Racking out a warehouse can appear deceptively simple, but getting it wrong might prove costly. Malory Davies reports on how companies are making creative use of racking.
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In a few days time, an EU directive comes into force introducing the long awaited “Driver CPC”. The directive will affect some 800,000 drivers.
Plans for what will be one of the biggest port-related developments in the country – covering almost 1,500 acres on the south bank of the Humber – have been submitted to North Lincolnshire Council.
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beelocal, an online enterprise that will enable independent shops and producers to sell their goods via the internet and offer customers a 24-hour delivery service, has taken part of a former carpet factory on Aynam Road in Kendal, on a three-year lease a
Consumer packaging company Huhtamaki UK opted for a software-as-a-service WMS system from Snapfulfil, for its three southern UK warehouses. Each site went live with the systemsimultaneously and the result was a cost saving of £80,000 in the first year. Fu
Stobart Rail has been shortlisted as one of three preferred bidders for a £25m contract to turn Carlisle Airport into a logistics hub for its sister company Stobart Logistics. The transformation includes the building of a 400,000 sq ft warehouse.
Bart Spices relocated to a 30,000 sq ft warehouse and implemented a WMS which could cope better with
its expanding volumes.
Gallan Group has completed the first phase of its £20m Gallan Park mixed-use scheme on Watling Street, Cannock – a 70,000 sq ft industrial warehouse pre-let to Rhenus Logistics.
Thorntons reported a cost saving of £100,000 in the
first year of installing a warehouse management
system from Manhattan Associates at its 140,000 sq
ft warehouse in Alfreton, Derbyshire.
