Online sales in December were 30 per cent up year-on-year, and the last week before Christmas saw almost double the sales compared with last year, according to MetaPack’s eTracker
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The rise of internet shopping, mobile phones and web-based applications have changed the way we live our lives, but what impact have these technological advancements had on logistics operations? Lucy Tesseras explores the latest trends in logistics IT
Birmingham City Mission is on track to deliver more than 10,000 Christmas presents
DFDS Logistics is implementing the Empirica WMS from Chess Logistics Technology at its high volume transhipment facility at Larkhall near Glasgow
Delivery network Hermes is providing real-time visibility of its couriers and the status of deliveries and collections
Clugston Distribution Services is looking for savings of £50 per vehicle per week after investing in CMS SupaTrak’s safer driving assistant system, as well as upgrading its transport management system to Manpack 3 from Mandata
Problems with a warehouse system cost fashion retailer SuperGroup £8.8 million, the company revealed in its half year results
DHL Supply Chain is launching a standardised warehouse management system from RedPrairie across its global operations, to improve accuracy and product availability
Skillweb now facilitates ad hoc returns on behalf of online and catalogue retail customers, with a reverse logistics tool that provides full traceability of all collected items throughout the returns process
HP has agreed a £1 million contract with Manufacturing Technology Centre, a new facility in Coventry, to provide resources and industry expertise that will help manufacturers and customers improve supply chains
