Andy Cooper

Mayflex, the distributor of Converged IP Solutions, has installed Thermal Elevated Temperature Screening Solutions from Hikvision to improve the health and safety of their employees and visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The system works by automatically checking the forehead skin temperature in real time as employees pass by, maintaining a 2m gap in accordance with UK Government social distancing advice. If a person is over a normal temperature threshold, an audible and visual alarm is given and they will be asked to verify their body temperature using a medical thermometer. If in the future face masks become mandatory, the system can also verify if a visitor or employee is wearing a mask. Temperature screening at warehouse and office James Vian, Technical and Training Manager said “The temperature screening solution has been installed in our main reception as well as the warehouse entrances at both the Head Office and our Environ House warehouse.  The system includes the Hikvision Thermographic Bullet and Turret Cameras with the addition of the Hikvision Blackbody Calibrator that increases the accuracy of the readings from ±0.5oC to ±0.3oC.” Andy Cooper, Supply Chain Director at Mayflex said “It’s a non-contact means of quickly and consistently measuring the skin temperature of a person’s forehead, whilst maintaining social distancing in line with current Government guidelines.  In doing so, we can reduce the likelihood of someone with an elevated temperature coming into contact with other building occupants.  This also reduces the possibility of losing an entire shift for 14 days, ensuring that we can deliver on our customers’ needs even in these challenging times.” Andy concluded “It gives me confidence that we are doing everything we can to ensure the wellbeing of staff and protecting the business during the Coronavirus Pandemic.”

Mayflex, the distributor of converged IP solutions, has installed Thermal Elevated Temperature Screening solution from Hikvision to improve the health and safety of their employees and visitors during the Covid-19 pandemic. Elevated Temperature Screening The system works by automatically checking the forehead skin temperature in real time as employees pass by, maintaining a 2 meter gap in accordance with the UK Government’s social distancing advice. If a person is over a normal temperature threshold, an audible and visual alarm is given and they will be asked to verify their body temperature using a medical thermometer. If in the future face masks become mandatory, the system can also verify if a visitor or employee is wearing a mask. Hikvision Thermographic Bullet and Turret Cameras The system includes the Hikvision Thermographic Bullet and Turret Cameras" James Vian, Technical and Training Manager at Mayflex said, “The temperature screening solution has been installed in our main reception as well as the warehouse entrances at both the Head Office and our Environ House warehouse. The system includes the Hikvision Thermographic Bullet and Turret Cameras with the addition of the Hikvision Blackbody Calibrator that increases the accuracy of the readings from ±0.5 degrees Celsius to ±0.3 degrees Celsius.” Andy Cooper, Supply Chain Director at Mayflex said, “It’s a non-contact means of quickly and consistently measuring the skin temperature of a person’s forehead, while maintaining social distancing in line with current Government guidelines”. Enhanced staff security in COVID-19 period He adds, “In doing so, we can reduce the likelihood of someone with an elevated temperature coming into contact with other building occupants. This also reduces the possibility of losing an entire shift for 14 days, ensuring that we can deliver on our customers’ needs even in these challenging times.” Andy concluded, “It gives me confidence that we are doing everything we can to ensure the wellbeing of staff and protecting the business during the Coronavirus Pandemic.” Hikvision are highly regarded as one of the major manufacturer of security products, which are distributed by Mayflex in the United Kingdom.

Mayflex the distributor of converged IP solutions has announced that it will be expanding its Midlands Distribution Centre with the opening of a brand new, state-of-the-art warehouse, assembly and office facility located 0.5 miles from the Mayflex head office. The new facility will provide 64,500 sq. ft of warehousing, including 4000 sq. ft additional office, training and demonstration space. The expansion coincides with a considerable investment being made into a new Warehouse Management System (WMS) that will provide a seamless solution to manage the stock held across the various Mayflex locations. Greater Storage Capacity And Office Space We will eventually move the Environ build and training facility from the existing Environ House to this larger facility"Andy Cooper, Chief Operations Officer commented “This multi-million-pound investment within our warehouse will ensure that we have the capability to scale to 2030 and beyond based on our growth projections for the business. We will eventually move the Environ build and training facility from the existing Environ House to this larger facility, which will also provide far greater storage capacity and further office space to house our ever-growing workforce.” Andrew Percival, Managing Director commented “Mayflex continues to grow year, upon year, particularly with the Excel brand that is sold across the world and with an expanding portfolio, with a new range of products being launched in January 2019 and new markets opening up in Australia and the USA to name but a few. We are also a major player in the distribution of IP security solutions and this growing market requires us to hold large stocks of products for next day free delivery.” Delivering Best Solution To Customers Andrew concluded “This investment in WMS and the expansion of the warehouse facilities demonstrates our continued commitment to growth and improvement of our services to meet our customer demands. We are passionate about delivering the best solution possible for our customers and in doing so creating a business model that allows us to grow in line with the market demands – it’s exciting times ahead!” The new Mayflex warehouse facility will go live in April 2019.

Andy Cooper joins Mayflex with a wealth of experience gained from over 30 years in executive supply chain and operations roles Mayflex, the cabling infrastructure, networking and electronic security solutions distributor has appointed Andy Cooper in the position of Supply Chain Director. Role & Responsibility Andy Cooper joins the business with a wealth of experience gained from over 30 years in executive supply chain and operations roles across a range of manufacturing and distribution sectors, working in Central Eastern Europe, China, UK and North America. Andy will take responsibility for stock purchasing and management, sales operations and support services, IT, warehousing and distribution with existing members of the senior management reporting directly to him. Comments on the New Appointment Commenting on the appointment Andrew Percival, Managing Director, stated “This is great news for the business, our customers and suppliers, we continue to grow at a very fast pace and see this continuing for years to come with new technologies, customers and geographies all key drivers. The diversity and speed of our development demands focus on our efficiencies and improvements across our operation’s from customer service to stock management through to use of capital and resource. We are delighted to have been able to secure the services of someone of the calibre of Andy and are counting the days to him joining the board.” Andy Cooper is looking forward to the challenges ahead and comments “I am truly excited to be joining the Mayflex team at a time of step change development across our customer value propositions both in terms of our value added services and breadth of product offering. I believe my experience will enhance an already dedicated and focussed management team resulting in the successful execution of significant scaling within our business operations and continued recognition as a market leader within our service segments.” Andrew Percival concluded “At the heart of every strong distributor is first class supply chain service and support, we intend to lead the market in this area with investment in quality team members, systems and facilities. Andy’s experience in strategic planning, operational improvement and cost management will be key ingredients to us achieving this objective” Group Revenue Exceeds £100m The announcement of the expansion of the Mayflex board coincides with group sales passing the £100m milestone for the first time, Andrew Percival confirmed “With over 3 weeks of our trading year to go we passed the magic £100m revenue mark, a great achievement for the business reflecting another year of high teens growth. I would like to thank our customer and vendor partner’s for their on-going support, and of course the fantastic team we have at Mayflex for the hard work, loyalty and commitment they give day in day out. We continue to look forwards and set ourselves further growth and improvement challenges.”