Kuehne + Nagel wins 5-year contract with Leonardo
Kuehne + Nagel has won a five-year contract in the UK with aerospace, defence and security company Leonardo.
Kuehne + Nagel has won a five-year contract in the UK with aerospace, defence and security company Leonardo.
UK Mail, bought by DHL last December, has chosen Beumer Group to expand its automated parcel sorting system at its national UK hub near Coventry.
A new report by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has found that technology will drive next generation supply chains that are “digital, on-demand and always-on”.
Ford has unveiled “Autolivery” – a self-driving van concept that would work in tandem with drones to pick up and collect goods and packages in urban areas.
UPS has tested an autonomous residential drone delivery; launched from one of its package vehicles.
Amazon has patented the transport of goods from drones to homes via parachute. This comes soon after the e-commerce giant patented an airborne fulfilment centre designed for service deliveries made by drones.
Deutsche Post DHL Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with technology company Huawei Technologies. The partnership is to develop a range of supply chain solutions for businesses using industrial grade Internet of Things systems and hardware.
CKF Systems has developed a number of ‘low cost’ robot handling cells – the equipment is designed for companies operating a manual palletising line. The supplier of automated handling and robotic solutions’ ‘AC25 Robot Palletising Cell’ is priced at £80,000 – CKF said that the product provides payback in under two years.
Ecommerce giant Amazon has a patent for an airborne fulfilment centre (AFC) which would be used to service deliveries made by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or ‘Drones’.
Maplin, the consumer technology retailer, is to use iForce Revive as an additional service to the existing multi-channel fulfilment solution.