productYorkshire 3PL wins major contract with High Street retailer
CPL 3PL has won a major contract to provide a full logistics service for a nationwide retailer.
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productZero-touch pocket sorter system debuts at LogiMAT
TGW will use the LogiMAT exhibition in Germany to showcase OmniPick – its new zero-touch pocket sorter system.
articleXPO speculates on Omnichannel warehouse of the future
Richard Cawston, MD supply chain Europe of XPO Logistics asks: how do you build the warehouse of the future?
articleBespoke mezzanine floor for DFS
Furniture retailer DFS ordered two specially-developed Transdek mezzanine floor lifts for its Glasgow customer distribution centre.
productSegmented in-the-box protection solutions launch
Kite Packaging has extended its in-the-box packaging offering with new dividers.
articleCosmetics firm installs new warehouse
Viokox specialises in the design, development, manufacture of cosmetics products and has expanded the warehouse in the company’s headquarters in Spain.
productH&M eComm warehouse investment dents profits
Three new fulfilment centres with a total logistics area of around 230,000 square metres were opened during the 1 September 2018 — 30 November 2018 period, providing increased capacity – particularly for online sales.
articleWarehouse supports two-storey eComm operations
A furniture retailer’s two-storey eComm DC, which will operate material handling equipment (MHE) on both levels, features the Permaban Wave armoured joint.
newsAmazon agrees to invest in robotics firm
Amazon has signed a seven-year commercial agreement with French robotic forklift navigation specialist Balyo.
productFunding for North East logistics facility
Tritax Big Box REIT has completed contracts for the forward funded development of a new logistics fulfilment centre at Integra 61, near Durham, pre-let to a financially robust world leading retailer, which is thought to be Amazon.
newsShift stock to EU for no-deal Brexit
Amazon has advised British traders on its platform to prepare for a no-deal Brexit by shifting stock to EU warehouses.
productGoods-to-Person fulfillment is evolving
With continued pressure on the fulfillment industry from unabated eCommerce growth, warehouse managers struggle to contain costs while handling an ever-increasing workload, says Invia Robotics.
productMaximise omnichannel opportunities
For retailers to maximise omnichannel opportunities, the IT solutions have to be in place and they have to fit warehousing and logistics operations seamlessly.
productNo old buffer
Equinox MHE has partnered with I-collector to provide it as an optional buffer system.
productMobile robots
Fulfilment firm Radial has partnered with Locus Robotics on autonomous mobile robots for warehouses.
productWhistl invests in parcel sortation
Whistl’s first automated parcel sortation machine has been installed, over three months, at its depot in Bolton, located on the Logistics North site.
articleAutomating Omnichannel logistics
Jumbo Supermarkten – the second largest food retailer in the Netherlands – has awarded the order to design and implement a new automated national logistics centre to Witron.
articleSimple driverless transport for quick retail returns
An online retailer’s profitability will stand or fall on having time- and cost-effective returns management. Edward Hutchison, Managing Director of BITO Storage Systems, explains how driverless transport systems can fulfil this need in online retail intralogistics operations.
productWarehouse manager gets handle on stock availability
A leading supplier of beauty and hairdressing products has smartened up its customer fulfilment after choosing the Snapfulfil cloud warehouse management system (WMS).
productHelping Ocado with a key challenge
Online grocery specialist Ocado is a key innovators in the food market, but an early challenge they faced was keeping chilled and frozen products cold and in safe conditions but, importantly out of the warehouse space, to keep the warehouse free for the new products constantly coming in.
