Introducing The Archies 2022
UKMHA transforms Awards for Excellence and marks a new era for material handling industry.
Make the shift
Toyota’s new electric counterbalance range comes with a choice of lithium-ion, lead-acid or hydrogen power options.
Position your ops for the future
The Tomorrow’s Warehouse Event offered insights, predictions and advice on how to position your business to best benefit from future trends. HSS editor Simon Duddy reports.
Be brave and curious
We have some great advice on warehouse automation from tech-led logistics firm GXO. Its UK & Ireland managing director Gavin Williams outlines some key options to consider and updates on GXO’s advances in automation.
Wooden pallets at the heart of sustainable business
To mark EPAL’s 30th anniversary year, Felicity Smith tells us how the pallet – a 60-year-old invention – will form the backbone of the green recovery.
Taking responsibility
The lowdown on long-lasting, reusable plastic pallets and boxes from Jim Hardisty.
Dynamic buffers offer sorting flexibility
React to low predictability, growing order volume and shrinking order size in the warehouse with Knapp’s EcoPocket system.
Plastic pallets help retailers keep up with the boom in online sales
OVER THE last decade, e-commerce has grown rapidly. In 2020, e-commerce sales totalled £111 billion in the UK, and accounted for 27.6% of total retail sales, up from £75 billion (19.2% of retail sales) in 2019.
Construction firm replaces diesel fleet
Five new Combi-XLE models have been installed by a ground engineering specialist as part of its sustainability strategy.
UK firm launches innovative sorter
Automation specialist Axiom GB, the only UK company to manufacture sliding shoe sortation systems, has launched the powerful MSS sliding shoe sorter.
Heave ho: tackling floor repairs
Floor slab repair that is designed to stand up to the heavy traffic movements achieved for supply chain company.
Don’t get left behind
With the DC to D2C logistics evolution in full swing legacy IT systems are straining under new demands, with more flexible solutions now needed, says Smitha Raphael.
Effective maintenance maximises uptime
When lockdown triggered a huge surge in ecommerce orders, Pets at Home outsourced its automated warehouse system maintenance and support to Invar Integration.
Automated MFC with 24/7 click and collect
E-COMMERCE ORDER fulfillment specialists, SKUtopia, are working with Swisslog to introduce an automated Micro-Fulfillment Centre (MFC) in Sydney, Australia.
Forklift power: the drive to electric explained
Toyota’s counterbalance specialist, Paul Bowers, considers some of the factors driving the rise of the electric-powered forklift market.
Cleaning robots hit milestone
BRAIN CORP, which makes autonomous mobile robots for cleaning, including for warehousing, covered 500 million sq ft covered with its bots in Europe during 2021.
Help de-carbonising operations
Mitsubishi EDiA trucks help leading pipe manufacturer reduce costs and emissions as part of extensive carbon-cutting programme.
Get proactive with servicing
2021 saw the logistics industry continuing to experience unprecedented demand. Hörmann UK industrial service manager Phil Clark explains this makes the servicing and maintenance of loading bay equipment and industrial doors a top priority.
Critical factor for business success
In the current era of e-commerce and globalisation, “logistics” has become a critical factor for business success.
Very Group: Warehouse automation helped us manage the pandemic
The Very Group chief operating officer Phil Hackney says a new highly automated facility that opened just as the pandemic hit helped the online retailer meet rapidly rising orders.
