A faster, more efficient order picking routines are now being realised by Hi-Tec Sports UK following a major reorganisation of existing material flow procedures at its Southend warehousing and distribution complex.
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Miller UK, which makes buckets and attachments for the construction industry, has expanded its operation into one self-contained facility near Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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There are currently 480 members operating more than 6,000 stores that make up the Nisa retail business. Among them are Budgens, Costcutter and Jacksons. The rapidly expanding Nisa-Today’s group runs a central distribution service (CDS) for member stores,
Laddaw, one of the largest automotive glass wholesalers and distributors in the UK, has installed Linpac Storage Systems racking to solve a storage challenge at a 12,000sq m warehouse and distribution centre to house windscreens, bodyglass
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.
