摘要: |
The fleet measures more than 2,500 light commercial vehicles, almost all Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis cabs with PanelTex box bodies. Four-fifths of those are used to deliver shopping for Ocado Retail, a joint venture between the supermarket and Marks & Spencer; the rest support supermarket Morrisons' delivery network, explains Ocado service delivery general manager Neil Cottam, who is responsible for the truck fleet and fleet services team. (Ocado was the only major UK supermarket willing to speak about its delivery fleet). Ocado's chassis-cabs operate out of one of 23 distribution centres, each of which are managed by a day-to-day operations manager. They might do two or three runs per day - two in the morning shift, one in the afternoon -averaging 20 drops per run. In addition, with some 200 tractors, the organisation feeds those sites, as well as running a cross-dock operation. |