Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has invested billions of pounds in the past two or three years to create a state-of-the-art automated distribution network. The only problem is that the network cannot cope with Sainsbury’s supply chain. Why? Barcodes.
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The new British dangerous goods transport regulations have prompted a major review of inventories and supply chain practices, says the Freight Transport Association (FTA).
Miller UK, which makes buckets and attachments for the construction industry, has expanded its operation into one self-contained facility near Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
The appetite for investment product in Edinburgh and Glasgow has remained ‘insatiable’ despite a severe lack of supply, according to property agent Knight Frank’s latest annual M8 Corridor Report. Both the Edinburgh and Glasgow investment markets
Online wine retailer Virgin Wines, part of Richard Branson’s Virgin empire, has contracted Amtrak Express Parcels to deliver thousands of boxes of wine to homes across the country via a convenient home delivery service
Paris-based La Martiniquaise has relocated its Glen Turner distillery from France to open a new £15M, 37-acre storage, blending and distribution facility at Starlaw Business Park, Livingston.
Manufacturers and retailers moving to Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) want their western European-based logistics providers to make the step with them, according to market analyst Datamonitor. Slovakia and neighbours such as Poland and the Czech Republic
high-labour use classes, i.e. manufacturing. But, where we are most active in the Midlands and the South-east, unemployment is already low.
Mobile asset management company TrenStar has acquired and will provide outsourced management of the beer keg fleet of Adolph Coors Company’s UK operating subsidiary – Coors Brewers (CBL).
British Airways Regional Cargo (BARC) is using MultiFreight, the freight software package from SCS, as the standard application for the newly enlarged company. The Dunwoody Airline Services Limited / British Airways World Cargo company realises that for
