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We’ve got you covered At Seahawk, we’re always looking to improve worker protection with the right clothing and we’ve been working hard behind the scenes to bring you this exciting new product. Combining strength with comfort and style, our Seahawk flame retardant, anti-static coverall is suitable for a wide range of industries including oil and gas, welding, engineering and transport. Certified to EN11611 Class 1; EN11612 A1, A2, B1, C1, & F1; EN1149-3:2004, AND EN13688, our coverall features a brass zip and studs, double stitched reflective tape, zipped pockets, two radio loops, and an elasticated rear waistband as standard. We’ve selected TenCate Protective Fabrics’ Tecapro® material for this garment because of its unique combination of comfort, strength, protection, and colour performance – it really lasts, and offers great value for money. The Seahawk 234/122101 FR/AS coverall is available in navy as standard and is in stock online now at www.scottdirect.com/
It is also available made to order in royal, red, orange and grey directly from: sales@seahawk-apparel.com
TenCate protective fabrics: Tecapro® fabric Extreme softness and flexibility: Feels soft and supple thanks to the 4/1 satin construction, high amount of cotton and comfort-control finish. Outstanding metal and spark protection: Due to a smooth surface, molten metal splashes and sparks run right off. Unbeatable value for money: Retains its properties even after extensive industrial laundering to 75*C – extending the garment lifespan and minimising the cost of ownership Protective clothing, Made in Britain: Seahawk’s team of designers, pattern cutters and machinists have an exceptional working knowledge of UK industry protective clothing requirements. Working closely with diverse specialist markets, such as oil and gas, emergency services, healthcare, energy and construction this experience informs the design and manufacture of specialist protective clothing, professional workwear and textile solutions to meet bespoke customer requirements.
MARKET UPDATE As the conflict in Ukraine continues, we’re managing the volatile timber market conditions to ensure robust security of supply for our customers’ pallets. As a result, we’re well-stocked across all key timber sizes and pallet nails. Only time will tell whether the Ukraine conflict creates further impact, but challenging conditions prevail in the domestic market and timber prices remain at levels not witnessed for many years. Read our latest market update here www.scottgroupltd.com/news/market-update-summer-2022/
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TAKING CONTROL OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AT MITSUBISHI Working in partnership with Mitsubishi Electric to help save costs and reduce wastage on PPE and consumables, Scott Direct has installed six new Inventor-e industrial vending machines at Mitsubishi’s air conditioning manufacturing facilities in Livingston. The new iVendScale Plus vending machines will each be kept stocked with a bespoke range of PPE-related products, including specialist gloves, eye-protectiion and high-vis items. The full range of PPE is supplied and re-stocked by Scott Direct. Alasdair McColl at Scott Direct said: “We were tasked with several key objectives for this project; to save costs by reducing unnecessary or careless consumption of PPE and consumables; providing 24-hour access to supplies, as well as reducing the time and cost associated with processing, storage and distribution and improving the overall customer experience. “Our automated and accountable vending solution is already proving highly successful – producing less wastage, driving efficiency and saving money.” Paul Rudden, Stores Section Manager at Mitsubishi Electric, added: “We’ve already seen an 18% reduction in employee spend, saving more than £5 per employee per month since the vending machines have been introduced. Cumulatively across the six machines, that’s a saving of almost £50,000 per year.”
Getting to know Michael Morse JOB TITLE: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE – SCOTT PALLETS RECOVERY TIME WITH THE BUSINESS 3 months.
AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
Meeting and engaging with house builders at construction sites and promoting sustainability through our pallet recovery service. I recently completed the CITB Manager & Professionals course and CSCS (Construction Skills Certification Scheme) training, so I can now visit all building sites across the UK. 2 PLATFORM || SCOTT GROUP
Inventor-e’s iVendScale Plus machine was selected for this installation. It is a scale-based inventory management vending system providing secure access and dispensing of products. The system logs inventory data collected via the scales as products are dispensed. Dean Henry, CEO at Inventor-e, said, “Our industrial vending solutions put the correct item in the right place at the right time. Ensuring optimum productivity while preventing work stoppages and controlling costs. “The cloud-based inventory management software, Sourcerer, enables customers to effectively manage and control usage of material across all Inventor-e solutions and can also be used in mobile and storeroom environments with the SmartStores app, as well as vending solutions, providing real-time company-wide visibility and control of materials.”
Find out more about our vending solutions here www.scottgroupltd.com/direct/ industrial-vending-solutions/
BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE
I spent more than 30 years in the international upstream oil and gas industry. Working in both operational and business development roles selling drilling products and services and ensuring the right people and equipment were in the right place at the right time. Along the way, I learned a few languages, including French, Afrikaans and Pigdin!
CURRENT CHALLENGES
Working with the construction industry to challenge the approach of disposing of used pallets to help achieve the long-term objective of zero waste. We’re working hard to provide guidance and education on sustainability and targeting site managers to raise awareness of the Scott Pallets recovery service to ensure environmental compliance and the cost-effective removal of used pallets for reuse.
FAVOURITE PART OF THE JOB
Being part of the team delivering outstanding pallet collection results for our customers. For example, following a proactive campaign with a house builder, with strong support from the senior management, we’ve managed to increase pallet return rates from 18% to 86%. Seeing the huge business and environmental impact we can make is really satisfying. Together, we deliver more.
