Case Studies
Detailed reports analysing how organisations are boosting efficienciesLaura Ashley plans to cut costs with new fleet
Laura Ashley has introduced a new fleet of forklift trucks at its Coalville site, which it reckons will cost less over the trucks' lifecycle than the fleet that it replaces....
Published: 01 June 2008
Pumping up the volume
Godwin Pumps, which manufactures pumping equipment, bought two Kardex Shuttle XPs to help deal with its increasingly high stock levels and maximise space at its 10,000 sq m site in Quenington....
Published: 01 June 2008
SSI Schaefer's cool approach
SSI Schaefer says the cold store industry lags behind other market leaders when it comes to warehouse systems and logistics. While capacities increase, the average degree of use in most warehouses is 75 per cent....
Published: 01 June 2008
UDG on track with Microlise
Pharmaceuticals pre-wholesaler UDG has been using the Microlise system for some time. Tim Gittins of UDG points out that clients are keen to track products, which in this market can be very expensive...
Published: 01 June 2008
Vanderlande plays the game
Specialist video-game retailer Game Stores chose Vanderlande's cross-belt sorter to help boost productivity by making picking operations faster, more flexible and accurate....
Published: 01 June 2008
Costs Delta blow
Kimberly-Clark is responsible for some of the UK's most famous brands - Andrex, Kleenex, Kotex and Huggies - but its distribution strategy must cater for products with a relatively low value per cubic metre but standard costs....
Published: 01 May 2008
Innovation ensures easy ride for car manufacturer
Delphi Automotive Systems has designed an innovative picking process to meet the challenge of supplying, in assembly line sequence, the correct suspension module for each corner of more than 5,200 vehicles per week....
Published: 01 May 2008
Paper supplier picks Atlet for warehouse duties
Elettric 80 has completed phase two of an end-of-line automation solution for J Garcia Carrión, the producer of the Don Simon range of products which includes fruit juices, wines, soft drinks and soups....
Published: 01 May 2008
RedPrairie takes on the task for Carphone Warehouse
The Carphone Warehouse is implementing RedPrairie's Task Management application to gain a single, chain-wide window into all aspects of store operations, including marketing, merchandising and promotions....
Published: 01 May 2008
RFID boost for garment system
Germany mail order company Klingel has installed an automated storage, tracking and sortation system from Dürkopp Fördertechnik. Based on Dürkopp's Rolladapter with an integrated RFID device which accompanies every item from goods-in to dispatch...
Published: 01 May 2008
Staples picks Savoye for Belgian warehouse
Book distributor Littlehampton Book Services is implementing voice technology from VoiteQ following a four week trial....
Published: 01 May 2008
Talk is a hit for south coast book distributor
Book distributor Littlehampton Book Services is implementing voice technology from VoiteQ following a four week trial....
Published: 01 May 2008
TNT picks DLoG for tug terminals
Express operator TNT has introduced a system using DLoG vehicle mounted terminals on its tugs to manage the movement trailers at its parcel hubs....
Published: 01 May 2008
Wine producer goes for end-of-line automation
Elettric 80 has completed phase two of an end-of-line automation solution for J Garcia Carrión, the producer of the Don Simon range of products which includes fruit juices, wines, soft drinks and soups....
Published: 01 May 2008
3663's end-to-end voice is a UK first
Food service company 3663 has increased order selection rates by 30 per cent as well as improving accuracy following the introduction of a voice picking system as part of the UK's first end-to-end voice application....
Published: 01 April 2008
Argos looks to Keymas to develop warehouse system
Growth at Argos meant the business needed to develop its Bridgwater warehouse operation - one of a network of nine distribution centres Argos currently uses across the UK...
Published: 01 April 2008
Baxi's fast-track floor upgrade
CG Flooring Systems (CGFS) has completed upgrading the 6000 sq m floor of an iron foundry to narrow-aisle warehouse standard suitable for racking up to 12 metres high, in less than six weeks....
Published: 01 April 2008
Happy birthday
This year is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Rudolph Diesel, inventor of the diesel engine. Diesel was born on 18 March 1858 the son of German parents, in Paris. He studied at the Munich Polytechnic under Professor Carl von Linde....
Published: 01 April 2008
How to compost a label
Label specialist Systems Labelling has successfully developed a home compostable label for the Sainsbury's "SO" organic range of products....
Published: 01 April 2008
Lawson fishes for gold
Lawson teamed up with Skretting, supplier of feed for farmed fish, to deliver Trace Engine, a system which provides the company with instant electronic access to accurate upstream and downstream records of all raw materials...
Published: 01 April 2008
