The warehouse management system is at the core of the logistics operation and the basic functionality is well defined but there are still areas of development.
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Unilever is running a trial of Electronic Product Code Information Service to collect and access information from within its logistics environment and from trading partners in the supply chain.
Despite Britain’s 24 million online shoppers spending record amounts on goods in the run-up to Christmas, it seems a significant number of retailers endured a difficult festive season.
Chocolate retailer Thorntons has implemented the Aldata Gold retail management software. Thorntons has some 350 shops and 200 franchises.
Monkhill gets sweet Monkhill Confectionery, a division of Cadbury Trebor Bassett, is installing Lawson Software’s Quickstep Food and Beverage software across its four sites in Pontefract, York, Leeds and Cleckheaton.
RedPrairie is taking over StorePerform Technologies.
UPM Raflatac, an RFID tag and inlay manufacturer, has been selected by retail giant Metro Group to supply its Rafsec G2 ShortDipole RFID inlays for a pilot scheme that will see products tracked along the supply chain from China to Germany.
Motorola has completed the acquisition of Symbol Technologies for £2.1bn, after Symbol shareholders agreed the sale at a special meeting.
Scottish butcher Campbell’s Prime Meat is to use Cybit’s Fleetstar-Online software to manage its fleet of 75 refrigerated delivery vehicles.
NetDespatch has developed a new home delivery management system for TNT Post.
