Argos Direct is using a fleet of 80 Crown trucks to speed the despatch of furniture, leisure and electrical goods from its 60,450sq m warehouse and distribution complex in Marsh Leys, Bedford.
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Mobile asset management company TrenStar has acquired and will provide outsourced management of the beer keg fleet of Adolph Coors Company’s UK operating subsidiary – Coors Brewers (CBL).
British Airways Regional Cargo (BARC) is using MultiFreight, the freight software package from SCS, as the standard application for the newly enlarged company. The Dunwoody Airline Services Limited / British Airways World Cargo company realises that for
Two 2.4 tonne heavy-duty Toyota powered pallet handlers featuring double pallet handling forks have helped the Fyffes Group’s Basingstoke site reduce the time spent off-loading bananas by 80%.
Coffee supplier Cafeology is using Cert Logistics to manage the warehousing and distribution of its portfolio of Fairtrade coffee nationwide. Cert is managing the contract from its bonded, shared-user distribution centre in Rotherham.
A new Web-based procurement tool targeted at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is now available from application developer e-Warehouse. Called e-Ware, the cost-effective tool is aimed at helping SMEs to boost online sales.
When Palletways needed to secondary-sort product for a major customer it turned to Axiom GB to develop a manual cross docking system that would improve order picking efficiency and secondary-level sorting.
The craze for mobile phones and all their must-have fashion accessories no show no sign of abating. On average we are keeping mobiles for less than a year before trading them in for a new model with even more gadgets.
Barlows, one of the UK’s largest commercial interior contractors, has contracted Bibby Distribution to manage its full logistics operations from inbound international movements, to storage, pick and pack, despatch and delivery.