B&Q is to install Voxware’s VoiceLogistics software in its Preston Brook distribution centre in Runcorn, using sixty MC3090 terminals from Motorola.
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When radio frequency identification (RFID) first surfaced four years ago as the next big thing in supply chain automation, technologists hailed it as the answer to every logistics manager’s dream.
Automated storage and retrieval systems have had dramatic impacts in reducing picking times and increasing warehouse efficiency for particular operations. However, technology has restricted the application of automated systems.
Express Operator City Link has introduced a Vocera communications systems at its Wednesbury hub.
Dutch IT companies Groeneveld IT and Cat Logic are merging to form a new company.
RedPrairie has agreed to buy GEOCOMtms, which designs fleet management software, for an undisclosed sum.
Marks & Spencer’s food depot in Bristol is to have an RFID-based sortation system from Dematic.
Dairy Crest is to use Paragon’s single depot routeing and scheduling software for the daily planning of store deliveries from four of its dairies.
Unitech has released the PA600, a PDA which weighs 290 grams and is designed for mobile workers in the retail, healthcare, hospitality and field service markets.
The Port of Rotterdam is using Savi Networks SaviTrak real-time to automatically track the location and security status of cargo containers.
