productEFFICIENT INVENTORY logistics, fast delivery and low error rates are crucial factors if you want to be competitive in today’s market. When you have a good inventory management system, you’re well on your way.
articleIn a bid to further improve logistics efficiency, Switzerland’s largest food discounter Denner modernised its central warehouse in Mägenwil AG with automation technology from Swisslog.
articleAs the Covid-19 pandemic forces more and more brick-and-mortar retailers to dive deeper into e-commerce, many are finding their DCs unable to efficiently handle the switch from pallet or carton scanning to fulfilling single-item orders. But there are some simple tech upgrades that can help businesses of all sizes adapt their warehouse operations to capitalise on the spike in online shopping.
productTHE PARCEL firm has invested over £1m in the sortation system, which is designed to handle delicate and irregular shaped parcels.
productDPD’S PARCEL hub in Hinckley, Leicestershire is set to be fully operational as part of plans for Peak.
articleAs retailers continue to work out how to get online orders to customers as quickly and cheaply as possible, hyper-local fulfilment is the buzzword. Mike Burke looks at the concept through the prism of grocery retail.
articleThe performance of logistics providers during the pandemic has thrown into sharp relief the wider economy’s dependence on a robust, agile, and reliable supply chain. Emma Verkaik learns from BCMPA members how the challenges of 2020 have been formative in their handling of growth in our post-Covid world.
productTHE ONLINE retailer is expanding its fleet of Magazino robots by 20, joining 8 shoe-box picking bots already in place.
productNEW RESEARCH from market intelligence firm Interact Analysis shows that mobile robot revenues and shipments grew significantly in 2020 compared to 2019, regardless of delays in commissioning and the postponing of projects as a result of the pandemic.
articleTHE PACKAGE builds on the firms’ acquisition of Fetch Robotics and is designed to enable end users to streamline order, batch, case, pallet and each picking workflows and automate material transport.
productSICK IS launching the Master Data Analyzer to the UK market.
newsHSS Live took place on October 6, and now all presentations are available on demand on the HSS Live website.
newsTHE NEW facility in Amsterdam will support Locus’s existing EU and UK customer base, including assembly for the local market.
productIT WILL be the fourth system built in 5 years for the firm by the Ferretto Group.
productGEEK+ ROBOTICS has deployed smart sorting robots in the warehouse of Athinaiki S.A., a logistics and transport service provider specialising in last-mile delivery in Greece.
productZEEMAN TEXTIELSUPERS has very recently signed an agreement with system integrator Inther Group to implement a mechanised intralogistics automation system.
productTHE PARCEL firm has partnered with Hexapole, a specialist sortation company based in the Netherlands, to optimise sorting capability for small parcels at its Shaw sortation centre in Oldham.
productIKEA HAS launched a new store concept with an automated small parts system by Swisslog.
product3PL GEODIS has announced a partnership with Bastian Solutions to implement an AutoStore system into a new fulfillment site for a leading clothing retailer.
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