Browsing: Intralogistics

As business picks up, companies are facing a dilemma when it comes to automation – whether to install a new system or extend the life expectancy of an existing installation. Lucy Tesseras considers
the pros and cons.

Chain Reaction Cycles initially commissioned Dematic to supply a voice picking and packing system after seeing a demonstration at Logistics Link North – however the project subsequently developed into something much more.

The Co-operative Pharmacy now has the capacity to fulfil 160,000 order lines in one shift, following a £16m investment in a new, automated national distribution centre at Meir Park in Stoke-on-Trent, designed and installed by Knapp.

It must be one of the most talked about technologies in logistics history, so why has take-up not been more dramatic? Malory Davies investigates.

St Helens-based NGF Europe has introduced an RFID system into its supply chain to ensure that deliveries are right first time, every time.