Royal Mail awards sortation contract for Warrington hub
The facility is scheduled to be fully operational by early 2022 and will handle 800,000+ parcels per day.
Plastic pallets and next-gen supply chain
Warehouse automation is on an upward trend largely due to the rise in e-commerce and omni-channel retail. Jim Hardisty, managing director for Goplasticpallets.com examines growth predictions for the warehouse automation market and the important role that plastic pallets play in the ‘next generation’ supply chain.
Never too early to plan
ASG Services evolves to provide the integrated safety solution for tomorrow’s warehouses.
Future-proof your warehouse space
If there was ever a time to make sure that your warehouse is working at optimum capacity and efficiency, then it’s now.
Scaling your warehouse post-pandemic
With traditional models being turned upside down, the pressure is on for businesses to become more adaptable and flexible with their planning – says SnapFulfil CEO for UK & Europe, Tony Dobson.
Innovative Design and Build Solutions
CopriSystems’ bespoke vision enables businesses to respond quickly to any changes in the market, be it a seasonal spike or global health emergency.
Next level please
“Some operations are simply not suitable for automation,” says Stephen Burton, managing director of Windsor Materials Handling, on the evolution of MHE.
Try before you buy at robots demo centre
Wise Robotics has launched a warehouse robotics demo centre.
The White Company picks fit-to-size automated packaging
The brand is to adopt Quadient’s high speed fit-to-size auto-boxing system, the CVP Everest for its eCommerce operation.
Fully-integrated lithium solutions for Yale counterbalance
Yale Europe Materials Handling announces a new counterbalance forklift truck engineered around a fully integrated and space-saving lithium-ion battery.
Crown launches new Armrest for sit-down trucks
The material handling company has included the D4 Armrest as standard for its Crown C-5 Series, Crown FC Series and Crown SC Series sit-down counterbalance forklifts.
AMRs vital for new normal in warehouses
Commercial robotics vendors were increasingly delivering innovative solutions to warehouse efficiency way before the Covid-19 pandemic took a wrecking ball to the established order of things.
Adapting to a post COVID-19 era
The COVID crisis is prompting companies to invest in automation and robotics to better manage operations, despite facing revenue declines resulting from the pandemic.
Food and FMCG companies need to prepare now for shifting market conditions
Food and FMCG companies must take steps to organise themselves now if they are going to have the right warehouse infrastructure in place to meet post-lockdown trading conditions, says John Maguire, managing director of intralogistics solutions specialist, Narrow Aisle Ltd.
Towards a balanced warehouse
The events of the last few years, including Brexit and COVID-19, have forced senior management to think very deeply about how best to develop their operations to cope with unforeseen uncertainties.
Highly dynamic automation in the warehouse of tomorrow
The warehouse of tomorrow will be highly automated, says Joel Garbutt, Head of Sales Northern Europe, TGW.
Toyota’s vision for the future of truck design
Toyota has applied an innovative design approach that goes beyond current standards when introducing lithium-ion batteries to forklifts.
Seek Intelligence before Automation
When it comes to automated warehouses, at SEC Storage, we’re huge fans. So much so, that we have an entire division devoted to it. However when looking to deliver the required efficiency and productivity levels of ‘tomorrow’s warehouse’, automation is rarely the most optimal solution available.
Chain chemist opens 100 million euro automated DC
dm-drogerie markt has opened a new distribution centre with robotics and software from Swisslog.
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