Drop-shipping – don’t make it a high risk business
Businesses operating in the retail sector should consider drop-shipping as a part of their supply chain and multichannel strategy says Denise Oakley, International Marketing Director, GXS.
Returns extended
Multichannel and reverse logistics specialist iForce has launched its first foray into Europe with a new venture in Holland.
Bonmarché banishes drive-aways
Bonmarché, the UK’s largest value womenswear retailer for women aged 50+ years, has improved the safety of its loading and unloading operations with the adoption of Castell’s Salvo.
Tandem hoists promote workplace safety
In many production facilities, including galvanising plants, it is necessary for operators to work beneath suspended loads, which are held by chain hoists.
Foods firm upgrades handling for M&S contract
Tamar Foods won a contract with Marks and Spencer to produce a range of M&S savoury pies. A stipulation of the contract was that the Tamar conveyor system would handle M&S green totes.
Fronius improves battery charging efficiency
Battery specialist Fronius has developed Selectiva, a generation of battery charging systems for traction batteries that aims to offer longer battery service life through greater efficiency.
Drums handled for port company
B&B Attachments was approached by Osamah Meshir, md of Sea Sands Shipping at IMHX 2013 to solve a very specific handling issue.
Driving PPE compliance in warehousing
Don’t settle for minimum requirements when supplying safety equipment to staff says David Harmer, PPE and workwear specialist at Alexandra.
Yearsley opens large modern cold store
Automated racking and LED lighting installed in a new northern cold store ‘superhub’ in Heywood.
Keep up with the latest trends
Offering the chance to keep up to date with the latest trends is Health & Safety North, which this year takes place at a new venue, The Bolton Arena, on the 9th and 10th of October.
Gebhardt takes warehouse automation to a new level
Groupe Beaumanoir is a major player in France’s important clothing industry with six successful ready-to-wear labels sold in over 2300 stores in 40 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Supply chain excellence from Henry Schein
Henry Schein is a global distributor of medical supplies to clinicians, so smooth supply chain performance is absolutely critical.
Reducing parcel damage in automated handling systems
FIMEC Technologies has released the U-Care Unloader, a process for tipping pallets, thus reducing parcel damage.
A fashion first
SDI Group has claimed a ‘world first’ in developing an automated Hanger Sorter system for recycling empty coat hangers used extensively by the fashion sector.
Rack inspector outlines in detail how to keep racking shipshape
Safety in the workplace is imperative and it pays to plan ahead, says Scott Brown, SEMA Approved Rack Inspector at CSI Group.
New three-wheeled electric forklifts
Logistics, intra-company transport and stowing applications with limited space rely on compact electric forklifts with rear-wheel drive. Hyundai Heavy Industries presents a new product that will influence this very demanding market segment.
Food producer takes on seven Egemin AGVs
Mexican canned food producer La Costeña has ordered seven AGVs from Egemin because the components of its existing AGV fleet had become obsolete and could not ensure the required transport volumes.
First UK site with Swisslog’s CaddyPick
Swisslog has been awarded a major order by TJ Morris, trading as Home Bargains, one of the United Kingdom’s fastest growing discount retailers.
E-Grocer unveiled for automated online fulfilment
Picking is at the heart of Knapp’s tailored solution for online food retail, which has been rolled out at Spanish online supermarket Tudespensa.com.
50 years of engineering expertise
Takeovers, mergers and closures have been rampant within the UK fork lift truck industry over the last 20 years and more – so much so that very few British-owned manufacturers remain.
