newsAs the online retail boom hit new heights in the run up to Christmas 2014, Marks & Spencer delivered poor performance in online sales. This happened despite massive investment in a new automated DC at Castle Donington that is dedicated to eCommerce.
articleWomenswear fashion brand, Whistles, has re-awarded Clipper Logistics the contract to manage the receipt and distribution of its product range to customers worldwide, supporting the retailer’s continued growth strategy.
articleA split tray sorter installed by Dürkopp Fördertechnik at German catalogue and e-commerce specialists Witt Weiden has proved to be highly efficient, enabling ‘returns’ to be easily and efficiently integrated into the normal order and dispatch process.
productAutomated warehouse solution provider TGW is implementing an efficient materials handling operation for Switzerland’s largest furniture retailer, Pfister.
articleLeading automation player Dematic has bought FSU Investments, owner of SDI Group, which is best know for garment handling and eCommerce fulfillment.
productTGW has automated the National Newspaper Building in Boston Spa, West Yorkshire for the British Library.
articleNow the dust has settled on the Christmas fulfillment and delivery peak, Handling & Storage Solutions brings together some insightful quotes as the experts begin to make sense of a particularly ‘peaky’ peak.
newsInterroll will present long proven products as well as the new modular conveyor platform and its new “Interroll Layouter” software at LogiMat 2015 in Stuttgart, Germany (hall 1, booth 1K41).
articleFlooring manufacturer IVC has placed an order with Egemin for an automated warehouse solution at its manufacturing facility in Dalton, Georgia.
articleIn this thought leadership article, Yodel supremo Dick Stead puts his foot down and demands ‘honesty, transparency and a fair price’ after Christmas 2014 ‘broke the mould’.
productiwis has developed a monitoring system for measuring chain elongation. The new, patented CCM (Chain Condition Monitoring) system measures the wear elongation of chains in use and warns the maintenance personnel in advance if the chain needs to be replaced.
productThe ability to help firms increase their levels of automation and data capture in order to achieve improved efficiencies, effective planning and increased throughput will be a key focus of the CSB-System stand at Anuga FoodTec.
productWith strong growth in e-commerce driving demand for strategically located distribution depots, when a leading UK and International parcel delivery company opened a new depot in North London to cater for the growing demand on its services, it turned to Astec Conveyors to supply the conveyor system.
articleConsolidating multiple orders in an automated warehouse needs a lot of thought, analysis and planning. The size, shape and sales volume of the items in question all have a part to play, but so does the WMS, says Paul Wilson MD at Davies & Robson.
articleFor many, 2014 was the year that internet fulfillment broke and the optimism generated by rising online retail volumes soured as the cost of fulfillment spiralled out of control. We talk to LCP Consulting to get some idea of what happened and what lies in store for the future.
newsJohn Lewis has announced that it will open a new distribution centre (DC) in Milton Keynes, to support the growth of its Omni-channel business in both shops and online.
articleAutomation specialists, Swisslog, is to deliver its newly developed order fulfilment system for DB Schenker Logistics in Arlandastad, Sweden.
articleDHL has carried out a pilot project testing smart glasses and augmented reality picking in a warehouse in the Netherlands.
productEgemin has supplied an automated warehouse system with AGVs to Kim’s Chocolates.
articleThe retailer is looking to create efficiencies in its own network by creating a standard method of connecting its automated despatch function with the lorries of any of its partner carriers.
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