Blackwoods Food & Beverage

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YOUR NEEDS OUR SOLUTIONS HOW BLACKWOODS SUPPORTS FOOD & BEVERAGE MANUFACTURING



THE CHALLENGES YOU FACE You need trusted suppliers who understand the challenges you face. You need partners who can work with you to help your business operate more efficiently, reduce costs, and simplify your procurement workload without removing focus from critical areas like preventing food contamination, employee safety and productivity. Blackwoods provides an ideal range of industrial and safety products from world-class manufacturers, as well as specialist solutions tailored to your unique business applications.


WHY CHOOSE BLACKWOODS From specialist products and unique solutions, to streamlining operations through smart technology, partnering with an industry leader is integral to business success in an evolving market.

1 Blackwoods is the largest MRO supplier with over 140 years’ experience delivering end-to-end specialist industrial and safety solutions, leveraging global sourcing capabilities and a national footprint.

3 We work with you to deliver a standardised approach to doing business, providing in-depth product fit-for-purpose assessments, in-field technical support, product profile reviews and stocking aligned to your commercial and safety requirements.

5 Our technical specialists and account management team have experience managing a diverse range of projects - We offer customised solutions and ensure you have the right products for the right applications.

2 Blackwoods reduces your overall total cost of ownership by leveraging scale, supplier consolidation, product rationalisation and increased automation through advanced electronic processing and integration.

4 We offer a complete procure-to-pay e-Business solution via our web ordering platform, which includes customised catalogues providing real-time information such as pricing and stock availability.

6 Blackwoods utilises cutting-edge technology and qualified specialists to help you better manage your inventory, reduce cost, free-up capital and improve productivity.

As a processor of grain, food security and working with suppliers who understand our business is what we look for. Blackwoods has been an excellent supply partner working closely with us to deliver initiatives including development of a purchasing platform and standardising our PPE offer across all our sites, both of which have contributed to our commercial and safety result. [Australian Food Exporter]


Our focus is on delivering value to our customers in the food and beverage sector and building a true partnership by understanding and meeting your needs.


SAFETY SPECIALISTS FOR ALL YOUR TECHNICAL NEEDS Backed by a national support network and supply chain capabilities, combined with our team of technical specialists and dedicated account managers, we are well positioned to meet your demands.

SAFETY & WORKWEAR

APPAREL & FOOTWEAR

Blackwoods have you covered from top to toe.

Our global network of world-class manufacturers allows us to supply a range of safety products suited to diverse applications. With more than 3,500,000 garments sold per year and over 800,000 embellished units annually, Blackwoods is well positioned to meet your needs.

We know the industry and environment in which you operate – no matter what the application, we have it covered when it comes to safety. Blackwoods’ safety specialists are available to provide you the best advice to select the correct PPE and workwear for your business, helping you keep your people safe every step of the way.

We provide specialised, compliant products ideal for food & beverage manufacturing, with a focus on safe food handling and contamination prevention across varied environments. HACCP FOOD SAFETY CERTIFIED product range available that meets strict food handling and preparation specifications. FOOD GRADE lubricants fit for the maintenance of food & beverage manufacturing equipment.

INVENTORY SOLUTIONS

DISPOSABLE CLOTHING suitable for all environments to prevent food contamination including caps, face masks, aprons, coveralls and gloves.

Blackwoods utilise cutting-edge technology and the support of qualified professionals to help you better manage inventory, reduce cost, free-up capital and improve productivity.

COLOUR CODED janitorial products to support your cleaning requirements, from the manufacturing floor to cold/wet environments.


GAS, WELDING & ABRASIVES

FASTENERS

Backed by a technical support team with extensive experience, Blackwoods offers a truly comprehensive range of leading brands in welding, abrasives and safety equipment, as well as associated consumables including Industrial Gas. We also offer an industry-leading gas detection service incorporating maintenance and warranty repairs, as well as routine and emergency calibration.

We offer an extensive range of fasteners supported by product specialists, a dedicated fastener warehouse and QBC Engineering studbolt facility – supplying 100,000,000+ fasteners annually designed for the most demanding industries.

LIFTING & RIGGING

SIGNAGE

Blackwoods’ specialist lifting and rigging business – Bullivants, offers a complete solution with expertise to identify and assess your high risk activities across lifting, rigging, restraint, recovery and height safety.

Blackwoods offers a complete signage and graphics solution. Backed by our team of specialists, a state-of-the-art facility and cutting-edge technology, we manufacture more than 1,000,000 products annually.


OUR FOCUS ON INDIGENOUS ENGAGEMENT Blackwoods is committed to supporting Supplier Diversity and creating an inclusive work environment, with particular attention to the inclusion, recruitment, development and mentoring of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within our teams. In order for our own business to reflect the communities in which we operate, we actively work towards goals set by the Federal Government Employment Parity Initiative (EPI), which encourages organisations to create workforces representative of the total Australian populace, where 3% of the population identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Our Indigenous Employment Strategy is an important platform on which to continue to build a diverse workplace that better represents Australia as a whole.

PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRAMS

▪▪ The Clontarf Foundation: providing Indigenous high school students with the opportunity to succeed through School Based Traineeships, graduate and alumni employment opportunities at many of our branches. ▪▪ Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME): bringing Indigenous school students together with university students and Blackwoods team members as mentors, education heroes and role models.

As a truly Australian company, Blackwoods is focused on making a positive impact and contribution to the communities in which we operate. We foster and build strong relationships with a number of different Indigenous organisations and foundations, such as:

▪▪ The Fred Hollows Foundation: committed to ending avoidable blindness and improving eye care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Look for our ‘Prosafe’ range of eye related products, where 10% of sales are donated directly to the Foundation by Blackwoods.

▪▪ CareerTrackers: Blackwoods provides internships for Indigenous university student helping to obtain valuable experience and knowledge across various areas of the business.

With their help, we aim to support and provide disadvantaged Indigenous young adults to receive employment, medical treatment and education opportunities.


WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU? Being a founding and active Member of Supply Nation, and participating on the Supply Nation Leadership Round Table, Blackwoods works with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders to deliver opportunity, value and success. With our supplier network we can provide a range of high quality and affordable Indigenous products that can help you meet your Supplier Diversity procurement goals: ▪▪ Boolamarr Industrial Cleaners – A range of Industrial Cleaning products that are inspired by traditional Aboriginal use of native plants for modern applications. Includes Industrial Hand Cleaner with Dual Grit, Industrial Degreaser and Industrial Truck Wash. ▪▪ Yaru Water – Premium Australian spring water bottled at its pristine source in Bundjalung Nation, Northern NSW. Includes both still and sparkling varieties.

▪▪ Aboriginal Steel Art – A beautiful range of corporate gifts, awards, trophies and fine art. Owned and operated by Indigenous man Wayne McGinness and his wife Lucy. All pieces are hand crafted in Kuranda, Queensland. By purchasing these products you can help drive Indigenous business success and growth, and at the same time meet your own initiatives for cultural engagement and Supplier Diversity. Blackwoods also stocks CorporateConnectAB paper plates and cups with a variety of Indigenous designs. A percentage of purchases goes directly from CC.AB. to Indigenous communities. Similarly KingGee donates a percentage of Blackwoods sales of the Sally Morgan designed Blaze range of safety footwear to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

To learn more about how Blackwoods can assist, and collaborate on your Supplier Diversity goals and engagement in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander programs, contact your Account Manager or visit blackwoods.com.au


STREAMLINING YOUR PROCUREMENT & DRIVING PRODUCTIVITY We understand the safe, clean and efficient production of food and beverage products is a top priority for manufacturers. Let us help you overcome your food contamination challenges by selecting from our ideal range of food grade lubricants and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). We ensure specific products meet HACCP requirements where required, giving you the confidence to clean and sanitise food and beverage manufacturing equipment to industry standards. MEETING YOUR EMPLOYEE SAFETY CHALLENGES

DELIVERING QUALITY AND VALUE

Protecting people on the production line during food and

To bring you the best quality and value we have a comprehensive range of Blackwoods exclusive own brands to complement other leading brands.

beverage manufacture can be very difficult. Our range of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and customisable clothing, including shirts with studs instead of buttons, will ensure you always have the right protection for the job. Blackwoods workplace safety solutions will provide you with everything you need for a safe working environment.

Prosafe offer a wide range of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and site safety products to keep your team and work site safe.

MEETING YOUR PRODUCTIVITY CHALLENGES Machinery downtime impacts both revenue and productivity. Our range of tools, adhesives, lubricants, fasteners and gas, welding and cleaning solutions is second to none and instrumental in keeping your

We know that you demand quality tools at the right price. With a proven reputation for being safe, reliable and built to last, JBS delivers quality with every product.

business performing at peak productivity. Backed by advanced onsite solutions and qualified professionals, we will take the headache out of managing your inventory requirements. From vending machines and mobile warehousing to stores management and inventory

The Workhorse brand reflects years of customer insights with experience in sourcing products for the most demanding of industries.

control, Blackwoods Inventory Solutions has an offering that can be tailored to suit your food and beverage needs.

SIMPLIFYING YOUR PROCUREMENT WORKLOAD

Australia’s largest workwear provider incorporating market leading brands such as King Gee and Hard Yakka.