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Clarify, simplify and achieve the vision As our business has grown considerably throughout the last 35 years, we’re determined to remain true to one of our core business values – to be customer focussed and to deliver consistently high levels of service to our customers, no matter where in the country you are based, and no matter which of our sites you’re purchasing from. This is no mean feat, with 30 plus locations and more than 1,200 people. But, we’re unwaveringly committed to continuous improvement and to our mission to be the first choice, industry-leading pallet solutions provider. With this in mind, we have made a significant commitment and embarked on a two-year journey with the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS), which offers a complete set of simple concepts and practical tools that help businesses, and their people, around the world to align with their vision, ensure traction amongst the internal team and deliver healthy leadership. Find out more at www.eosworldwide.com
Top tier appointments
Taking off with Seahawk
We’re delighted to announce two new appointments. Hassam Hernandez has been appointed as Operations Director, Scott Pallets – Manufacturing; and Dave Berry has been appointed as SHEQ Director at Scott Pallets – Manufacturing. With responsibility for three regional directors across 11 sites and approximately 750 staff, Hassam is tasked with delivering operational excellence methodologies across all manufacturing locations to achieve sustainable, high-performance in productivity, profitability, quality and customer service. Having worked at a leadership level in a number of safety critical and regulatory environments, Dave brings with him a wealth of experience leading cultural change and improvement in health and safety systems. He will operate throughout the UK to ensure we are continuously demonstrating best practice, and above, at all levels when it comes to SHEQ. Scott Grant, Managing Director at Scott Pallets – Manufacturing, said: “The health, safety and welfare of our people remains the most important priority for us and with our core values at the forefront of our minds, we’re proud to have made these two key appointments to continue moving our business forward, maintaining our market-leading position.”
Gordon Reid
Our well-invested, Scottish-based textile manufacturer, Seahawk, has forged a collaboration with the apparel specialists at SSEAMS as it embarks on a journey to diversify into the premium apparel market. Seahawk boasts a brilliant team of textile manufacturing experts whose core focus for the last 30 years has been manufacturing protective clothing, predominantly for industrial markets. This exciting collaboration will see Seahawk and SSEAMS develop a factory collection to showcase the capabilities in the premium apparel and lifestyle garment markets as well as offering manufacturing services to customers seeking provenance and Made in Scotland credentials which bring textile mills, makers and market closer together and support for their own clothing brands’ sustainability objectives. Diane Richardson, Managing Director at SSEAMS, said “We want to support apparel brands with a new onshore garment manufacturing opportunity. I feel incredibly proud to be back in Scotland after a long career in the industry and offer Made in Scotland garment manufacturing.” We’ve also appointed textile and manufacturing expert, Gordon Reid, as our new Production Manager at Seahawk. Gordon will be pivotal to driving the expansion of Seahawk’s current offering.
Find out more at www.scottgroupltd.com/direct/seahawk-apparel/ Together, we deliver more.
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Going green in construction Every year, the construction industry uses around 20 million single-use timber pallets, but less than 10% are reused. The vast majority will be skipped, chipped or shredded. This must change. We’ve always been at the forefront of innovation, with our service experiencing significant growth in recent years as environmental priorities continue to climb everyone’s agenda. Our mission to transform the way building materials move throughout the construction industry is building momentum, and our recent introduction of The Pallet LOOP to complement our existing recovery service is enabling us to create a transformational, net carbon zero, deposit-based reuse scheme specifically for the UK construction sector. The Pallet LOOP is a circular economy pallet reuse scheme that’s different by design. It delivers an alternative approach to single-use pallets that’s better for business and the planet. Incentivising pallet returns via a cost-effective, easy-to-use, deposit-based system; we provide the construction industry with a simple, circular approach to pallet use that’s greener, leaner, stronger and safer - actively eliminating avoidable pallet waste from the building materials supply chain.
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David Mercer, Operations Director – Recovery, Scott Pallets, said: “This new service is a complete game-changer for the industry. By manufacturing stronger pallets designed to last multiple trips, we can completely replace single-trip, white wood pallets. We’re helping customers reach their net-zero goals by creating a pool of green pallets that can be tracked on their journey from start to finish, collected, repaired and returned to the pool for reuse, again and again.” The recovery service has recently extended its network of repair sites and appointed Michael Morse, Business Development Executive, to help drive customer service levels nationally. There are already five UK pallet sites operating as collection points and repair hubs to facilitate the LOOP service, with four more being added by the end of the year and a further ten sites next year. The service has the capabilities and infrastructure to expand internationally, which is a really exciting concept.
Interested? Find out more and enquire at www.thepalletloop.com
TIMBER TRAINING As we continue to expand Scott Pallets, we’re recruiting and investing more than ever into our timber supply chain team. To ensure our people are supported and well prepared to deliver consistently across the business, we’re currently delivering a rolling programme of specialist timber training workshops.
Covering a wide range of topics, from timber market dynamics, supply and forecasting to ISPM15 and trade bodies, the training is prepared and delivered in-house by our expert dream team of John Dye, Technical & Industry Affairs Director; Alistair Wells, Procurement Director; and Stuart McNair, Supply Chain Director.
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