Chocolate maker Cadbury, has upgraded its Australian national distribution centre in Melbourne, resulting in a 20 per cent productivity improvement to the automatic storage and retrieval crane system in its warehouse.
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Electronics retailer Elgiganten has rolled out an automated pick and pack system at its central warehouse in Jönköbing, Sweden, to help it deal with its surging e-retail business.
The issue of forklift safety catapulted itself into the public domain recently when the BBC showed footage of a driver crashing into racking stacked full with vodka. Jessica Davies takes a crash course in truck safety.
When the Boots Group decided to consolidate its retail supply chain and automate its central warehouses, part of its plan included adapting an existing 5,000 square metre section of warehouse space, to enable it to handle high volume, top-selling lines.
Keystone Distribution UK has bumped up picking productivity at its new Hemel Hempstead depot by 15 per cent since bringing in a voice picking system from Zetes.
Ferdinand Gross, the Stuttgart-based fastener supplier, has improved the productivity and flexibility of its logistics operations and boosted customer service levels with a Multishuttle system from Dematic
The Co-operative has opened a £16m automated distribution centre to serve its Pharmacy’s 800 branches.
The graphs are all starting to turn up but is it tempting fate to take that automation project off the back-burner? With big announcements from Tesco and Procter & Gamble, there seems to be renewed enthusiasm. Malory Davies reports.
As the nights get longer and the opressive cloud of winter begins to descend, Logistics link North will once again brighten up Doncaster racecourse with an array of innovations to help boost supply chain efficiency. Lucy Tesseras reports.
Dematic is to supply a mechanised logistics system for Tesco’s new 910,000 sq ft distribution centre at Teesport, Middlesbrough. The system, which is scheduled for completion in 2010, will provide the retailer with a pallet storage solution, incorporating
