Shimano was finding it increasingly hard to find warehouse staff in the Netherlands so turned to Savoye to automate its distribution centre.
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Tommy Hilfiger has improved the service level to stores in time for Christmas after upgrading its Vanderlande automated system.
General Motors has saved energy, improved productivity and optimised line side delivery operations at its Astra car plant in Ellesmere Port by switching to electric tow tractors from gas-powered units.
Christmas product supplier Anker International supplies nearly 85 per cent of its goods during the Christmas peak so turned to Dachser to help it cope with seasonal demand
German logistics firm, Spedition Gschwander, has created fuel savings of between five and ten per cent after deploying Shell’s FuelSave Partner software.
Coca-Cola Enterprises has increased throughput by 18 per cent at its Northampton distribution centre after implementing Lanner’s Witness simulation software
Huuskes Versproducten has improved accuracy by 60 per cent and cut personnel costs by 20 per cent after installing an order fulfilment system by Vanderlande Industries.
The terrorist threat at the East Midlands air hub has prompted increased security measures with more mooted for the future, but trade bodies are stressing the importance of maintaining the flow of global commerce. So what does business as usual actually i
Catalogue giant JD Williams has gone live with Dematic’s pick-to-voice system at its Shaw site near Oldham, which is expected to reduce pick errors by 65 per cent.
Home textile supplier Welspun has improved stock control and order picking performance at its Manchester facility following the introduction of Chess Logistics Technology’s Empirica warehouse management application with RF-based barcode scanning.
