The Carphone Warehouse is implementing RedPrairie’s Task Management application to gain a single, chain-wide window into all aspects of store operations, including marketing, merchandising and promotions.
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Kimberly-Clark is responsible for some of the UK’s most famous brands – Andrex, Kleenex, Kotex and Huggies – but its distribution strategy must cater for products with a relatively low value per cubic metre but standard costs.
Germany mail order company Klingel has installed an automated storage, tracking and sortation system from Dürkopp Fördertechnik. Based on Dürkopp’s Rolladapter with an integrated RFID device which accompanies every item from goods-in to dispatch
Book distributor Littlehampton Book Services is implementing voice technology from VoiteQ following a four week trial.
Once companies have made an initial change investment, how do they optimise their supply chains and continually drive for incremental improvements in people and processes? Sue Pryce shows the way.
Storage specialist Link 51 has completed a pallet live facility in Welwyn Garden City for the UK’s largest independent producer of complete dog foods
Label specialist Systems Labelling has successfully developed a home compostable label for the Sainsbury’s “SO” organic range of products.
It’s such a blindingly simple idea that you wonder why no-one thought of it before – chamfering the leading edge of a trailer to make it more aerodynamic. If you can’t use the space, then the fuel saving makes it worthwhile – and lots of people are now go
Volvo Trucks is challenging its transport suppliers to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent within the next two years as part of its climate strategy which already aims at, among other things, carbon-neutral production, energy efficiency
The Tanfield Group caused a stir last year with the release of the battery powered Newton truck and the Edison van. Since then more vehicles have gone out for appraisal and it has plans to ramp up production over the coming year.
