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British gas is seeing dramatic increases in throughput and capacity, as well as major manpower savings at its new £17 million distribution centre for gas and electrical appliance spare parts in Leicester.

About 20 per cent of all components stored in warehouses take more than 10 minutes to retrieve, according to a survey by automated storage and retrieval specialist Kardex.

With land values continuing to rise and labour becoming more expensive and harder to find, will 2007 herald a golden age for warehouse automation? James Falkner reports.

WH Smith has increased outbound productivity by 20 per cent at its Dunstable distribution centre, after installing a sortation system from SDI Greenstone.

With more than 20,000 product lines available in any one year and a programme of range development, this presents a major challenge to the warehouse and logistics team.

Logistics Link Live takes up residence at Coventry with exhibitions, seminars, and demonstrations of leading-edge materials handling and logistics solutions.

Research has shown that logistics is core to the economy – but try telling that to the planners. Liza Helps takes a closer look at the problem.

How do you gain competitive advantage with a supply chain delivering a vast array of 400,000 products to 1,850 branches? This was the complex challenge facing plumbing and building merchant, Wolseley UK. Their answer was to invest €150 million in a new