RS Components to automate key storage facility
Dematic will install a 10-aisle Dematic Multishuttle system with 300,000 container storage positions for the electronics distributor.
Snapfulfil launches remote implementation of WMS
The method means that WMS can be onboarded from anywhere in the world, avoiding the dangers associated with coronavirus infection.
Prime Robotics partners with integrator for the UK market
LAC Conveyors & Automation, part of the LAC Group, have been awarded the exclusive rights to sell and promote a wide range of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) designed and manufactured by Prime Robotics.
How to handle supply chain disruption
Virtual conference to offer guidance and answer key questions on how to transform the warehouse.
Your automated supply chain is only as strong as its weakest link
So, you’ve just invested heavily in this shiny, new, and very expensive, automation system which the manufacturer assures you will revolutionise your picking and packing operation. However, as we all know, a chain is only ever as strong as its weakest link. In this case, the weakest link could well be your choice of pallet.
The eco-friendly logistics of the future
For a long time, the primary driver of warehousing and logistics automation advances has been efficiency. Robots and machinery can perform repetitive and complex tasks faster, safer and with greater precision than manual methods ever could. But what about the environmental benefits of automation?
Get in the safety zone
At every stage of the pandemic a single, consistent safety message has endured: the need for physical distancing. And if that’s true for person to person interaction, it is even more applicable where forklift operations where pedestrians are involved.
Unique modular design – the BT Levio LWI160
The new BT Levio LWI160 powered pallet truck from Toyota Material Handling is the first-ever pedestrian-operated truck that is designed around a modular Lithium-Ion battery concept.
3PLs well placed for the eComm boom
The savvy third party logistics firm can seize the day, with sharper IT operations, says Tony Dobson.
Getting through the awkward phase
Moving heavy and awkward wheeled loads safely has long presented businesses with a challenge. The potential for injury puts the onus on companies to avoid downtime and possible legal repercussions – as well as creating an environment where employees feel confident, protected and less at risk, says Andy Owen.
Are you ready for a Peak like no other?
In the run up to Black Friday and the peak Christmas shopping season, logistics businesses should not delay their packaging preparations a moment longer, says John Garner.
Swerving a labour shortage
Robotic manipulation automates a simple-seeming but complex food handling process.
XPO Logistics shares its blueprint for the Covid-Secure warehouse
The downloadable guide offers best practices developed by XPO for its logistics operations in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
E-grocery: FoodOase automates warehouse
Online retail for groceries is continuously on the rise and calls for intelligent and flexible logistics solutions.
Port invests £2m in forklift fleet
Shoreham Port has invested in a fleet of 35 new Yale forklift trucks to support its timber logistics operation, with Forkway’s FleetSafe LCD telematics system playing a key role.
Stand-on truck for one ton payload
The Linde E10 stand-on electric truck can move goods weighing up to one tonne.
Forklift downtime slashed at busy bulk handling application
Docks operation takes on lithium-ion powered forklifts after frustration with lead acid battery downtime.
LPR opens Essex depot to support pallet sortation and repair
Europe’s leading pallet pooling business, LPR (a division of Euro Pool Group), has announced the opening of its second depot for 2020 – this time in the south of England.
The Covid-19 catalyst
Why the Coronavirus pandemic has sparked an automation revolution in retail. Jason de Kauwe provides analysis.
Automation can drive the eco-friendly warehouse
For a long time, the primary driver of warehousing and logistics automation advances has been efficiency. Robots and machinery can perform repetitive and complex tasks faster, safer and with greater precision than manual methods ever could. But here Paul Stringleman explores the environmental benefits of automation.
