productImproved speed and accuracy
Global parcel and express delivery company DPD is equipping all of its 12,000 drivers in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg with Honeywell Dolphin 99EX mobile computers.
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articleImaging technology helps retailer sort products faster
Datalogic speeds critical fresh food distribution with powerful identification and automation control for major French retailer.
productGreater traceability
Importer of South East Asian food brands, Manning Impex, has implemented the Access Delta warehouse management system from Access Group.
articleStock visibility central for John Lewis Omni-channel
There’s much more to the world of retail home deliveries than a man in a van. In fact, successful fulfilment stems from strong stock visibility and the retailer’s ability to make quick and intelligent decisions about deliveries when orders are being placed. Simon Duddy reports on recent IT developments.
productNew warehouse operation analysis report could save companies thousands
Proteus Software and TouchStar Technologies – respectively suppliers of warehouse management systems and mobile computing solutions to the supply chain sector – have joined forces to offer warehouse and distribution centre operators a new reporting service that, it is claimed, will allow energy efficiency savings of between and 15 and 25 per cent to be made.
productSupply chain software
Williams Your Foodservice has invested in a 12-user Accord solution from supply chain software specialist, BCP (Business Computer Projects), for its expanding distribution business.
productStock optimisation a priority
According to a survey of warehouse operators carried out for WMS provider Access Group by Redshift Research, almost 40% of UK companies with stockholding operations rank stock level optimisation high on their priorities, being keenly felt mostly by larger companies and, surprisingly, by those firms not running a dedicated Warehouse Management System (WMS).
productSorting & printing package
Manufacturer of rugged mobile computers, PDAs and smartphones, Handheld Group, has entered into a major strategic five-year agreement with a global leader in logistic solutions.
productVehicle-mounted mobile computers
Updating its warehouse forklifts with the latest generation of vehicle-mounted mobile computers from Honeywell has helped tyre giant, Bridgestone, to speed up data handling, drive down error rates and eliminate unnecessary forklift mileage, saving time, cost and energy consumption.
productIntegrates with ERP
Pest control and hygiene products specialist P+L Systems has upgraded its UK and European DCs by implementing the Accellos warehouse management system from Balloon One.
articleOmni-channel delivery management specialist secures £20m funding
Provider of delivery management solutions for retailers MetaPack has received a £20m investment from Index Ventures to fund international growth.
productHigh-end imaging system
Pharmaceutical coding specialist Travtec has added a new vision system to its equipment portfolio.
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.
