Convenience retailer the Co-operative Group (CWS) has selected Manhattan Associates’ Integrated Logistics Solution for Retail to help automate and improve its supply chain of the future. The Co-op’s selection of Manhattan’s trading partner management,
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A new service has been launched for Marks & Spencer by Wincanton which enhances the three-year contract, signed last year, and involves the warehousing and delivery of the retailer’s non-merchandise equipment. Store managers can now order
A recently introduced 40% reduction in the charge that lorries will pay for using the M6 Toll road should attract more distribution companies to the West Midlands, says Evans Property Group. From now until at least the end of the year, haulage
The five Rs of marketing are described as “having the right products, in the right place at the right time in the right quantity and at the right price”. Recently a large public company was in the spotlight for doing exactly the opposite – headlines in
Contract packing, storage and logistics company Oakland International has invested £150,000 in a new warehouse management system (WMS) from Proteus to deal with expanding business in the UK and abroad. Oakland has installed the system at its Redditch he
Janssen-Cilag, part of healthcare company Johnson & Johnson, has renewed a contract with Exel for the third-party logistics company to continue operating UK warehousing and distribution for its medical products range.
Kellogg Company has expanded its alliance with DHL Solutions in Europe – DHL has taken over the cereal producer’s German logistics centre in Bremen, handling both national transport and the facility’s management. The outsourcing project is p
ACR Logistics is the new name for supply chain specialist Hays Logistics, following its change of ownership. The organisation’s re-branding marks a new phase in its development, which includes increasing turnover by more than 10% year-on-year
Easy and reliable access to materials handling equipment on a short-term hire basis is an essential element in the supply chain process for every kind of modern business – large or small – as it is a certainty that the requirement will arise in
There are high productivity floors and poor productivity floors and, of course, many shades of grey in between. The worst floors will probably get noticed, for example, if there is a truck collision with the racking. However, many users probably just put
