Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the logistics and distribution sectors “are struggling with the burden of in-house IT management”, says a survey commissioned by JBS Computer Services. As a result, says the survey, the SMEs are being distract
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Globalisation and the opening of the single European market have stimulated a massive growth in international freight transport. However, it is apparent that Europe’s transport system has failed to keep pace with this growth. Presently, Europe’s transport
Although the additional rental information being sought is intended to lead to greater accuracy in the initial Rateable Value assessment, it is likely that because of the volume of properties covered – as with previous Revaluations – thousands of these va
Pilkington Automotive, Ricoh, Bacardi-Martini Group and Nestlé Waters have awarded major contracts to P&O Ferrymasters.
The need for traditional, costly distribution hubs could be eliminated by using an advanced new logistics strategy, claims Walsh Western International (WWI). The third-party logistics provider has just launched Dynamic In-Transit Merge (DITM) to cut costs
A new fleet of Jungheinrich counterbalanced forklifts, reach trucks and pallet transporters is playing a key role in the manufacture and on-time despatch of breakfast cereals from Dailycer’s manufacturing plant in Deeside.
growth over the past five years, for example in the Midlands – Hams Hall, Birmingham and DIRFT – other areas, principally north of the A50 corridor, have seen much lower patterns of growth.
An import, storage and distribution contract has been awarded to Spatial Logistics by Green Cone, which manufactures a solar-powered household food waste digester unit.
Savi Technology, Matrics and the MIT Auto-ID Centre have teamed up to offer an integrated radio frequency identification (RFID) solution that simultaneously monitors the conveyances that transport products.
House of Fraser, the department store group and retailer of designer brands, has chosen Manhattan Associates’ Warehouse Management System (WMS) to run its two principal distribution facilities in the UK. Manhattan Associates’ Labour Management and Perfo
