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Royal Mail has recently implemented an Intermec data capture system to help it keep track of the hundreds of millions of Recorded Signed For, Special Delivery and Royal Mail Tracked parcels it handles each year.

The right software can make a huge difference to any logistics operation, but in order for it to work to its full potential it needs to be operated on the right hardware. LUCY TESSERAS reports on the latest developments in data capture systems.

Jessica Davies visits the toymaker’s giant distribution centre in Prague to find out how it satisfies the demands of the global market.

Stalwart of the computer chip industry, Intel Corporation UK’s European logistics strategy manager Simon Barrett, has seen some big changes. He talks to JESSICA DAVIES ahead of his appearance at Extended Supply Chain 2009.

Kirklees Council in Yorkshire has introduced an electronic refuse collection van that will be powered by the rubbish it collects.

February turned out to offer some very special challenges to logistics professionals with the heaviest snowfalls for almost two decades followed by flooding. The snow might have brought London and the South East to a virtual standstill- but that didn’t st

Max Alexander has joined Unipart Consumer Logistics as senior business development manager. His previous roles include UK sales and marketing director at Ceva UK and commercial director at EGL.

Government plans for a third runway at Heathrow have moved a step forward but there are real fears that it could still end up on the scrapheap, warns Malory Davies.

There are some desperate land lords and owners out there, but there are few clues to say who is holding the weakest hand. LIZA HELPS shuffles the cards.

Only 11 per cent of the logistics workforce is under the age of 25. Conversely some 42 per cent are over the age of 45 with a large proportion of them over 55. This is a demographic time-bomb prImed to explode. That’s one million people destined to leave