Ensuring a food and beverage facility is operating efficiently usually means dealing with multiple suppliers. This diverts time and money and puts pressure on procurement and invoice management. Blackwoods can manage multiple suppliers on your behalf, consolidate suppliers, identify

A complete solution to support your high risk activities around lifting, rigging, restraint, recovery and height safety.

inventory reduction opportunities and coordinate all reporting and KPI management. This results in reducing your costs, increasing your productivity and optimises your working capital.

One of the world’s leading manufacturers of specialist anchoring and fixing systems, renowned for innovation in fastening technology.


ENGAGING YOUR BUSINESS THROUGH SUSTAINABILITY & DIVERSITY INITIATIVES Behaving responsibly and acting with integrity is fundamental to how we operate as an organisation. Our customers are increasingly demanding transparency in areas of corporate social responsibility and, as part of the Wesfarmers group, Blackwoods promotes and supports a rigorous sustainability agenda including a regular review of the sustainability issues which are material to our business. Here is a brief summary of our key focus areas.

HEALTH AND SAFETY Health and safety is an integral part of our culture at Blackwoods. We rigorously monitor our Health and Safety scorecard, report performance every month to the Blackwoods Executive team, and have a dedicated focus on high risk areas in Blackwoods Distribution Centres. In addition to a continuing focus on high risk areas, we are working to improve the physical and emotional well-being of our employees as part of making Blackwoods a great place to work.

PRODUCT SAFETY AND QUALITY Blackwoods is committed to maintaining its place as Australia’s first choice for industrial and safety products and services by continually maintaining and improving the quality of its processes and products. We maintain an effective quality management system, accredited to ISO 9001 and work closely with suppliers across operational areas such as regulatory compliance, sustainability, quality systems and inspections, transport chain of responsibility compliance and workplace health, safety and wellbeing. Putting customers and safety first, we ensure that our products and services meet the relevant legislative and industry based requirements and comply with recognised local and international standards in line with expectations.

ETHICAL SOURCING Blackwoods is a recognised leader in managing design, development and supply chains globally, as such we are committed to working with our supply partners to continuously improve ethical business practices by engaging with the partners to deliver sustainable solutions. Through our business strategy and in line with our Ethical Souring Program, we aim to not only better mitigate reputation risk to our business and our customer, but through stronger relationships with our preferred suppliers, we proactively promote responsible behaviours in our supply chain to protect the brands, the well-being of workers and the communities of the factories we work with.

GENDER DIVERSITY Blackwoods is committed to having a fair representation of women throughout our business. To promote our gender diversity agenda, Blackwoods is involved in workshops and events to debate and discuss the challenges facing our team members. In 2016, Blackwoods launched a new workplace flexibility policy and a new parental leave policy providing additional leave for new parents returning to work along with a range of other initiatives designed to promote strong career paths for women in our business.

CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE Blackwoods proactively manages the risks associated with climate change by monitoring and managing our greenhouse gas emissions and reducing them where possible. We also work to understand the specific risks created by climate change for our businesses and address those risks. Where possible, our distribution centres and other facilities feature solar panels and LED lighting to save costs and reduce our carbon footprint.


ABOUT BLACKWOODS Blackwoods is the largest operating unit of Wesfarmers Industrial and Safety, a division of the Wesfarmers group which is an ASX listed company and one of the largest employers in Australia. Blackwoods is proud to provide products and services that are essential to the economic growth and prosperity of our country. With origins extending back to 1878, Blackwoods is wholly Australian owned and operated, and specialises in the supply of industrial and safety equipment to Australian businesses of all sizes in a wide range of industries.

Blackwoods, along with Wesfarmers, are founding members of Supply Nation since its inception in 2009. We engage with a number of Aboriginal businesses as contractors to Blackwoods.

LIFTING & RIGGING

HYGIENE, JANITORIAL & CLEANING

OFFICE, STATIONERY & KITCHEN

MANUAL HANDLING & STORAGE

VALVES & FLOW CONTROL

TOOLS – HAND, MEASURING & PRECISION

FASTENERS & FIXINGS

PIPE & TUBE FITTINGS

TOOLS – CUTTING, THREADING & CARBIDE

WELDING & GAS

HOSE & HOSE FITTINGS

TOOLS – POWER, PNEUMATIC & PETROL

ABRASIVES

GASKET MATERIAL, PACKING & SEALS

TOOLS – MACHINERY & WORKSHOP

TAPES & PACKAGING

PUMPS

HARDWARE

SAFETY – PERSONAL PROTECTIVE

LUBRICANTS & LUBRICATION EQUIPMENT

BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

POWER TRANSMISSION

LADDERS & PLATFORMS

BEARINGS

PAINTS, MARKING & SPRAY EQUIPMENT

ELECTRICAL

ADHESIVES, SEALANTS & FILLERS

AUTOMOTIVE

STEEL & METALS

EQUIPMENT SAFETY – SITE & ENVIRONMENTAL CLOTHING FOOTWEAR

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