articleLiving in the space age – Office Depot offers advice on warehouse optimisation
Mike McCreesh VP supply chain Europe at Office Depot talks to HSS editor Simon Duddy about the place of space in his warehouse thinking.
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articleNetwork Rail doubles hub storage
Link 51 quickly made and installed heavy duty racking at Network Rail’s £25 million national distribution centre (NDC), which replaced three smaller facilities.
articleDouble-deep saves cash
For the majority of warehousing facilities, capacity is a major issue. Space is at a premium and wasted space costs money, says Atlet.
articleOn a growth trajectory
Edward Hutchison, managing director at BITO Storage Systems explains to HSS editor Simon Duddy how a considered, consultancy sales approach is integral to the impressive growth figures recently posted by the firm.
articleLack of racking to blame for warehouse death says HSE
The Health & Safety Executive said the absence of racking was a contributing factor to the death of a warehouse worker.
productSpecially insulated temporary building
Jaguar Land Rover’s Solihull plant is the latest site to have a Spaciotempo temporary building installed. The 750m2 building is the second to be installed this year for the car manufacturer, after a 400m2 facility was installed at its Coventry plant, as part of an expansion programme.
productGoods to man picking
Making economic use of building height and occupying only a small footprint, SSI Schaefer’s LogiMat is the provides a space-saving solution for storing and picking high volumes of small parts. It can be installed and used as a standalone unit or integrated as a component of a broader picking regime within the distribution centre.
productSaves space & time
Saving 70 pallet spaces, boosting pick efficiency and providing additional capacity for growth, Couzens Storage Solutions has completed an extensive warehouse upgrade for automotive aftermarket parts supplier, KM Products.
productGuaranteed to last
Workplace storage manufacturer, Bott, will use MACH 2014 to launch its new ‘Built to Last Guarantee’.
productProject managed from start to finish
Madison, the UK’s leading distributor of bicycle parts and accessories has recently acquired an 80,000 sq/ft facility in Knowlhill, Milton Keynes, in line with continued growth and future plans for the business.
productTufferman vies to become number one name for small business shelving
The major players in the shelving and racking business provide big businesses with a myriad of innovative storage solutions to maximise efficiency, productivity and make every square centimetre of storage space count.
productDisplay & storage systems
Builders merchants, EH Smith, is benefiting from the equipment versatility and design support from display and storage specialist, Polypal. The company has installed a wide range of its systems in several of EH Smith’s nine outlets, reflecting the merchant’s aims of increasing stockholding and enhancing its display and merchandising capability.
blogWorking the warehouse better
It takes a lot to get a warehouse working optimally. One key issue is space and not letting it go to waste.
newsPROflow on show
Bito-Lagertechnik Bittmann will be exhibiting a range of new products which will enable users to significantly enhance their warehouse business at CeMAT.
articleHigh bay cold store in the desert uses automatic stacker cranes
In the desert nation of Dubai, logistics service provider Integrated National Logistics (INL) stores food for the Middle East market in 40,000 pallet spaces.
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.
productWarehouse design project
Davies & Robson is supporting leading cable management solution provider, Hellermann Tyton, as it enters the next phase of its development in the UK.
newsLogistics facility key part of BAE Systems expansion plan
BAE Systems will build a 28,000m2 off-site logistics facility to store submarine parts and materials in Barrow-in-Furness.
productCoca‑Cola Enterprises opens automated warehouse in Yorkshire
Coca‑Cola Enterprises has officially opened a £30 million Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS) warehouse in Wakefield.
blogTheft is an important cost for warehouse managers to be aware of
It’s amazing it went on for so long – it seems he got away with it for years partly because there were other staff as light-fingered as he was, and who got caught first.
