A new machine which allows customers to strap and stretch-wrap palletised loads in one integrated unit without the need to install driven conveyor line is available from Cyklop UK. The company has developed the TwinPack, a compact and cost-effective unit
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When Computer 2000 moved to a new custom-built warehouse, the introduction of an upgraded warehouse management system (WMS) posed a massive measuring problem for the computer equipment distributor. In order for the new system to work, it needed t
A theme emerging from the recent Intermodal Transport & Logistics 2004 conference in Copenhagen concerned the capacity of the rail network and intermodal terminals to absorb the growth of international combined transport in forthcoming years. The E
Mothercare has chosen Exel to manage its UK distribution centres. Both companies will work together to relocate Mothercare’s operations from its Support Distribution Centre (SDC) in Coventry, to a new 27,900sq m national distribution centre
Two Christmases ago in the US, furniture manufacturer Restoration Hardware created a small red cabinet with 25 drawers that counted down to Christmas day. The product became one of America’s hottest selling items, and a must-have item. Then, mid-way throu
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.
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
EVERYONE hates Christmas shopping so it came as no surprise in the run-up to last year’s festive season that consumers would turn to the Internet to purchase their goods. Yet this fairy story did not have a happy ending – hundreds of thousands of g
n A special Mezzlift platform lift from Penny Hydraulics is providing Suffolk Community Equipment Service (SCES) with a safe and efficient way of handling a variety of large and small loads between ground and mezzanine level at its distribut
