Shuttle for high density
Link 51’s latest whitepaper explores the online retail evolution and highlights Link 51’s shuttle storage system for high density racking.
Bogus employees or bogus thinking from MPs?
As the shock waves from City Link’s collapse reverberate on, logistics professional Carey Jebb questions muddled thinking from MPs.
Think smart data, not big data
Data is important in understanding Omni-channel customer behaviour, says Biznography’s Cara Berry, but the customer data isn’t always right.
Supply chain leaders tackle retail dilemmas
The LCP Consulting 2015 Leadership Seminar brought together top retailers John Lewis, Argos and Fat Face to offer insight on Solving the Omni-channel Dilemma.
Safety in the company DNA
Safety is vital to any business and its operation. It needs to be built into the DNA of the organisation and all aspects of its people, products and processes, says Toyota Material Handling UK.
Improved lighting boosts picking
Yours Clothing is undergoing such expansion program it has repeatedly moved premises.
FedEx bid for TNT will ‘create a more competitive market’
FedEx’s £3.2bn bid for Dutch parcel delivery firm TNT Express has sparked a boost in courier company shares.
Automation sorted, next up Global Fulfillment
ASOS has ‘bedded in’ the automated equipment installed at its huge Barnsley DC and is creating greater efficiencies that may help drive profitability in a market that is high growth but margin eroding, says HSS editor Simon Duddy. But further ambitious logistics investment could counter this.
Health & safety obligations made easier
Health and safety is core to 3M operations and the company wanted to continue to reward operators who maintained a high level of driver and pedestrian safety.
Insight provided
Briggs Equipment UK has developed an interactive, web-based reporting system that gives customers 24/7 access to fleet management data.
Fight to compete with the big boys
With the Internet offering a huge opportunity for retailers, how do smaller companies compete with the ‘big boys’ when the economies of scale lie elsewhere, asks Geoff Taylor, group sales director at iForce?
Bendi wages war on wasted space
With manufacturing now returning as the lion of the British economy, companies are facing a double challenge explains leading articulated forklift manufacturer Bendi.
Prepared for an explosion in internet orders?
The number of orders taken over the internet is predicted to grow rapidly in the next three years. Stuart Stables, managing director of Dematic Northern Europe explains how a new concept based on ground-breaking software holds the key to fulfilling this massive uptick in orders.
Still revamps high lift pallet trucks
The German manufacturer has modernised and expanded its range of high-lift trucks with and without an operator’s stand-on platform.
Logistics expertise desirable in world of change
There are few bigger areas of change than the retail sector. Change, however, equals opportunity for the logistics sector, says UKWA CEO Peter Ward.
Keeping port cranes running smoothly
MapleSim helps reduce development time for ABB Crane Systems and saves money for its customers.
Integrated transport investment
Continental brought in Egemin to automate the transport between the automated warehouse and the production zone.
Food firm Brakes awards nationwide deal to Windsor
Windsor Materials Handling has been awarded a nationwide contract for the maintenance of materials handling and access equipment for food services business, Brakes Group.
Sovex targets multi-billion dollar US e-commerce market
UK manufacturer Sovex is launching a new operation in the United States to target its booming multi-billion dollar e-commerce and parcel handling markets.
Swisslog buys automation provider FORTE Industries
Swisslog has acquired US warehouse automation system integrator FORTE Industries for an undisclosed sum. Deal includes Forte’s warehouse execution software (WES).
