Custom Modular Carts for JIT Logistics & Scratch-Sensitive Parts

Client: Robinson Innovations — just-in-time logistics partner to a rail-vehicle manufacturer · Sector: Logistics / Transport equipment · Result: same/next-day shipments, zero transport damage

The challenge: scratch-sensitive parts, JIT deadlines

Robinson Innovations supplies kitted parts just-in-time to a major rail-vehicle plant. The painted train components are highly scratch-sensitive, and the platform trucks Robinson used were damaging parts in transit between facilities — an expensive problem when your entire value proposition is delivering production-ready kits on time.

The solution: custom protective carts that travel on the truck

Robinson replaced the platform trucks with custom Flexpipe carts, designed around the exact geometry of the parts they carry:

• Foam protectors on every contact point so parts can't rub against each other
• Cart dimensions matched to the truck deck and the receiving line's aisles
• A closed loop: loaded carts ship out, empties return within ~2 days, ready to reload

The results

• Same-day and next-day shipments sustained across the JIT cycle
• Transport damage to painted components eliminated
• Carts modified in-house whenever the parts mix changes

What this means for Australian suppliers

If you feed an OEM line — automotive, rail, defence, whitegoods — damaged or late parts are contract-killers. Purpose-built modular carts cost a fraction of welded custom fabrication, arrive as kits, and can be rebuilt when your customer changes the part. Flexpipe Australia designs carts around your components, your truck decks and your dock heights.