articleAI is beginning to reshape warehouse operations, with the shift is not simply about adding another analytics layer, it is about moving from execution-focused warehousing to intelligent orchestration, says Westernacher Consulting.
newsA revised draft National Planning Policy Framework, published for consultation on 17 August, gives freight and logistics a dedicated national planning policy for the first time.
newsGlobal e-commerce and 3PL giant Amazon is planning a 1.41 million ft2 Robotics Sortable (ARS) facility in Biggleswade, months after announcing the closure of its Marston Gate facility at Ridgmont, Brogborough.
newsThe immediate threat to UK supply chains from the current oil price surge is not the cost of fuel but the movement of cargo off threatened sea lanes and onto already-crowded air and rail corridors, according to freight specialist Baxter Freight.
articleUntil recently, we were told, relationships in business were an unnecessary thing of the past. Globalisation meant seeking out the most cost-effective options anywhere in the world and modern methods of communication and logistics would do the rest. Graham Mercer offers an analysis.
productThe firm has added 22 automated sorting-machine sets, while Southeast Asia parcel volume surged 71.2%.
newsThe two businesses are set to build an automated Customer Fulfilment Centre near Copenhagen.
newsChinese 3PL Super Smart Services (CIRRO Fulfillment) has snapped up a warehouse in Nottingham, East Midlands beating stiff competition for the property.
newsFrozen and chilled food manufacturer Gazebo Fine Foods has extended its year-old partnership with temperature-controlled storage specialist JS Davidson beyond warehousing into container unloading, tempering, sleeving and date coding, with further value-added services now under discussion.
newsAUKLogis a subsidiary of Chinese shipping and postal enterprise Western Post has secured its first warehouse facility in the UK.
newsGoplasticpallets.com has launched the UK’s lightest Euro plastic pallet to date, designed as an affordable and sustainable alternative to traditional wooden Euro pallets.
newsSimon Emery is the new managing director of Jofson, adding more than 30 years of materials handling experience to its senior leadership team.
newsALF Aquatic Distributors partnered with Toyota Material Handling UK to replace drive-in racking with Radioshuttle technology, improving stock rotation, picking efficiency, and space use. This reduced disruption and created extra capacity for growth, without relocating the Bedford warehouse.
newsThe company has secured new storage and berthing capacity at the Port of Greenock.
newsThe announcement was made in the company’s half year results.
newsUS sportswear retailer Columbia Sportswear Company has moved its UK & Ireland Pick & Pack business from its current distribution setup serving the market from Cambrai, France, to a facility the West Midlands enabling a more localised and responsive supply chain for the UK&I region.
newsThe next-generation tote-to-person climbing AMR solution is engineered for high-throughput operations.
articleWill we soon see humanoid robots operating in UK and European warehouses? Russell Hutchinson, business development manager at Daifuku is not totally convinced.
newsWarehouse professionals will gain candid, practical insight into the realities of modern logistics operations at this year’s Tomorrow’s Warehouse conference, where Danielle Taylor, Logistics Manager at Speedy Hire, will deliver a presentation titled Don’t Fear the Warehouse: Challenges, Resilience and Optimisation.
newsTechnology-led last mile delivery company Relay taken a circa 250,000 ft2 warehouse at HBD’s 44 acre SPARK Walsall scheme between Junction 9 and 10 on the M6 motorway in the West Midlands
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