Tesco’s pallet racking challenge

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Shippers forced to source closer to home
Shortage of capacity on some major shipping routes could encourage shippers to source products closer to the final point of consumption. That’s the warning from Jean Louis Cambon, who has just taken over as chairman of the European Shipper’s Council’s...

Ingredient specialist extends TDG deal
Food ingredient specialist Givaudan Nederland has extended its contract with TDG in a long-term business deal....

New SCALE from Manhattan
Manhattan Associates has launched the latest version of its supply chain execution platform, Manhattan SCALE (Supply Chain Architected for Logistics Execution)....

Volvo launches new FM distribution truck
Volvo has launched a new version of its FM truck which is designed for regional distribution operations. ...

Features

High and mighty
There has been a surge of new development in the heavy duty materials handling market of late as manufacturers boost their offering in a bid to beat the recession. Lucy Tesseras invertigates...

Rise of the e-pick face
Picking strategies are changing radically, driven by the mounting pressures caused by the explosion of e-commerce. Jessica Davies reports. ...

Case Studies

Online retailer cuts delivery costs
Online retailer Tackle Discounts has upped its sales by 30 – 40 per cent and cut delivery costs by 15 per cent, since going live with a delivery management system from MetaPack. ...

John Lewis overcomes storage challenge with Barloworld
John Lewis has upped its storage capacity since rolling out a VNA handling system from Barloworld, which enables its staff to work with walk-on racking at heights of over ten metres....

Viewpoint

Keep very quiet - and you might be allowed out at night
It's been very long slow process, but the government is coming round to the idea that there is a logic to making deliveries at nights and weekends. Malory Davies looks at proposals...

Think global, act local
Over the past few years the growth of globalisation has challenged logisticians to deal with the massive changes of moving from local to international supply chains. ...