Internet shopping and make-to-order manufacturing continue to grow rapidly, forcing distribution service providers to make a marked shift towards tailored, flexible service provision and, most importantly, establishing added-value partnerships.
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Picking errors have been cut by 50% at Whitbread Supply Chain’s depot in Reading following the introduction of wireless voice-controlled order picking and radio data terminals operating with warehouse management systems from Chess Logistics Tech
Nikon UK, part of photographic and optical equipment manufacturer Nikon Corporation, is using Amethyst Group Logistics Division to provide a partner logistics solution to support its Imaging retail operation for UK and the Republic of Irelan
In order to meet substantial growth in its Container Transport and Distribution operations, DHL is taking delivery of 600 new trucks throughout 2005. An initial batch of 200 new MANs trucks were delivered before Christmas. The policy for future del
Forklift trucks, conveyors, pickers and other materials handling equipment is again very prominent at Logistics Link 2005 – after all, no warehousing operation would be able to function without such equipment. And there will be plenty of the very latest m
Davigel, a major supplier of frozen foods to the French catering industry, has implemented the DLx Dispatcher warehouse management system (WMS) from RedPrairie. Davigel, part of the Nestlé group, stores approximately 150,000 tonnes of goods
Nampak Plastics Europe, which manufactures rigid plastic packaging, has awarded a five-year, £4.4M contract hire deal with truck and trailer rental specialist Hill Hire. The deal involves 170 bespoke stepframe curtainsiders, 40 straightframe
UPM Rafsec, a leading RFID tag manufacturer and member of the UPM Group, has participated in the Metro Group’s RFID roll-out and creation of the first automatic pallet labelling device for UHF RFID tags for Nestlé. The solution, facilitated by Nest
One of five Potter Group facilities in the UK, the Droitwich, Worcester distribution centre has specialised in dealing with hazardous goods for nearly 20 years. Located on a secure, 38-acre rural complex with 30,000sq m of shared-user warehousing, the cen
Inotec UK has introduced a reusable RFID tag which not only carries data but is also programmable to measure temperature profiles or out-of-range extremes over a period of time. The fully programmable KSW TempSense tag records temperatures from -15°C t
