How will Covid-19 change logistics?
The Covid-19 pandemic has presented a major challenge to our society and has thrust logistics into prominence as people finally appreciate the sector’s importance.
The Covid-19 pandemic has presented a major challenge to our society and has thrust logistics into prominence as people finally appreciate the sector’s importance.
Synergy’s SnapFulfil has been placed on the elite Gartner Magic Quadrant (MQ) for Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) – for the ninth successive year.
Manhattan Active Warehouse Management features a redesigned user experience, using a mobile first approach.
What has struck me most about COVID-19 so far is the rapid business response to the crisis, says SnapFulfil CEO UK & Europe, Tony Dobson.
Chess Logistics Technology has completed implementation of a new WMS for Kuehne + Nagel.
Cirrus Logistics helped Safelite Group, the leading vehicle glass company in the US, on its project to overhaul its supply chain increasing part availability, accuracy and quality; thereby lowering glass acquisition costs.
Food supplier Winterbotham Darby implemented a voice picking solution proposed and supported by Chess Logistics Technology to enhance an RF solution.
California-based third party logistics company Performance Freight Systems has implemented the Accellos solution to accommodate the requirements of a large national bottled water company. Now PFS often turns 70,000 pallets in a month and up to 150 truckloads in 24 hours.
Leading supplier of warehouse management systems, MACS Software, has teamed up with BlueStar Business Finance to help its customers benefit from the latest WMS technology and get an immediate return on their investment.
Warehousing services company Sumitomo is partnering with automation specialist Savoye to create a state-of-the-art warehouse in Grobbendonk, Belgium.
Multimodal transportation specialist, Potter Logistics, has enhanced its warehouse management system with new Container Management functionality from OBS Logistics.
The French eCommerce pioneer vente-privee.com has chalked up staggering growth over the last decade. With earnings of less than one million euros in 2002, the company turned over €1.3 billion euros in Europe last year.
Logistex’s business intelligence tool is now available to mobile tablet users on Apple and Android devices.
If the WMS has reached a level where most users’ requirements can be met and there are many products (including some purely web based) around to meet them, does that then mean it is possible to simply buy one off-the-shelf and ‘plug and go?’ asks Alex Mills of Chess Logistics Technology.
It is too easy for SMEs to dismiss the option of automating their warehouse on the grounds that they are not a large enough entity to warrant it, says Snapfulfil.
The latest version of AIDC Solutions AIDC-WHM warehouse management system, is fully RFID-enabled.
The landscape for third party logistics (3PL) has altered significantly in the last decade, and is tipped to experience further growth and change as mobile technologies and ‘smart’ working practices develop, says Simon Fowler, Managing Director of Advanced Business Solutions (Commercial).
Formica Group has chosen the AIDC-WHM warehouse management system to run its new, 50,000ft UK storage and distribution operation in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham.
SaaS (Software as a Service) WMS provider Snapfulfil offers a managed service that takes care of RF hardware needs as well as software.
Gavin Clark, commercial director for SaaS warehouse management system provider Snapfulfil, gives his thoughts on the priorities when establishing a new warehouse.