productResearch points to automation
Online retailers need greater automation in the warehouse to help meet delivery schedules during peak periods and to improve customer service, shows independent market research from Conveyor Networks.
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articleReturns: costly or clever?
Most experts are agreed that returns are a major pain point for e-tailers and their supply chains, so why then are some retailers encouraging more returns through aggressive marketing strategies? Simon Duddy reports on the new ‘try before you buy’ trend – is it a costly error or a clever way to build market share?
productOptimise productivity at warehouse pack stations
Harting’s MICA modular industrial edge computer is at the heart of a system for workflow optimisation at warehouse packing stations that offers process optimisation.
articleMore in store
Dematic has expanded its solution set to include AutoStore, the ultra-high density goods-to-person piece picking system, giving omni-channel businesses the opportunity to quadruple their storage density for fast order fulfilment. By Daniel Aspin (pictured), Sales Lead at Dematic Northern Europe for AutoStore and James Smith, Business Development Manager at AutoStore.
articleEfficiency at your fingertips
Typically, order picking applications would not be the first thing you would associate with health and safety risk, but order picking is a labour-intensive process.
productMomentum in bid to tackle fulfillment complexity
Honeywell has announced a new software platform for distribution centres that streamlines and simplifies complex e-commerce fulfillment operations.
newsUK’s first three storey warehouse
Gazeley has announced the acquisition of a six-acre plot of land in the heart of London to speculatively develop the UK’s first three-storey logistics facility to be called G Park London Docklands.
articleASOS continues to boost last mile solutions
The online fashion giant is accelerating its already considerable investment in logistics to back up industry leading delivery and returns propositions.
productGrowing retail chain chooses CarryPick
Swisslog Logistics Automation will implement goods-to-person automation system CarryPick for Von Maur’s eCommerce fulfillment centre in Davenport, Iowa.
articleBringing safety to last mile handling
Semi-electric pallets trucks bring an extra level of safety to last mile drops, explains Bradley Dunn, sales and marketing director at SHS Handling.
articleOverhead conveyor for fast fashion
SSI Schaefer has extended its product range for eCommerce and omni-channel distribution with the development of a highly compact and multifunctional overhead conveying system for goods up to 3kg.
articleRobotic warehouse start-up Magazino secures funding
The international technology group Körber has invested in the Munich-based robotics start-up Magazino in exchange for a minority stake in picking specialist.
productPCM cover keeps cargo cool
A British team of scientists at TLX Cargo have invented the world`s first cargo cover/thermal blanket that incorporates phase change material (PCM) into its structure.
newsCustoms Union ‘not enough to deliver frictionless trade’
The UK’s logistics industry is reminding MPs that forming a customs union with the EU would not remove the need for checks at the borders or deliver frictionless arrangements on its own.
productCompact and powerful forklifts
Clark has redesigned the robust CGC series LPG forklift, which is said to be particularly well-suited for lifting heavy loads in confined spaces.
productPalletline opens Coventry hub in part to service Amazon
Palletline is opening a secondary hub in Coventry, a large proportion of which will provide a dedicated processing centre for Amazon as part of its ongoing strategic partnership and to help fulfill demand created by the online retail giant.
articleAgile storage solutions
Stephanie Coyle, sales executive & warehouse specialist at Rubb Buildings discusses a challenging industrial property market with HSS editor Simon Duddy.
articleSilva Timber turns to Wickens
The specialist timber products firm used cantilever racking from Wickens Engineering for its warehouse.
articlePalletline invests in new hub to leverage Amazon advantage
The pallet network has taken on a new hub in Coventry and one facet of its operation will be the consolidation of in-bound pallets to Amazon fulfilment centres. HSS editor Simon Duddy reports.
productAmbaFlex wins patent case in China
Ambaflex won the case against the China-based organisation ‘Shanghai Hui Ge Industrial Co., Ltd’ which infringed on one of the global patents AmbaFlex holds in regards to spiral conveyors.
