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Drive to streamline CWS transport

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27th May 1966

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Page 80, 27th May 1966 — Drive to streamline CWS transport

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THE £487m. a year Co-Operative Whole". sale Society, one of the largest hauliers in the country carrying more than lm. tons of products annually from 41 different industries, has begun a drive to streamline its transport with the creation of a new transport division. A fleet of 7,000 vehicles from 5 cwt. vans to 20-ton lorries travelling a total of more than 80m. miles a year is invplved.

Of the total fleet, 6,000 vehicles are owned by individual CWS factories, divisions and departments. Including the cost of hiring outside transport, the Society's yearly transport bill is in the region of £20m.

The new transport chief is ?AP. S. C. Rowell, former group manager of the 1,000vehicle CWS traffic department, a general haulage unit which, although now absorbed, has become the spearhead of the new division.

All sections of the CWS running their own transport, including the traffic department, are now required to submit an annual budget of capital expenditure in addition to a budget of operating costs. These are to be followed at intervals by a comparison of results achieved.

There is to be more co-ordination of repairs and servicing facilities, a more standardized pattern in the buying of vehicles, spare parts. accessories and equipment through the CWS trade department. A more systematic approach is being made to buying the right vehicle for the right job with more standardizing of tyres where possible. If new vehicles are requested the need will be assessed against existing transport facilities.

Included in the overall plan is the introduction of a uniform costing system by which all traffic-operating departments and establishments record basic items like the costs of vehicles, wages, fuel, repairs, tyres, maintenance and standing charges.