Daifuku was appointed general contractor when Danish purchasing cooperative SuperGros decided to build an additional warehouse at Ringsted. The planned integrated consignment stock warehouse with its clad rack construction, has nine aisles with 20,544
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TomTom Work, the business-to-business division of TomTom, has won a contract to supply a vehicle navigation and tracking solution covering 1500 vehicles operated by Scotia Gas Network (SGN).
Pharmaceuticals pre-wholesaler UDG has been using the Microlise system for some time. Tim Gittins of UDG points out that clients are keen to track products, which in this market can be very expensive
In recent years, fashion group French Connection has streamlined its stock management and distribution operations. The group’s four principal brands are FCUK, designer brand Nicole Farhi, Toast and Great Plains.
Laura Ashley has introduced a new fleet of forklift trucks at its Coalville site, which it reckons will cost less over the trucks’ lifecycle than the fleet that it replaces.
Two major humanitarian disasters – the Burmese cyclone and the Chinese earthquake – provided a sombre backdrop to ”Supply Chain Standard”s Roundtable discussion on supply chain risk. But as Dave Food, business development director from the meeting’s
For an older generation, ”collaboration” has a sinister sound. But in the modern, dispersed and globalised supply chain, collaboration, up and down the chain, or even with apparent competitors, may be desirable or even essential
Retailers and manufacturers are under immense pressure to increase the performance of their supply chains, so it is not surprising that many resort to tough tactics in response to growing competition.
The need to develop sustainable distribution systems is driving new interest in collaboration, but companies still need to learn that logistics need not be a competitive issue, argues DEAN WYATT
Oliver Wight is a leading specialist consultancy, operating in over 20 countries worldwide, delivering business excellence for clients through sustainable behaviour change.
