A faster, more efficient order picking routines are now being realised by Hi-Tec Sports UK following a major reorganisation of existing material flow procedures at its Southend warehousing and distribution complex.
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Much of the demand has been generated by retailers eager to improve their supply chain networks both to meet their customers’ demands in the store, and to drive down costs. There are a number of reasons why companies need to improve their supply chains.
Road Freight Transport: In 1988, before the Masstricht Treaty, one of the first things the EU did was to harmonise transit documents for trucks and freight crossing internal EU frontiers, reducing the previous sheaf of paper to a single form, before aboli
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.
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.
Go to a restaurant where there are 50 covers and 50 cooks but only one waiter and you won’t have a very good evening. That waiter could be Maurice Greene but you won’t be eating until midnight. In the same way, there are some major issues that need to be
In the first significant expansion since it successfully floated on the AIM market at the end of 2003, specialist container supplier Straight has formed a new materials handling division.
Value retailer Poundstretcher, part of the Brown and Jackson Group, has more than 300 stores nationwide with both high street and out of town locations. Established in 1981, Poundstretcher has streamlined its offering to provide a variety of good quality
Argos Direct is using a fleet of 80 Crown trucks to speed the despatch of furniture, leisure and electrical goods from its 60,450sq m warehouse and distribution complex in Marsh Leys, Bedford.
