Capability.
Assurance.
Delivering Worldwide Engineering Solutions
Briggs Defence provides materials handling services and solutions to the defence industry and has been doing so for over 50 years.
Briggs Defence is one of the world’s largest independent distribution, service and rental companies and is currently delivering several contracts for the MoD.
Engineering Capabilities
Briggs Defence specialise in the supply and maintenance for mechanical handling equipment which includes, forklift trucks; counterbalance trucks and side-loaders, container handlers, pedestrian, ride on electric pallet trucks, very narrow aisle trucks, tow-vehicles including tracked variants, agricultural tractors, MEWPS, ancillaries and MHE attachments. Briggs Defence also specialise in the provision of associated maintainer and driver training delivery on a worldwide scale.
- Fleet Management
- Firm Base, Deployed Benign
- Deployed Tactical
- Equipment specification
- Logistics
- Maintenance (Incl. Parts Supply
- Post Design Service (ILS)
- Fleet Optimisation
Asset Management
Briggs Defence ensure that all assets are effectively utilised through a sophisticated management tool from which asset information is continually assessed and fleet reductions are identified and implemented.
The Management Information System is a portal which links the end user to our ERP system that offers the capability to adapt to changing business needs. It provides flexibility in managing mixed-mode and complex environments, with the ability to make quick adjustments at any time. With a direct link into our customer portal it gives our customers visibility of their asset information. ‘Live’ information that is both current and accurate ensuring confidence that the right business decisions are made.
The development of this Management Information System solution has supported a fleet rationalisation saving of 6.3% since 2014 and over 50% during the whole contract period of 20 years.
Supply Chain Management And Delivery
Equipment down time is costly and Briggs Defence recognises the need to invest in strategic stock which is held at the Central Parts Warehouse in Cannock which distributes stock directly to specific locations, service vehicles or direct to customer sites.
The parts are despatched and delivered to either the engineer’s van or site location next day, enabling the engineer to complete the repair within 24hrs. Where parts are not held in the UK stock locations, Briggs Defence have developed extremely efficient links with principal parts suppliers and freight logistics partners for next day deliveries of urgent non stocked parts.
Briggs Defence are currently achieving 99.7% of a contracted 97% to-date for parts supply.