FLOW MANAGEMENT

7 a.m., along the banks of the Seine, the endless lorry ballet has started. Today, 30,000 tons of grain (rapeseed, corn, cocoa, oil cakes for cattle feeding) will move through this cereal terminal. Before 7 p.m., over 400 semi-trailers will be dealt with, including all required paperwork, meaning a lorry every 108 seconds. All, without exception, will go through both weighbridges for weighing in and out operations. From the start of our automation project, we made a number of objectives clear” declares the site manager. “One of our requirements was that the arrival/departure of the lorries should be dealt with efficiently. The rates increased with the full confidence of the carriers, our partners. The driver’s waiting time is kept to a strict minimum. Each driver operates independently, thanks to a ticket with bar code given to him upon entering the terminal. The congestion on our forecourt, cause of significant delays, has disappeared”. 10 a.m., the comings and goings of lorries has intensified. The loading of a cargo ship on the quay started this morning, it will leave before this evening, fully loaded with oil cakes. “The rape seed and the oil cakes have seen heavy demand since Animal Flour was banned in the feeding of bovine. All our stock ran out within a few weeks."