productMini warehouses offer quick turnaround storage solution
Aganto is to launch a new ‘off the peg’ range comprising mini warehouses at competitive prices.
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articleYodel invests now for next Christmas peak
The parcel carrier has invested in a new service centre, providing additional capacity throughout the year, including the peak Christmas period.
articleIs Amazon suffering from a logistics cost crisis?
LCP Consulting asks: is Amazon’s Prime service is hurting the online retail giant from within?
productFood supplier switches to voice picking
Henry Colbeck has chosen Renovotec Voice Manager to fully automate its 12,000 units-per-day picking operation.
articleSwisslog and KUKA unveil new HRI Technology
For the first time, Swisslog exhibited with KUKA at Hannover Messe, presenting its jointly developed Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) concept named ‘Automated Item Pick’.
productIndigo Herbs boosts order fulfilment
NetDespatch has helped Indigo Herbs to speed up its order processing and despatch procedures with the implementation of a web-based solution that integrates with the company’s eCommerce system – XSellco. The solution is said to have eliminated input errors and expedited overall order fulfilment.
articleUKWA scores victory for members on excise goods
Campaigning and pressure from the Association resulted in HMRC making improvements to its excise duty approvals.
newsSafer Lorry Scheme key focus at upcoming conference
The London Safer Lorry Scheme (SLS), vulnerable road users and commercial vehicles, and the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) will be covered at the Freight Transport Association’s Fleet Engineer Conference which takes place on Wednesday 10 June.
newsUK behind the curve on lockers despite leading on eCommerce
Failed home deliveries have an environmental and social impact, says global courier ParcelHero, which can be helped with greater deployment of drop boxes and parcel lockers.
productSovex renews UK servicing agreement with DHL Express
North West manufacturer Sovex has renewed a major servicing agreement with DHL Express UK & Ireland, the express delivery services and international shipping experts.
newsYard worker injured due to poor segregation
A fuel supply business has been sentenced after one of its workers was injured after being struck by a vehicle in a works yard.
articleSupreme Court ruling is a ticking time bomb for logistics
A UK Supreme Court’s judgement this month has attracted only limited public attention, yet its implications for freight and logistics may be nuclear in their impact, warns Professor Alan Braithwaite, executive chairman of LCP Consulting.
productJungheinrich unveils ‘indoor, outdoor’ reach truck
The German manufacturer has launched its new C series reach trucks. The ETV C16 and ETV C20 models can transport loads of up to two tonnes and are equally suited to indoor and outdoor operations.
newsHGV drivers acting as ‘unpaid immigration officers’
As the Calais migrant problem continues to worsen the Freight Transport Association has expressed concern for UK HGV drivers.
newsWorker buried alive under load tipped by lorry
A transport company was fined £80,000 after one of its employees died when he was buried under tonnes of wheat being unloaded from a lorry.
newsFire chiefs say sprinklers contained Sainsbury’s DC blaze
Blaze starts in a lorry parked outside the Charlton DC loading bay but doesn’t spread far into the warehouse.
articlePoor practice from retailers contributes to returns boom
Contrary to popular belief, eCommerce returns are often not down to fickle consumers but can be traced to poor marketing decisions made by retailers, said a returns expert at a recent exhibition.
articleFloating 100 tonnes on air
Heavy lifting equipment essential for warehouse that specialises in heavyweight loads.
articleMagnetic force
Specialist logistics company, La Cisa, has purchased a new 32 tonne Hyster forklift for a tough, hot metal handling application in Northern Italy.
articleReal time validation
Cycle firm Raleigh upgrades from paper-based system to record goods in, put-away, stock movement and stock counting.
