The shocking revelation that hundreds of thousands of people working in the logistics sector have no qualifications highlights the fact that vocational training is needed more than ever before. Jessica Davies reports.
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Barloworld has six accredited training centres across the UK, employs 32 mobile instructors and trains around 6,000 operators each year.
EMPATHY Net-Works is a project part-funded by the European Social Fund and Hull University Business School, to help encourage women into the logistics and supply chain industries.
Voice picking is flavour of the month at the moment with new and innovative applications coming along thick and fast. But there are plenty of other ways a company can boost its picking performance, says Malory Davies.
Savoye Logistics recently implemented a software driven system to manage logistic flows for pharmaceutical group Novartis.
French car maintenance and equipment company Norauto decided at the beginning of 2004 to embark on a business re-engineering project to improve operational productivity, especially in the area of logistics.
Foodservice distributor, Freshfayre has signed up for BCP’s Accord Voice WMS for its central warehouse operation in Leeds.
Conveyor Systems was awarded the contract to supply a storage and handling system, which included a spiral conveyor belt to transfer products to/from a mezzanine floor for the new NHS national distribution centre in Scotland.
The East of England Co-Operative Society which has created one of the UK’s most advanced voice-driven warehouse environments at its 140,000 square foot depot in Ipswich.
The Fork Lift Truck Association has developed a forklift truck engineer apprenticeship for 16 to 19 year olds.
