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.
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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.
psion Teklogix (UK) has launched the 8580 and 8590 vehicle-mounted computers, designed for optimum performance in harsh environments and to provide forklift operators with real-time access to warehouse management tools, ensuring rapid data capture.
Innovate Logistics has spent £2 million overhauling its warehouse management system.
Road Angel is supplying Masternaut with its Nav 9000 Professional in-cab unit in a deal worth around £5m.
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.
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.
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.
