Innovate Logistics has unveiled a £6M high-tech development of its storage and distribution centre in Dudley to help steel producer Corus provide faster and more accurate deliveries to its UK customers.
Browsing: Archive
Gerald Eve, adviser to some of Scotland’s largest businesses, has welcomed Jack McConnell’s decision to cut rates for business premises in Scotland by about 10%.
There is no doubt that there are synergies between the acquisitive Deutsche Post and the UK’s Exel. But, if the deal does go through and Deutsche Post takes over Exel, what will the consequences be for the logistics industry?
At the beginning of 2004, supply chain provider Wincanton took over P&O’s bonded warehouse operation in Greenford, Middlesex. Since then, there has been a new spring in the depot’s step, as Wincanton has undertaken a lot of inward investment.
Eden Park Developments, part of the Fiducia Group, has received planning permission to build a 2,787sq m industrial/warehouse building on a 1.5 acre greenfield site near J17 of the A1M in Orton Southgate, Peterborough.
World famous toy brand Corgi (UK) prepares to celebrate its golden anniversary next year. In order to cope with the expected increase in demand, it has reviewed its distribution and warehousing operations.
Southern forklift suppliers On3 and Champion have both been awarded the rights to exclusively distribute Doosan-Daewoo FLTs in their respective regions. Korean company Doosan originally paid £1.7Bn for the Daewoo company.
Global supply chains across the retail, automotive, financial services, manufacturing and high-tech markets are dogged with process and cost inefficiencies, according to a survey of 400 organisations across the UK, France, Germany and the US.
Previously, slower-moving lines were picked from static shelving, with the very slow-moving lines being located further away than other slightly faster lines, which meant staff had to walk further to collect slower lines, making them expensive to pick.
Clothing manufacturer Red Inc is using Prolog Logistics to handle the warehousing and distribution of its three key clothing brands.
