An East Yorkshire holiday home manufacturer has saved itself a staggering 6,000 hours of work a year after partnering with a new software, services and equipment provider.
Victory Leisure Homes has become the first in its sector to use Hilti’s management system, allowing it to control vital components across the dual sites in Gilberdyke and Hull, in a deal worth more than £100,000.
Based on a 40-hour working week, it frees up three people every year, and comes against a backdrop of one of the toughest labour markets seen.
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Built bespoke to the exact needs of the Rix Group business, it uses data matrix codes and Bluetooth technology to track and manage tools, equipment and materials used byt he 415-strong team via a cloud software platform.
Mark Hewitt, director of operations at Victory Leisure Homes, said: “As a company that prides itself on challenging the norm and turning traditional processes on their head, we were eager to make the most of Hilti’s market-leading ON!Track technology to create the most efficient and productive system possible for our team.
“As well as providing workers with the very best tools for the job, the partnership streamlines the manufacturing process and allows the team to have complete visibility on everything they need with one touch of a button.
“Our decision to partner with Hilti came after trialling its system for six months. We place a great deal of value on the views of our workforce and their feedback on the trial was extremely positive.”
As part of the undisclosed deal Victory also benefits from Hilti’s all-inclusive fleet contract, which gives access to unlimited manufacturing support and maintenance, and significantly shorter lead times to receive new tools, alongside the option to upgrade Hilti’s fleet every three years.
Sebastiaan Groenhuijsen, head of product management for Northern Europe at Hilti, a company with global revenues of £4.1 billion, added: “It’s always great when businesses use our ON!Track asset management system in new and innovative ways. By tagging its large catalogue of holiday homes, Victory has used out-of-the-box thinking to tailor ON!Track to the business – which we hope will inspire others to do the same. We look forward to continuing this partnership with Victory and our future collaborations.”
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