Food Storage & Distribution Federation Chief Executive, Chris Sturman, along with representatives from a number of FSDF member companies, met with the Department for Transport to discuss the concerns of the temperature-controlled food logistics industry following the triggering of Article 50.
Most big trucks ordered are customised in some way, says Rainer Marian, big trucks sales director for Hyster. Here he outlines some of the options.
Warrington is one of four new fulfilment centres that Amazon will open in 2017.
Boots UK develops innovative in house solution to protect colleagues from pallet racking push through.
The theme for the Warehouse Technology Group event is how investment in business-improving warehouse technology and equipment can help you meet the challenges presented by the current business climate and the growth of e-tailing.
Creating customised mixed pallets for individual stores from single-SKU pallets is one of the most important areas of successful retail warehouse operations, and has long been a monotonous manual task for retailers. Intralogistics specialist Swisslog has addressed this challenge by unveiling a robot-based solution designed to fully automate and potentially triple the speed of the palletising process.
Today, 33 of the most inspirational role models in the UK’s transport and logistics industry have been announced as finalists in the 2017 FTA everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards.
As Brexit begins to bite with lost profit at Premier Foods, organisations should take action in their supply chain to mitigate damage, says Crimson & Co.
A web-based matching service for on-demand warehousing leads the way in showing how the sharing economy can be useful for growing retailers needing storage. Martin Elgood, MD of Zupplychain, explains what makes it tick.
In a move designed to increase loading efficiency and operator safety, Costco, a cash and carry membership warehouse club, has commissioned the installation of a Thorworld Industries’ 12,000Kg Deluxe Type 6 Loading Ramp to improve processes at the company’s UK distribution depot in Crick, Northamptonshire.
When purchasing goods that contribute to the running of a business, it goes without saying that cost is a fundamental factor. We all want a fair price. Yet, time and again we see situations where customers have purchased pallets that are not wholly suitable for their application, explains Jim Hardisty, MD at Goplasticpallets.com.
Productivity is key to a profitable materials handling operation but Cooper Specialised Handling says the best results are achieved not only by deploying the right equipment for the application, but also by specifying attachments designed to speed up the process.
The new facility makes demonstration of larger products more accessible to UK distributors.
Logistex has designed and installed a sortation solution for Clipper’s latest facility located at the M1 Junction 15 near Northampton.
Transdek UK has supplied a customised package of double deck trailers and loading systems for Nisa Retail that will save over £400,000 a year and slash CO2 emissions by more than 730,000 kg per annum, on a contract that is operated by DHL Supply Chain.
Stuart Taylor of Mentor FLT Training explains how a complacent attitude to safety is more dangerous than ever – for you and for your business – and advises the best way to keep ‘complacency creep’ in check.
Yale forklifts work alongside automated system for Italian wholesaler.
Raw materials for wooden packaging and pallets have continued to rise in the first four months of the year, according to the latest Markit and CIPS report.
Avery Weigh-Tronix has unveiled the Uptime Select range of service cover packages for weighing equipment, offering 99% operational uptime and all-inclusive service cover.
The new TCM 3 and 4 wheel counter-balanced forklifts have been designed based on customer feedback on the three areas of safety, operator comfort and fuel efficiency.
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