Earlier this year, the DMC Canotec Group of companies united to become Agilico. Serving more than 11,000 customers nationwide, Agilico utilises state of the art workplace technologies to deliver operational efficiencies across four key areas of work: managed print services, information management, agile working technology, telecom systems and IT services.

The Agilico HQ in Southampton is supported by a network of regional offices across the UK and employs a workforce of more than 300 people.

“For us, providing high quality, practical and comfortable branded apparel to our people helps unit the team, instilling a sense of belonging and a commitment to shared goals and objectives”, explains Russell Cole, Operations Director, Agilico. “It also helps to visually reiterate the vital role our workforce plays in supporting customers by making our teams instantly recognisable as Agilico representatives when they arrive on site.

“When choosing a partner to provide our uniforms we had four core requirements; the provision of high quality, durable garments our people are proud to wear; quick and simple online ordering, rapid and reliable turnaround from order to delivery and a competitive price. I am pleased to say that TMD delivers on all of these.”

TMD has provided Agilico with a secure online e-store account that enables instant, real time visibility of approved uniform items per job role. This enables orders to be raised both by individual employees and the central HR team.

Russell Cole, adds: “When we formed Agilico we needed to provide the whole workforce with new, branded apparel. To enable this process to be conducted quickly and efficiently, TMD created an online portal so individual employees could view their uniform allocation in terms of garments and available sizes. Employees selected requested items. This information was then fed into a central database so that a single order could be placed. Items were then delivered direct to the homes of employees/to regional offices where they could be collected by the relevant individual employees. The whole process worked incredibly well and enabled us to kit out our whole staff team in a matter of weeks.

“On a day to day basis, employees who need to replace individual uniform items place an online request to central HR and that item is ordered. There is no minimum order which means every request is actioned immediately to ensure a swift resolution. Custom-branded items, such as polo shirts and soft shell jackets, are turned around in about a week and non-branded items such as trousers usually arrive within a day or two.

“TMD has been our uniform partner for over 10 years and has always delivered an excellent service. Our account manager, Lindsay, has a ‘can do’ attitude. She is super-efficient and keen to help. Over the last ten years our team has grown significantly and TMD has continued to deliver a service which meets our needs. I would recommend TMD to anyone.”