Your rental responsibilities
Cut through the confusion about your legal liabilities when you hire a fork lift truck with this handy guide to Thorough Examinations from CFTS.
Help track returns
You can use WMS to track returns and attach important attributes to each item, says Esther Dutton from MACS Software.
International prospects
A start-up online retailer has used FedEx to give it international reach as sales boom.
Real-time fleet info 24/7
Doosan’s wholly owned subsidiary Rushlift, is launching a new Fleet Management System (FMS).
Tackling out-of-stocks
Tesco is using an RFID solution from SML to reduce out-of-stocks and deliver new levels of customer service on its apparel brand F&F. HSS editor Simon Duddy caught up with the SML team to discuss the deployment of the technology and what it means for greater use of RFID in the retail supply chain.
Auction option
Utilise technology to tackle the logistical nightmare of liquidated stock, says Howard Rosenberg, CEO of B-Stock Solutions
Pallet Safe provides solid frame
A27 Engineering from County Armagh has designed an innovative and easy way to stack pallets in transport containers, and in final destination locations such as warehouses and stores which is said to save time and money.
30% battery performance boost
Lighter, shorter, and more energy efficient electric sideloader launched by Cavaion Baumann.
An emerging CSR issue
Vicky Brock, CEO of Clear Returns feels returns should be firmly on the CSR agenda.
Eyes on the prize
Retailers are facing unprecedented disruption to their business model as the habits of online shoppers turn paradigms on their heads. HSS editor Simon Duddy asks if technology that enhances supply chain visibility can help companies come out on top in this challenging time?
Electric takeover?
Diesel or LPG combustion engine forklift trucks used to be considered the only option to operate outdoors, but according to Karen Calver of Hyster, while IC trucks still have their benefits in many work environments, electric forklifts are increasingly being used outside.
Hydrogen offers 5 minute recharge
A new collaborative research project, H2IntraDrive, has proved that using industrial trucks with hydrogen drive is the most sustainable and cost-effective way of powering materials handling equipment in the automotive industry.
Shipping 100,000 items per day
Innovative three-storey carton warehouse streamlines picking operation for rapidly expanding fashion retailer.
Sorting the fashion industry
Sorters from Beumer have allowed a wide variety of fashion retailers to push the envelope in terms of deliveries.
Porsche invests in vertical storage system
The relocation of Swindon’s Porsche Centre to a new site at Blagrove provided a perfect opportunity for the Parts Department to explore new options for storing components and other materials in a confined area within the building.
Broad portfolio hits new heights
For over 50 years, Translift Bendi has been waging a war on wasted storage space with the continual development and introduction of innovative products and solutions.
Lifting standards
ALEM sheds light on upcoming loading bay standards that could have a significant impact on how suppliers install, and end users deploy, loading bay equipment.
Store Friendly Sequencing for high street performance
“Retailers are facing a tidal wave of costs associated with running high street stores. However, the challenge is, bricks & mortar are a vital part of the Omni-channel mix. Could the distribution centre become the engine of productivity for retailers looking for high street performance?” says Matt Hatson, Business Solutions Sales Director at Dematic.
Grocery handling with CycloneCarrier
German organic foods supermarket chain Alnatura is to implement Swisslog’s new CycloneCarrier warehouse shuttle system in its flagship DC.
