Compliant lift truck training
RTITB managing director Laura Nelson asks what does compliant lift truck training look like in a digital world?
Evolving training for lifting experts
Andrew Wright, Deputy CEO of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), explains how training is evolving to ensure quality and expertise is sustained, reinforcing the confidence logistics operations place in lifting equipment and service suppliers.
Automation on any scale
With flexible and cost-effective solutions increasingly available, companies of all sizes can benefit from logistics automation, helping to combat the challenge of labour scarcity. Dave Berridge, Secretary of the Automated Material Handling Systems Association (AMHSA), takes a look at automation for SMEs.
Outsourcing certainty
Emma Verkaik, membership & marketing director of the BCMPA – the Association for Contract Manufacturing, Packing, Fulfilment & Logistics, reflects on recent supply chain challenges, and celebrates the unbreakable spirit and agility of members in dealing with challenge after challenge.
Investment pays off
This year the logistics industry has continued to face a perfect storm – demand for online shopping has remained high driving requirements for additional storage but at the same time a lack of suitable warehousing space means moving wasn’t always possible. On top of this rising costs have hit businesses hard.
Black Friday 2022: What’s the score?
If on the 25th of November this year you hear people cheer, did they succeed in grabbing the latest Black Friday deal, or did England score against Germany? I know my preference… says IMRG’s Andy Mulcahy.
Creating the right blend
HSS Editor Simon Duddy catches up with LAC Logistics Automation to hear how the successful modern warehouse requires a broad mix of competences, from ‘old-school’ manufacturing to cutting-edge software development.
Quicker packaging and despatch
Technological advances, one-click orders and same day delivery have made consumers more demanding than ever, with what they want, when they want it, all at the convenience of their fingertips, says Jake Kirk,
Taking a fresh look at item picking for eComm
Uncertain demand, increasing fulfilment costs and more complex logistics processes to support multiple channels to market, including the growth of eComm, are some of the challenges faced by retailers today, says Nigel Lahiri.
A look at the increasingly complex business of grocery fulfillment
A conversation between two senior executives with very different approaches to automated grocery fulfilment in urban areas.
Carbon neutral automation for retailer
Swisslog has implemented a sophisticated project for a retailer based in Tunbridge Wells, with the entire automated logistics solution functioning on solar powered energy.
Powerful mixed fleet management
A UK equipment rental company has boosted operational efficiency with a fleet management solution from GemOne.
Asda sorts parcel label reading challenge
The digitalised solution enables operators to track a wealth of data down to the level of individual parcels at Asda’s robotic sorting facility in Yorkshire.
Coping with the returns culture
Retailers need to maintain efficient returns systems in their warehouses to retain customers, maximise margins and remain competitive, says Edward Hutchison.
Element Logic sets long term goal of fully automated warehouse
THE SYSTEM integrator has developed a cloud-based data platform that collects, analyses, shares, and utilises data streams from multiple data sources in real-time.
Horses for courses
Building materials firm uses a variety of forklifts to meet differing needs on site, with safety a key priority.
Industrial product supply elevated to new level
ERIKS, THE industrial products supplier, has completed a £21m infrastructure investment, headlined by a state-of-the-art fulfilment centre to boost product range along with speed and accuracy of supply.
World class automation project for pet food firm
Daifuku helps GA Pet Food Partners create a ‘world-class’ manufacturing facility with collaborative automation.
Flexibility among the priorities
HSS editor Simon Duddy speaks to three key figures in the AMR industry to assess what you can do to boost warehouse picking operations and what to look out for in the future.
Could warehousing go off-grid?
Commentators have highlighted weaknesses in UK electricity infrastructure, compounded by the war in Ukraine, that could hamper the development of the modern warehouse.
