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Jungheinrich is now offering a warehouse management system software suite to complement its materials handling equipment

Fashion retailer Jacques Vert is taking on new IT systems, including Retail Assist’s supply chain ERP solution Merret, and Maple Lake’s QuickAssortment merchandise and assortment planning software

Shoe retailer Clarks is investing in new systems at its distribution centre in Street, Somerset, that will enable the company to prepare shipping consignments to meet changing market demands

The growth of online retail and the development of new technologies, such as vision-based systems, is set to change the face of picking. Lucy Tesseras casts an eye over the options.

Are there flaws with your floor? It’s probably the most frequently used piece of equipment in a warehouse, but all too often people simply look down on it. Lucy Tesseras reports.

John Lewis is now able to achieve up to 1,000 picks per man hour after implementing pick-to-light and put-to-light technology from Knapp.

Catalogue giant JD Williams has gone live with Dematic’s pick-to-voice system at its Shaw site near Oldham, which is expected to reduce pick errors by 65 per cent.