Adventures in ‘Damage Land’ – how Amazon is automating damage detection of parcels
Detecting parcel damage is tricky at Amazon’s scale, but the online retailer now has researchers training robots to help with the task.
Thoughts on micro-fulfilment
Pieter Feenstra on Micro Fulfilment Centre options for eGrocery fulfillment.
What does the warehouse of the future look like?
To deal with the profound crises shaking the warehouse and logistics industry, stakeholders must come together to build the warehouse of the future, to make industry more agile and resilient, says Phil Shepley.
Boost employee benefits to tackle recruitment and cost of living
Amid the ongoing competition for talent, and warnings inflation could reach – even pass – 11% by the end of the year, the CEO of HIVE360 is encouraging businesses to take advantage of the quick, easy ways they can go the extra mile to deliver timely employee support.
Warehouse crisis as National Grid ‘severely depleted’
Will UK power availability silence the warehousing boom? Rees Westley provides an analysis.
Leading the lithium revolution
Want a lithium-powered model that handles like a yard truck? Want a retrofit lithium battery for any forklift you have? Lithium Battery Solutions brings to market a range of products that will enable you to do just that, Stephen Burton tells HSS editor Simon Duddy.
Quick and easy options
Demand for warehouse space is outstripping supply and with no relief on the horizon, temporary buildings have been elevated to the status of essential strategic option for any warehouse operation that needs to pivot quickly.
Data-driven efficiency for eComm
A strategic focus on pick and pack processes is crucial to meet order fulfilment and customer demand.
Rocketing robotic growth for HAI
Introducing HAI Robotics, the pioneer in autonomous case-handling robot (ACR) systems, which has seen stratospheric success in just a few years.
Order intake unprecedented for Baumann
Value and innovation are driving record growth at Baumann, the world’s leading sideloader manufacturer.
Modern campus to support growth
As part of our ongoing growth strategy, Kite Packaging opened the Kite Campus in Puma Park, Coventry, with the aim of serving clients and employees better. The much-anticipated opening took place on 29th August 2022.
Tricky lift completed
THE SPECIALIST services available from Hoist & Winch have come to the rescue of a cement industry customer that was looking to replace a large rotor used in its production process.
More than picking
Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) can accomplish far more in the warehouse than you think, as our recent webinar from leaders in the field Geek+ Robotics illustrates.
Is automated item picking right for me?
Item or piece picking operations have experienced the most disruption in recent years as these warehouses are dealing with growing SKU counts, fluctuating demand and reduced order cycle times, says Swisslog.
Make the most of your assets
At a time when companies are focused on keeping business costs to a minimum, a strict materials handling equipment maintenance and servicing regime is more important than ever, says Andy Pritchard.
IT firm triples output with forklift revamp
IT distributor Westcoast could not have achieved the stratospheric growth it did over the pandemic without the help of material handling partner Crown Lift Trucks.
Emphasis on proven solutions
Moving into the second half of 2022, Honeywell is seeing heightened interest in long-proven warehouse automation systems. Keith Fisher explains.
Don’t neglect the hand pallet truck
Regular hand pallet truck maintenance not only helps to extend the performance and life of your trucks, but also protects the wellbeing of your team and, ultimately, the HSE regulations of your company says Tony Sharpe, Head of Service Development and Hand Pallet Truck After Sales at Toyota Material Handling.
Health is wealth in logistics
Mental health and emotional wellbeing has become a regular fixture on the corporate agenda and post covid, the issue is even more pointed, says logistics services provider PML.
Managing complex production
SPECIALIST CHEMICAL supplier Cod Beck Blenders is using the Principal Logistics Technologies Empirica WMS to oversee key stock control processes at its facility in North Yorkshire.
