articleFast doors for deep freeze areas
Efaflex high-speed doors have been installed with a major frozen food processor and distributor who supply two of the largest high street supermarkets.
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articleHelp track returns
You can use WMS to track returns and attach important attributes to each item, says Esther Dutton from MACS Software.
articleInternational prospects
A start-up online retailer has used FedEx to give it international reach as sales boom.
articleTackling out-of-stocks
Tesco is using an RFID solution from SML to reduce out-of-stocks and deliver new levels of customer service on its apparel brand F&F. HSS editor Simon Duddy caught up with the SML team to discuss the deployment of the technology and what it means for greater use of RFID in the retail supply chain.
articleAuction option
Utilise technology to tackle the logistical nightmare of liquidated stock, says Howard Rosenberg, CEO of B-Stock Solutions
articleAn emerging CSR issue
Vicky Brock, CEO of Clear Returns feels returns should be firmly on the CSR agenda.
articleEyes on the prize
Retailers are facing unprecedented disruption to their business model as the habits of online shoppers turn paradigms on their heads. HSS editor Simon Duddy asks if technology that enhances supply chain visibility can help companies come out on top in this challenging time?
articleShipping 100,000 items per day
Innovative three-storey carton warehouse streamlines picking operation for rapidly expanding fashion retailer.
articleSorting the fashion industry
Sorters from Beumer have allowed a wide variety of fashion retailers to push the envelope in terms of deliveries.
productKite Packaging raises the bar
British Retail Consortium awards accreditation to Kite Packaging.
productOnline grocery handling solution
The UK branch of the world’s largest grocery retailer is investing strongly in its home shopping services. In total, five new greenfield central distribution warehouses will become operational almost simultaneously in order to keep up with the fast-growing trend in home delivery.
product£8,000 savings per annum
Cannon Packing and Logistics director Greg Alder says: “The AutoLoadBaler has really helped streamline our operation here at Cannon Packing, saving us 15 man-hours per week, which will mean 800 hours and £8,000 saved per year. With the saving in labour costs and the depreciation draw down on the machine it will have achieved payback in 2 years.”
articleGrocery handling with CycloneCarrier
German organic foods supermarket chain Alnatura is to implement Swisslog’s new CycloneCarrier warehouse shuttle system in its flagship DC.
articleWiggle “moved” by CSL
Conveyor Systems Ltd have recently completed a major installation supplying an extensive pack and sortation conveyor solution for global online retailer Wiggle Ltd, operating as the UK’s No.1 online Cycle, Run & Swim retailer and was recently acknowledged and voted the Which? Recommended Provider No.1 online outdoor & leisure shop.
productShoe retailer automates DC
Skechers was forced to automate the greater part of the processes in its distribution centre because of strong revenue growth.
productExtending the reach of outsourced logistics
It started with Amazon and E-bay in the 90s, with the likes of Uber, Airbnb and Just Eat growing from mavericks to mainstream in recent years. Within the logistics industry several market makers exist for backloads such as Haulage Exchange and Returnloads. But now similar technologies aim to re-shape the warehousing market.
productGarment care
The market leader for ironing technology, Veit, is displaying its products to trade professionals at the TEXCARE trade fair in Frankfurt am Main, from 11 to 15 June 2016 (Hall 9, booths C30 / D40).
productAntalis expands void fill portfolio
Antalis Packaging has added three new air cushioning products to its void-fill portfolio in the UK and Ireland, in collaboration with FP International.
productEfulfillment robot to preview at eDelivery show this week
EiraTech, the Dublin-based developer of robotics solutions for the e-fulfilment sector, is previewing its latest robot EiraBot 4 at the eDelivery Exhibition 2016, taking place at the NEC in Birmingham 27-28 April.
productRetail warehouse investment volumes down 73%
Retail warehouse investment volumes were subdued in the first quarter of 2016 totalling around £196m with 10 assets exchanging or completing, according to Cushman & Wakefield.
