The growth of internet sales and a burgeoning multi-channel retail sector has created a ready market for automated solutions that centre on order picking efficiency. But take it a step at a time
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Asda is to use Swisslog’s Autostore automated goods-to-man system for its small case product lines
The best retailers and e-commerce companies carefully select and intelligently apply automation not only to boost productivity, but also to turn the DC into a competitive advantage
Deutsche Post DHL has unveiled five visions of the future and their impact on trade, business and society. DHL chief Frank Appel said: “In a world that is becoming harder to predict, we have to expand our horizon and think about alternatives…”
Automated processes have enabled Diageo to increase production of whisky casks by 25 per cent
Linpac Allibert has designed a new version of its Maxinest grocery retail tray to meet the demand for equipment that works seamlessly with the latest automated filling, weighing and handling technology
IT trading group Competec has commissioned Swisslog to install an automatic small parts and container storage system at its facility in Switzerland
Austrian third party logistics provider JCL Logistics has become the first company to install Knapp’s Fastbox system, which is designed to speed up the picking of fast-moving products
There’s a strong case to be made for investing in a new picking system – the business benefits are almost certainly greater that any interest the money might earn in the bank, reports Johanna Parsons.
A New Zealand company is claiming a world first – an automated standard reach truck for use in a commercial warehouse