Browsing: IT & Software

Primark has signed a deal with BSI Management Systems to deploy its Entropy Software, a web-based supply chain audit, compliance and performance management system, as part of the company’s ethical trade strategy.

Royal Mail has recently implemented an Intermec data capture system to help it keep track of the hundreds of millions of Recorded Signed For, Special Delivery and Royal Mail Tracked parcels it handles each year.

The right software can make a huge difference to any logistics operation, but in order for it to work to its full potential it needs to be operated on the right hardware. LUCY TESSERAS reports on the latest developments in data capture systems.

Stalwart of the computer chip industry, Intel Corporation UK’s European logistics strategy manager Simon Barrett, has seen some big changes. He talks to JESSICA DAVIES ahead of his appearance at Extended Supply Chain 2009.

NE Wholesale, the trade distributor of tyres and exhausts, is extending its deployment of Aeromark’s Aerotrack vehicle tracking software, which has helped to improve customer service and reduce operating costs.

Manhattan Associates has reported sales of £30 million ($42.8 million) for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region during 2008, a 16 per cent increase compared to the previous year.

Brakes has won a multi-million pound contract with Irish catering contractor Aramark, with the help of Paragon Software Systems’ routeing and scheduling optimisation software.

Global transport and logistics solutions provider DSV has completed a pilot of Destiny’s digital pen and paper data capture technology in the UK.