Bob Hine of BITA reckons waste disposal also has a direct bearing on lift truck maintenance intervals as it affects the amount of engine and hydraulic oil that is changed over the lifetime of the equipment.
Browsing: Corporate Insight
Things have been fairly quiet in the RedPrairie corner, understandably, as it is going through the motions of being acquired by a fund affiliated with New Mountain Capital, a private equity firm.
Rob Smith, VP, marketing, Europe, Kewill reckons e-commerce has “changed the landscape of logistics”.
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) took off with a bang last year, becoming the way for cash-strapped businesses to roll out much-needed systems, on a pay-as-you-go basis.
A fuel cell uses a chemical process to generate electricity. At the anode of the cell hydrogen is broken down…
Corporate clothing supplier BTC Activewear brought in a fleet of Atlet trucks and mobile shuttle buggies to help get its national hub up and running following a complex consolidation process.
Foodservice distributor Bako NW has saved some £75,000 per year, since investing in a voice-directed warehouse system from BCP.
Online retailer Tackle Discounts has upped its sales by 30 – 40 per cent and cut delivery costs by 15 per cent, since going live with a delivery management system from MetaPack.
John Lewis has upped its storage capacity since rolling out a VNA handling system from Barloworld, which enables its staff to work with walk-on racking at heights of over ten metres.
Cargotec has customised an order of seven Kalmar reachstackers to improve pipe handling for Norwegian logistics firm NorSea Group.
