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.
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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).
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
articleFull inventory management
Nutritional supplements firm ASEA has selected the Snapfulfil WMS for a manufacturing and fulfillment centre in the United States.
articleFull supply chain flavour
Following a successful partnership between CeMAT and the “transport logistic” show in Munich, the cooperation with Messe München is set to continue in Hannover from 19 to 23 May. Logistics service providers will be featured in Hall 27.
