Debenhams is not “Britain’s favourite department store” by accident. It is a demanding client with a clear view of what it wants from a supply chain that has the job of underpinning the company’s intention to open 50 new stores over the next ten years. It
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Asda’s new 9,300sq m facility at AMEC Development’s flagship scheme Wakefield Europort is well underway, bringing the total amount of space occupied to more than 120,900sq m. The new accommodation will provide an Asda Service Centre (ASC) and IT facility,
Dutch B2B group Hagemeyer specialises in supplying the electrical materials, safety and Maintenance and Repair Operations (MRO) sectors throughout Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific.
About 90% of Hagemeyer’s trade is for next-day delivery.Beaumont explains: “We needed to implement a new enterprise management system, and we chose Movex. We created a national distribution centre at Runcorn which is a 330,000sq ft automated, high-bay fac
Eurologistics, which works all year round, except for Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, achieved a steady warehouse performance of more than 99% for the 12 months to April 2004, says Debes.
Multiple chain Rippleglen’s central distribution centre and group headquarters in Birmingham supplies its 180-plus branches, retailing in confectionery, greeting cards and newspapers.
Davies Turner has invested in flexible, high-volume carton handling equipment at its distribution centre near Dartford, Kent, which provides third-party logistics to customers in the South-east.
Value retailer Poundstretcher, part of the Brown and Jackson Group, has more than 300 stores nationwide with both high street and out of town locations. Established in 1981, Poundstretcher has streamlined its offering to provide a variety of good quality
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.
When rapidly growing specialist sausage manufacturer Manor Born developed a newshelf-ready packaging tray it turned to Rigid Corrugated to design and produce strong, side-opening fibreboard cases to fit the trays.
