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Hi-Store has been involved in designing and installing industrial ‘back-of-house’ floors for many years, meeting the needs of a rapidly expanding market.

PB Logistics, a third party logistics operator, has appointed Conveyors (UK) to help replace its manual handling operation with conveying technology incorporating sequential routing for operators.

One of the key considerations is whether to adopt a goods-to-man or man-to-goods strategy – the former involving automated equipment like carousels and mini-load systems,

To accommodate this variety of fast and slow-moving lines, a range of storage and order picking methods were co-ordinated by Knapp to form the integrated handling system at the facility.

With 9,000-plus products available – from office furniture and large laser printers to pencils and other small consumables – there are also a wide variety of demand levels, some products turning much faster than others.

Renowned by customers for its speed of service and efficiency, Chums wanted to increase its daily throughput of parcels from 3,500 to 9,000 to meet growing peak demands and future growth capacity without adding additional labour.

After the hype, many feel disillusioned with RFID but the technology continues to move ahead as prices fall and trials proliferate.

Logistics Link North’s success continued in September as more than 1,430 logisticians converged on Doncaster Racecourse to see the latest technologies and service provision aimed at driving down costs and boosting operational efficiency within the supply

Previously, slower-moving lines were picked from static shelving, with the very slow-moving lines being located further away than other slightly faster lines, which meant staff had to walk further to collect slower lines, making them expensive to pick.