More than 150,000 containers are now travelling around Europe carrying an RFID tag, as a result of a project by CHEP in association with suppliers Microsoft, Infosys and RF Identics.
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Technology services provider Telent chose Jungheinrich to supply it with a more flexible materials handling and storage system for its 80,000 sq ft central contract marshalling centre in Coventry.
Faber Music Distribution – one of Europe’s largest music distributors and a subsidiary of music publisher Faber Music Ltd – has implemented a voice picking system from Zetes at its Essex-based distribution centre, to help it deal with the 46,000 order lin
James Clark, secretary general of BITA, highlights the importance of new electrical technologies such as high frequency battery chargers. “They use less mains energy than conventional chargers, and permit time-efficient ‘opportunity charging’ over breaks.
Boots.com has deployed a TGW carton transport and sorting system that links the delivery packing stations with the dispatch area at its Birmingham hub.
Denmark’s largest retail group Dansk Supermarked Gruppen has placed an order with Dematic to implement its Order Assembly system to consolidate the operations of its expanding general merchandise brands and reduce logistics costs.
Maurice Dalton, senior vice president at ProLogis Developments, looks at how the green agenda is impacting on warehouse design.
Plant and Electrical has increased the storage density at its new warehouse in Dublin by 50 per cent with an Aisle-Master electric, articulated forklift.
There has been a dramatic drop in demand for timber packaging and pallets, according to John Dye, president of the…
WRAP is currently discussing the future scope of a successor agreement to the Courtauld Commitment. The voluntary agreement, which was…
