Procter & Gamble’s Northern Service Centre opened on the 31st March 2006, incorporating a Swisslog automated pallet warehouse solution.
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Founder and managing director of Pall-Ex, Hilary Devey, has been named as one of four finalists in the Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the Year award 2006.
Baylis Distribution, has re-branded the company as Baylis Logistics.
Freightliner Heavy Haul (FHH) has secured a five year contract with Aggregate Industries UK (AI) to move a “millions of tonnes” of its rail borne aggregates per annum.
Voice technology has enabled food distributor, Brakes, to increase accuracy and speed of picking operations across its sixteen sites. The technology could soon be used for goods inwards, put-away, replenishment and loading. By Greg Tanner
HMT Shipping of Warrenpoint, Co Down has added four curtainsiders from Dennison Trailers to its fleet of 450 trailers. The 13.7m curtainsiders with 156mm deep neck were delivered to HMT’s Heysham depot from Dennison’s factory in Lancaster.
Developer Terrace Hill has scored a double on the distribution front in the last few weeks; in a joint venture with Stoford Developments
Focus on the ‘three Vs’, says the director of supply chain and customer service EMEA, Rockwell Automation
On the face of it, TDG’s annual results are nothing to write home about. Sales have risen slightly to £510m and operating profit is up slightly to £19.6m. So why are there smiles on the faces in Victoria Street – even if they are fairly cautious ones?
Keeping a massive network of small stores supplied with fresh food presents a massive logistical challenge. Mark Aylwin, supply chain director of Musgrave Budgeons Londis explains how he is going about it.
