Every Christmas, businesses take on large numbers of seasonal workers in anticipation of the extra orders that come in over the festive season. Many of the workers need to be trained up fast, and in the warehousing and logistics sectors, prevention of accident and injury is key to maintaining productivity and keeping the workforce healthy, says Graham Sharp.
By Paul Empson, general manager, Bakers Basco.
The UK’s ability to feed itself is back on the agenda, as British farmers protest that the new tax regime will undermine an already fragile rural economy. Could automation help to create a more viable food strategy, asks Russell Hutchinson of Daifuku.
Innovation and advancing technologies are key to unlocking immense benefits in the intralogistics and material handling sphere – most critically, when it comes to optimising safety. Linde Material Handling’s latest forklift safety product is the Reverse Assist Radar.
The long-term future of the UK material handling sector is being threatened by the twin challenges of an aging workforce and a lack of young talent being attracted to pursue careers in the industry.
Logistics is the backbone of many industries and historically has been an early adopter of advanced technologies to improve efficiency.
Polypipe Civils & Green Urbanisation has a long-standing partnership with Windsor Materials Handling.
Theresa Macdonald, Business Development Manager at Element Logic shares key trends that will shape warehouse automation in 2025.
Bringing together information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) across many and varied systems in logistics requires a new approach to automation, one that will build the digital foundation for the entire sector. By Dave Sutton – Product Marketing Manager for Industrial Automation; Schneider Electric.
Major changes in the global political and economic landscape have put the spotlight on sustainability at an international level. With leaders at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) discussing sustainable development, the focus remains on organisations to consider how they can reduce their carbon footprint.
Q&A with James Sharples, VP Global Business Acceleration at Swisslog.
Q&A with Stephen Burton, Managing Director, Windsor Materials Handling.
With the new Scurri AI Concierge solution, 82% of WISMO queries on retailer social channels can be resolved automatically via AI – reducing operational costs and improving customer experiences.
Q&A with AR Racking Storage Solutions.
Q&A with Baumann Sideloaders Managing Director Riccardo Bove.
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