Between demanding retailers and unforgiving B2C operations, more and more is being demanded of distribution operations. And the rise of multi-channel retail strategies is having an impact on how order picking is organised.
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Data can make or break a supply chain. But with ever more sophisticated means of capturing and processing it, the big questions are what data do you need, and what should you do with it?
Cereal producer Kellogg has selected Terra Technology’s Demand Sensing system to speed its responses to shifts in product demand and better serve customers and consumers
Disk drive manufacturer Seagate Technology has appointed Dennis Omanoff senior vice president of worldwide supply chain and procurement.
Six IT companies targeting the logistics market have formed The Logistics Technology Alliance to offer customers and one stop shop
Kewill has been selected to develop Infocomm Technology solutions to manage paperless airfreight processes in Singapore
Relex, a Helsinki based supply chain software company has launched in the UK
Intermec has launched the PR2 and PR3 mobile receipt printers, which it says are the smallest, lightest and most durable receipt printers in their class
Asda is to use Swisslog’s Autostore automated goods-to-man system for its small case product lines
John Lewis Partnership has deployed Descartes’ reservations and route planner system to consolidate home deliveries for larger goods into one dynamic booking system
