productAs part of continued expansion plans and to meet an increasing workload, BS Handling has appointed Mike Emerson as a new Senior Project Manager. Emerson joined the team in September 2017 and is responsible for the on-site management of projects and consequent service contracts.
productFive significant innovations will influence the retail logistics industry by 2020 according to global real estate advisor CBRE.
productA transport company in Mansfield has geared up for the growth of the home delivery sector having invested more than £26,000 in a new fleet of electric pump trucks.
productAfter recently reviewing its label offering and expanding the range to now consist of white universal labels on a roll and a multi-purpose range consisting of different sized labels with round or square edges, Kite Packaging has now added circular labels, in two different sizes.
productParcel carrier’s new Hatfield facility will enhance planning, monitoring and communications capabilities.
articleTelematics tools are essential for the ecommerce and parcel delivery industries, argues Simon Keam-George, CEO at Enigma Telematics.
productThe online retail behemoth, dubbed the ‘Chinese Amazon’, has also increased its stake to a majority holding in the Cainiao Network, which serves as a logistics data platform.
articleRetailers are only too aware that it is much harder and more expensive to secure new customers than it is to retain existing ones.
productCosmetics distribution operation sees efficiency boost after automated investment.
articleA dynamic picking system from Witron will be used for the highly dynamic and semi-automatic picking of small parts in the dry goods assortment.
productCML has successfully completed its first ever rail freight delivery from China.
productSEKO Logistics is offering eCommerce customers the opportunity to increase sales and build consumer loyalty through a partnership with Retain.me using its SmartSlips technology to replace traditional and increasingly obsolete delivery notes.
productMACS Software, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of WMS, has completed its integration with the latest version of the Linnworks web-based API order management platform.
newsA huge increase in urban logistics property space is required across key centres across Europe in the next few years to meet the exponential growth of eCommerce and the resultant need for last mile delivery in cities, according to new research from Cushman & Wakefield.
articleNo part of the construction of warehouses is easier to get wrong and harder to fix than the floor argues Sika.
articleManaging energy efficiency and small order fulfilment are two of the greatest challenges facing modern logistics operations, according to new reports from automation and intralogistics experts, Swisslog.
productThe impact of 3D printing on online shopping and the High Street has also been massively underestimated, ParcelHero’s David Jinks warns The Richmond Supply Chain Forum’s Autumn Conference.
productThe clothing giant is testing robots from start-up Kindred AI in the USA.
articleThe decision to invest in a new sorter can often be prompted by the need to increase capacity or by increased levels of system downtime. So how has the Swedish retailer, Åhléns, managed to compete in the highly competitive fashion, beauty and home-ware market using a sorter which was installed 26 years ago?
newsStudents have the opportunity to meet employers from the logistics and transport sectors providing opportunities in supply chain management, transport planning, operations management and a range of graduate placements.
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