productFast build development tool
New from Red Ledge is a more powerful, database-inclusive version of its proprietary ‘Red Ledge CORE’ systems development tool for manufacturing, asset and warehouse management systems.
product
blogHow can manufacturers benefit from zero inventory stock management?
Zero inventory stock management is a key strategy for a warehouse to utilise because it significantly benefits cash flow and actually facilitates new business models. Just about every internet based retailer has behind them a zero inventory model, whereby they ‘back to back’ the customer order with a PO and ship end product directly to the customer. Amazon’s Marketplace and many other discounted retailing models would be impossible without zero inventory stock management.
articleWireless system transforms Ocado’s automated warehouse
Cambridge Consultants has collaborated on a wireless control system allowing the grocery retailer to co-ordinate the movements of hundreds of thousands of crates in real time and in parallel.
blogWMS: Agility over customisation
The ability to customise a WMS to suit the specific requirements of your logistics operation is always a tempting thing to have.
productWilko selects Voiteq to upgrade voice
The high street retailer has upgraded its Voice-Directed Work solution to obtain greater functionality, reporting and support for future changes across its service centres.
productFast-build WMS tool
Software application and engineering company, Red Ledge, will use the forthcoming IntraLogistex show to launch the latest version of its ‘Red Ledge CORE’ fast-build warehouse management system development tool, which speeds the development of WMS and other logical, event-driven systems using a set of fast-build, standard libraries – saving time and money, says Red Ledge.
articleThe Missing link
Stock control is the missing element in warehouse management, says Alex Mills, sales & marketing director, Chess Logistics Technology.
productEmbracing change
According to Tony Liddar from MACS Software, when it comes to installing a new WMS, employees in relatively junior positions, brought up on a diet of Xbox, PS4 and social media, could overnight become the ‘go to’ people for advice on how to use a new system.
articleThe leap from paper
Manufacturer revamps operations moving from paper-based warehouse organisation to a dedicated WMS from Snapfulfil.
productStrategic SAP partner
Supply chain and mobility specialist, Rocket Consulting, is working as a strategic SAP partner on an award-winning Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) system.
productScreen-to-voice
Oxford University Press has implemented Voiteq’s pioneering VoiceMan Screen-to-Voice solution in its Kettering Distribution Centre (DC), seamlessly integrated with OUP’s existing JDA warehouse and labour management systems.
productNew software version
Warehouse management system provider, Synergy Logistics, has launched a new website and corporate identity for its award-winning Snapfulfil WMS.
articleAutomated picking for new Markham Vale warehouse
An automotive distributor has appointed Witron as contractor to provide an innovative new logistics centre at Markham Vale.
articlePlatform independent approach
At CeMAT 2016 Viastore will present its wide range of solution offerings in the field of intralogistics IT.
productOne-source logistics process
Beginning in 2016, SAVVY Telematic Systems AG will provide a new cloud-based software solution.
productImpressive growth for Centriq
Centriq Group, the parent company of Voiteq and Cirrus Logistics, achieved a 21% increase in revenues, while headcount rose 24% last year. The firm also expanded into new geographies and markets, and further developed its product portfolio.
articleHelp track returns
You can use WMS to track returns and attach important attributes to each item, says Esther Dutton from MACS Software.
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.
productWMS firm invests in new HQ
Synergy Logistics – the company behind the multi-award winning Snapfulfil warehouse management system – is making a major investment in new headquarters, complete with a 30,000 sq ft warehouse.
productAccurate shipments
Plant exporter Floréac guaranteed accurate shipments, reduced customer complaints and more than halved its credit note value by deploying automated shipping verification on its plant trolleys based on Zetes’ Vision Technology.
