articleLive search launched to match warehouse space with users
Match warehouse space to users with the newly launched Zupplychain live search facility.
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productRio Olympics focus on global supply chain sustainability
The Rio Olympics’ commitment to supply chain sustainability (with 100 per cent recovery, disposal and use of goods and waste) has the capacity to revolutionise supply chain sustainability worldwide as well as creating a legacy for positive change in the region, says supply chain consultancy Crimson & Co.
productUnion voices concern over driver transfer
Unite, the country’s largest union, is concerned that Argos is proposing to transfer the last of its in-house driver workforce – 96 drivers – based at Magna Park Lutterworth to Eddie Stobart.
productTomorrow’s Supply Chain: Are you ready?
Tomorrow’s Supply Chain: Are you ready? will be the theme of this year’s CILT Annual Conference.
productWorker missing after racking collapse in warehouse
Fire crews have launched a search operation to find a worker trapped under tons of goods and collapsed racking at a Shropshire warehouse of Edwards Transport.
productAgency worker seriously injured in forklift accident
GMA Warehousing and Transport has been fined £100,000 after a worker suffered serious injury when a sheet of marble weighing one tonne fell on him.
productWarehouse manager finds fit-out answers
Exporta Global and its sister company Anchorpoint Interiors have delivered cost savings and storage efficiencies for ASCO UK as part of its recent warehouse development project.
newsTransport conference poll shows growing Brexit sentiment
In a poll taken at the Microlise Transport Conference last week, attended by over 1,000 transport managers, a 44% majority reported they would vote for Brexit next month, despite 43% feeling leaving the EU would negatively impact the haulage industry.
productStorage revamp reduces forklifts used from 15 to six
A Midlands steel stockholder automated its storage, revamping its operations.
productGarden product supplier takes on 33 forklifts
The Rowlinson Group will take on 33 trucks on a a seven year contract with North West-based supplier Global Material Handling.
articleWell wrapped
Packaging lines can vary in the volumes they deal with, presenting different challenges for businesses. Kite Packaging offers its expertise on how to cope.
productPrevent damage to stock
Companies involved in warehousing and logistics will be aware that damage to stock during handling and storage amounts to substantial costs.
articleProductivity boost offered by new horizontal order pickers
Jungheinrich has significantly upgraded its range of order pickers with the launch of the ‘series 3’.
articleRobotic cleaning hits the warehouse
The new TASKI Intellibot range of automatic robotic cleaning machines from Diversey Care is the first fully-automated commercial cleaners available in the UK and Europe.
articleNestable plastic pallets
From retail distribution centres to shop floors and throughout return transit logistics, reusable nestable plastic pallets offer many significant space and cost saving opportunities, says Jim Hardisty, MD of Goplasticpallets.com.
product3T to tackle the rise of the machines
Transport managers and logistics personnel are invited to learn about how the application of new technology is revolutionising transport management at a CILT event in June.
productKite launches 2nd Graduate Development Programme
Applications are now open for the 2016 Graduate Programme Kite Packaging has dubbed ‘The Real Apprentice’.
productIBCS adds HydroSave to growing portfolio
Independent specialist battery and charger company IBCS has added the HydroSave Battery Series to its growing portfolio. HydroSave has been developed to address a desire in the materials handling industry to minimise maintenance and operating costs.
articleSurvey shows logistics industry split on Brexit
The IMHX Business Survey showed a majority of respondents favour remaining in the EU as the best outcome for the businesses they work for. However, when asked their personal views, a small majority, 47%, support Brexit, while 45% favour remaining.
productBrexit rivalling customer pressure as supply chain challenge
Senior supply chain leaders say the threat of Brexit and price and service pressure from major customers are the chief challenges in 2016.
