It might be the best truck in the world but it is no use if it is not working. Keeping materials handling equipment running is a universal concern, but there’s no one solution, says Johanna Parsons
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Retail is changing with consumers increasingly taking up online options for home delivery and click and collect. Johanna Parsons finds that retailers are increasingly looking to automation to pave the way to serving these different channels
Discount retailer TJ Morris, trading as Home Bargains was close to reaching a “critical mass” when it recruited SSI Schaefer to help to increase the bulk storage capacity and picking at its distribution centre
The Co-op Group is one of the leading grocery retailers in Switzerland, with an annual revenue of some 27.8 billion Swiss Francs. Its retail stock comprises about 70,000 items across many categories
Tuko Logistics, a grocery storage, assortment, purchasing and logistics service provider in Finland, ordered Cimcorp 3D Shuttle to increase the efficiency of its logistics operation
Storage levels at Boughey Distribution have been higher than anticipated in the first quarter of its financial year, according to parent group NWF
More than 15,000 people are now following Logistics Manager on Twitter
Northampton-based BMB Removals has purchased a used truck from Linde Material Handling, after seeking professional guidance when searching for used and refurbished fork lift trucks
Morrisons has teamed up with custom software consultancy, ThoughtWorks, to introduce its new electronic Order Pad, which will replace the supermarket’s manual weekly inventory process
SDI Group has moved into a new 20,000 sq ft site in Hinckley, Leicestershire, to facilitate the company’s ongoing expansion
