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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TNT Logistics [now renamed Ceva] has re-ground its floors at its Hams Hall distribution centre bringing it into line with the TR34 DM2 flatness standard.
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.
The market for mezzanine floors has been fuelled by a recent boom in property prices.
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.
Jungheinrich has outsourced the storage of its lift truck parts held in the UK to Amethyst.
Dynamic Systems has completed a materials handling installation for SCA Hygiene Products, a supplier of tissue and personal care products.
