UK shoppers will spend £7.2 billion on food and grocery shopping online by 2014 – nearly double the figure for 2009, according to new research from international grocery analysts IGD.
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Equipment Tracking, which develops software for pallet and equipment tracking, has signed a partnership agreement with Belgravium, which makes rugged mobile computing devices.
UPS and Honeywell are teaming up to develop a new generation of hand-held computer for UPS drivers to improve communication links.
House of Fraser has gone live with a new in-house fulfilment system which integrates with MetaPack to manage its home delivery.
Zetes has rolled out the pilot phase of a project based on RFID technology at the Azucarera Ebro Guadelete sugar refinery, in Spain, which is part of the British Sugar group.
Skillweb has created a mobile communications system designed to help home delivery operators handling returns.
Japanese food wholesaler Harro Foods has improved stock management and traceability after introducing Chess Logistics Techology’s Empirica warehouse management system.
Manhattan has launched a forecasting method to help plan inventory levels for products with unpredictable buying patterns.
i2 Technologies has released the latest version of i2 Transportation Manager via its FreightMatrix hosted TMS software.
Local authorities and gritting contractors are using Masternaut Three X to monitor gritters, as well as recording how much salt has been spread on major roads, which becomes increasingly useful as supplies dwindle.
