode operates the inter-modal transportation service "Alter Schwede". The company ensures that three times per week the transportation of goods between Lübeck and Stockholm and can transport up to 36 trailers and containers or a useful load of up to 1,000 tons.
Already in 1994, the Reinfelder company belonged to the first German transport firms, which were certified according to DIN EN ISO
VENTECH SYSTEMS PNEUSCAN equipment in action at Bode’s multi-function service centre
the company’s Reinfelder Service Center in Barnitzer Straße move through a dedicated service lane. The lane starts with an information sign and ends with a green smiley, but only if the tyre’s condition meets certain standards. The drivers receive the information if their truck is on the way to meeting the “secure grip” standard. By means of this service tool the Bode transport agency offers an active plus in terms of service and adds an extra contribution to the traffic safety on German roads.
The company’s CEO, Kai-Jörg Bode, explains the company philosophy: "As a responsible logistics service provider, our mission is to achieve objectives such as quality and reliability, but also safety and sustainability. We only want to have technically impeccable and sparkling
more customers from other car fleets – are experiencing the 1800 metre squared service environment. The service centre boasts functionally equipped workshop areas with four lanes, a long pit, a brake test stand and a tyre service area, as well as a car wash with three Steinbrückner gantries and a separate lane for interior and special cleaning. The outdoor area is equipped with industrial vacuum cleaners from Kärcher, a 24-h filling station for diesel and AdBlue, as well as an additional ten connection points for cooling trailers.
Plans have also been made for a recharging station for electric power. Besides the service workshop, there is a purpose-built platform used to keep vehicle and trailer roof tops free of ice and snow during winter. The
complete inner space is equipped with floor heating.
Bodes’s investment in the PNEUSCAN system is a unique feature among companies in the industrial area around Lübeck in the North of Germany. This system measures air pressure and tread depth in a fully automatic mode, confirming tyre condition by means of a green or red smiley and forwarding the measurement data in real time to the
several tyre problems have been identified, which would have remained uncorrected without the PNEUSCAN technology. Furthermore, Bode keeps the welfare of drivers in mind. At the check-in area, there is a lounge area with bistro, lavatory and showers. In the staff area, you will find changing rooms, a lavatory, a canteen and office rooms.
Spedition Bode GmbH & Co.KG has around 90 tractor trucks and at present more than 500 trailers, mainly handling goods transportation in inter-modal traffic. Since its foundation in 1949, the company has evolved into a complex logistics service provider. The portfolio includes temperature-guided transport and warehousing, paper transport, loading and unloading of containers and combined traffic.
The vehicle fleet includes Euro-6 vehicles: MAN, Volvo, DAF and Mercedes-Benz, which - same as the cooling trailers - are monitored by GPS. With respect to cargo safety, the company has shone by means of consequent and innovative solutions. With
9002 standard. And in 2007, Bode was one of the first transport companies to receive the ISO 22000:2005 certificate. In 2014, the company received the AEO-F certificate (Authorised Economic Operator). Since 2015, the transport firm has also been certified according to IFS Logistics, and in their 2016 audit they passed with a score of 98.67%.
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