newsAmazon workers on strike at Coventry Receive Centre
The strike is being co-ordinated by union GMB, who are seeking better pay and conditions for workers.
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articleStrategies to recession-proof your warehouse in 2023
Economic turmoil, recessions, and stock market crashes are a fact of life in the modern world. These days more people are planning for when a recession hits more than if a recession is going to hit. Others say it already has hit. Amidst economic uncertainty it’s best to be prepared before things take a turn for the worst. This is even more important for warehouses and distribution centres that are already stretched thin by global supply chain disruptions.
articleSolving modular automation integration headaches
Let’s say you want to go down the route of flexible automation, what next? Is it as easy as 1-2-3? In some cases, yes, but as with most things, the more complex it gets, the more integration and solution intelligence is required.
productGreyMatter Open API connects to other AMR vendors
GreyOrange has launched GreyMatter Open API (application programming interface), which enables robotic solutions from other vendors to connect to the GreyMatter fulfillment orchestration platform.
newsXPO appoints technology director
The 3PL has announced the appointment of David Picking to lead the company’s technology organisation in the UK and Ireland.
articleNeed for speed
When online fashion retailer ASOS set up its fourth fulfilment centre, it turned to materials handling partner BS Handling Systems for a solution built around a high-speed sorter that can handle 14,000 parcels an hour.
productDexory collaborates with DENSO Manufacturing UK
DENSO Manufacturing UK (DMUK) is a global mobility supplier that develops advanced technology and components for nearly every vehicle make and model on the road today.
articleRetailer talks tomorrow’s warehouse
Warehouse automation professional at international retailer BESTSELLER Jakob Skødt Larsen answers key questions on tech.
productDouble capacity vertical conveyor for AMRs
QIMAROX HAS introduced a vertical conveyor for AGVs and AMRs.
articleStock picking enhanced
French clothing producer and retailer Kiabi is implementing a Dematic automated solution to enhance its stock picking processes.
articleSupermarket achieves record order fulfilment lead time
GROCER MERCADONA will deliver local and seasonal produce from field to store in only 24 hours, thanks to automated warehousing technology.
productTake manufacturing distribution to the next level
When Kardex released its Vertical Buffer Module back in 2017, it offered a revolutionary way of efficiently picking in a small footprint. To all intents and purposes, it was a warehouse in a box.
articleLogistics company chooses Swisslog as partner for its AutoStore solution
Prime Cargo AS has, after a careful negotiation, chosen Swisslog as its partner for an AutoStore solution for one of its two warehouses in Vestby, four miles south of Oslo.
productRobots quickly deployed to complex warehouse
Geek+ has deployed over 150 goods-to-person robots to a parts warehouse in Germany.
articleRetrofit recipe for spice specialist Almi
TO FORM resilient value chains to uphold delivery commitments to customers, high-performance intralogistics is needed. Almi, the spice specialist based in Oftering, in Upper Austria, commissioned TGW Logistics Group to update its warehouse.
articleWhy lean supply chains are going out of fashion
Russell Hutchinson thinks the era of lean supply chains may be coming to an end.
newsHSS to rebrand as Logistics Matters
HANDLING AND Storage Solutions (HSS) magazine will rebrand as Logistics Matters from January 2023 to better cover the wide range of challenges facing the world of materials handling, supply chain, warehousing and logistics.
newsDHL launches automated pharma DC
Two years ago, the starting signal was given for a new warehouse for DHL Pharma Logistics in Laekebeek (Brussels region), with Inther Group in charge of intralogistics.
articleAsda handles Peak and returns simultaneously
The retailer has launched a new goods-to-person picking and returns system for its clothing brand, George.
productGrocer to build robotic fulfilment centre
Albert Heijn and Swisslog, a leading global provider of automated intralogistics technologies and the world’s leading integrator of AutoStore, are collaborating on a new, automated Home Shop Center (HSC).
