Renowned by customers for its speed of service and efficiency, Chums wanted to increase its daily throughput of parcels from 3,500 to 9,000 to meet growing peak demands and future growth capacity without adding additional labour.
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Procter & Gamble is trialling in the London area GPRS in the cabs so that it knows exactly the trucks are.
For many landlords, a visit to the property director of a third-party logistics provider (3PL) ranks slightly lower down the list of things-I-want-to-do than a visit to the dentist.
Atlet has supplied a fleet of 72 lift trucks to value retailer Instore’s new distribution centre in Huddersfield.
Asda is creating 300 jobs at its new £20M import centre with PD Teesport, part of PD Ports. The new facility, being built near Middlesborough, will save Asda an estimated two million road miles a year by shipping 70% of its distribution direct to Teesport
The wide spread replacement of unreliable mechanical dock levellers with electrically controlled hydraulic devices.
Fortec Pallet Distribution Network is using a new sliding scale pricing scheme for larger consignments of palletised freight sent through its network of nearly 60 depots.
DHL has opened a state-of-the-art terminal in Wroclaw, Poland. The new terminal cost Euro 3.3M and represents a key pillar in the group’s strategy to bolster its logistics network in Europe.
Specialist brick forks, a speed controller and on-board weighing system are just three features of the new Builders’ Merchants Special by Toyota Industrial Equipment.
Rental performance between the traditional sector and distribution warehouses has diverged, according to GVA Grimley’s latest Industrial Intelligence report.
