Panasonic has introduced a lightweight, fully-ruggedised convertible notebook PC which is designed to cope with being knocked about. Called Toughbook CF-18, the notebook’s robust design protects valuable data from impact, moisture, water or dust.
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In a major move that will prove pivotal in the continuing development of Comet’s supply chain strategy, the electrical retailer is opening a new distribution centre in Skelmersdale. At 42,780sq m the new site will be the largest Comet building
Axiom GB has produced a new high-speed SR sorter which can accommodate a wide range of different size loads up to a maximum weight of 60kg. The sorter’s modular construction ensures unparalleled versatility to provide high capacity double-sided sorting so
Boots the Chemist is moving towards supplying products straight to shelf, says its director of logistics, Peter Scriven. He says the high street retailer has already been trialling the scheme in three stores, although the proposed scheme is very much
The project management of a new purpose-built 12,170sq m, 11m high warehouse for Pirelli UK Tyres has been completed by sbh.uk on time in just 28 weeks.
Rail freight traffic through the Daventry railport on the 365-acres DIRFT Logistics Park is reaching new records, providing encouraging news for the park’s developer, Seven Trent Property, who has been given the Government go-ahead for a major expansion
The Thames Gateway / A13 corridor continues to attract new occupiers, the latest being Securitas who has just acquired 5,580sq m on Ravenbourne Developments’ Thames Gateway Park at Dagenham.
Some of the UK’s largest non-food retail transport fleets are running at barely 50% of weight capacity and return legs average 21% use. Improvements in efficiency could save the retail supply chain millions of pounds a year, according to Rick Ballard of s
Miller Developments and The Royal Bank of Scotland joint venture Omega Warrington and landowner English Partnerships have submitted an outline planning application for the first two phases of the £1Bn Omega development at Warrington.
We have all heard horror stories about the impact de-stocking initiatives such as just in time, cross docking and direct shipping have had on smaller suppliers in the supply chain.
