A combination of network consolidation and warehouse automation has resulted in an improved supply chain for global sportswear brand adidas.
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Motorola has released the WT1090 – a voice-only wearable terminal designed for voice picking and other distribution applications.
PJH Group, which distributes bathrooms, kitchens and appliances to the home improvement market, has placed a £150,000 order with Solarsoft Business Systems for new voice picking software and Psion Teklogix WORKABOUT PRO units.
International cheese and nutritional ingredients group, Glanbia, has seen picking accuracy levels shoot up to 100 per cent, since installing a voice-directed order picking system at two warehouses and two manufacturing plants in Ireland.
Retailer Delhaize Belgium is to implement an integrated supply chain ERP platform designed to enable it to standardise its supply chain transactions, increasing efficiency and productivity.
Morrisons supermarkets has signed a contract with Zetes to provide a wireless IT infrastructure for five of its manufacturing facilities in Yorkshire, Northampton and Cheshire.
Supply chain software company RedPrairie has been acquired by private equity group New Mountain Capital. It was previously owned by Francisco Partners, another private equity group.
Multi-channel retailer QVC has selected Manhattan Associate’s warehouse management and labour management products for it distribution centres in Florence, South Carolina, to help optimise its supply chain network.
MiX Telematics has launched an iPhone app that enables users to track their vehicles using mobile phones.
IFS has launched Virtual Maps, a route planning tool which overlays information about ongoing and planned jobs with road and satellite maps using Microsoft’s Bing Maps platform.
