Southwest Jutland Hospital focuses on both employees and environment

Greenline

Employees are spared from heavy manual pallet lifting

The Southwest Jutland Hospital in Denmark has invested in their second PALOMAT® – PALOMAT® Greenline which is exclusively electrically operated. An investment that spares employees for manual pallet lifts and reduces energy consumption.

Improved work invironment

More order and space saving

Energy and environmentally friendly solution

Lighter and more user-friendly pallet handling

Challenge

The company Sydvestjysk Sygehus in Esbjerg handled over 120 pallets every week. Their pallet handling was manual, involving hard and wearing lifts. Often, employees were left alone when dealing with the unwieldy pallets.

Solution

The company invested in its first PALOMAT® in 2006, and since energy consumption and the environment are a priority for the entire Region of Southern Denmark, it was not difficult to decide that their next machine should be a 100% electric PALOMAT® Greenline.

Benefit

The PALOMAT® Greenline pallet magazine has eliminated the heavy manual pallet handling and provided more space and order in goods receiving and warehouses. The solution has improved the working environment and eased the tasks for the employees.

“Before we invested in our first PALOMAT® in 2006, pallets were handled manually – the individual employee lifted and moved the pallets himself. It was hard work, and when we started to employ women in goods reception, we would see that it was not an optimum situation for our employees.”

Says Susanne Lindballe, Middle Manager of the finance department at Southwest Jutland Hospital.

At the hospital they handle approx. 120 pallets every week. The hospital’s two PALOMATs are placed in the stores in the basement and on the ground floor. Full pallets arrive at the goods reception on the ground floor and are transported to the stores. When the pallets are empty, they are stacked in the PALOMAT® by a pallet hand truck.

An escalating quantity of goods made the investment in another PALOMAT® a reality.

“We are very aware to invest correctly with regard to energy consumption and environment. It is a key issue for the entire Region of Southern Denmark. Therefore it was not difficult to decide that our PALOMAT® No. 2 should be a PALOMAT® Greenline.”

”We are incredibly happy with our PALOMATs. The handling of pallets has become much easier, our employees have fewer manual lifts, and the pallets take needs much less space.”

Concludes Susanne Lindballe.

Facts: Southwest Jutland Hospital is part of The Region of Southern Denmark. The hospital treats patients within almost all specialties, both medical and surgical. The hospital has 500 beds and around 2500 employees.