productHigh-end imaging system
Pharmaceutical coding specialist Travtec has added a new vision system to its equipment portfolio.
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productCloud-based WMS
Within eight weeks of the initial enquiry, Optima has implemented Optimiser – a new, cutting edge cloud-based warehouse management system – for the Border Group, which operates modern warehouses with a 15,000 pallet capacity near Newport, Gwent.
productRobust platform for growth
Leading WMS software supplier, MACS Software, has recently received an order from Midlands-based ICS Distribution for MACSwms to enhance its existing warehouse management operations.
productBetter business management
Warehouse management systems supplier, MACS Software, is using Orbis Task Centre to link its MACSwms with SAP Business One. The result is an integrated system said to provide a best of breed approach to business and warehouse management.
productMACS Software links up with multichannel developer
WMS specialist MACS Software has announced a partnership agreement with multichannel eCommerce software developer Linn Systems, the company behind the Linnworks business automation solution.
productCustom-off-the-shelf
AIDC Solutions’ custom-off-the-shelf (COTS) warehouse management system is now fully RFID-enabled and uses ‘fast, flexible, smart’ AIDC system building blocks that allow a WMS to be fully tailored for the user but at a lower, packaged software price, according to the company.
articleStop your WMS becoming a slippery slope
Negotiating information flows within logistics can feel like skiing downhill at speed. Refusing to swerve the big issues, HSS editor Simon Duddy asks how obstacles to implementation can be overcome.
productOptical-based
Knauf has become the latest company to buy Harland Simon’s Warehouse Insight system for its manufacturing site at Sittingbourne, Kent.
productTechnical advances over time
It is now many years since the warehouse management system (WMS) first appeared, marking a departure from the basic control by total quantity and valuation offered by stock control packages towards the more advanced concepts of managing space utilisation and control of warehouse movements.
productBespoke system
Warrens Warehousing & Distribution has seen massive growth following its investment in warehouse management software Access Delta from the Access Group.
productFully rugged tablet
Rugged computing manufacturer TouchStar Technologies has launched what it claims to be the world’s toughest and most advanced tablet – the GX9000 – equipped with Android 4.1.
productFree seminar
Proteus Software and TouchStar Technologies are hosting a free seminar that aims to guide warehouse operators through the key criteria to consider when selecting a WMS and demonstrate how a system’s return on investment time can be accurately calculated.
productCourier chooses Citizen printers
Courier and logistics specialist UCS switched to Citizen printers after observing how their speed and quality was helping partner organisations to offer good service.
productOptimise data capture processes
For efficient sorting, order picking and storing of goods, customer- and object-related data needs to be captured and processed. Addressing this need, Vitronic offers state-of-the-art camera systems for parcel logistics and warehouse and distribution companies.
productTop ten picking tips
According to Gavin Clark, commercial director of SaaS warehouse management system provider, Snapfulfil: “Companies often think their picking operation is efficient provided all the products are despatched on time and customers are happy. However, many picking processes in warehouses across the UK could benefit from a reorganisation.”
productLow temperature headset
At LogiMAT in Stuttgart Imtradex highlighted its headsets for pick-by-voice in cold storage applications.
articleTips for retailers to achieve Omni-channel nirvana
Demanding clear stock visibility, keen predictive techniques and tightly managed fulfillment operations, delivery is the exciting and troubling heart of the Omni-channel experience. HSS editor Simon Duddy reports.
productAccuracy improvement needed
A full one third (33%) of respondents to an Access WMS survey put improving the accuracy of their fulfilment operations at or near the top of their priority list.
productPerfect combo for auto marking
Specially designed for use close to the production line, TSC’s German partner, Dalektron, offers a flexible solution for fully automatic marking and labelling of parcels and pallets. Industrial thermal transfer printers from TSC Auto ID are the preferred choice for this practical system.
productGrowth in SaaS bookings
Voice software provider, Voxware, reports significant growth in overall bookings during the first half of FY 2014, including a marked growth in SaaS bookings.
