Many companies are now looking to their returns logistics processes to improve their bottom line. How are they approaching this complex issue? And just what benefits can accrue? By Nick Allen
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.
Grocery retailers could save £200 million a year by using Electronic Data Interchange for despatch, a report from GS1 UK claims
Television and internet shopping business QVC has doubled on-site storage capacity at its distribution centre at Knowsley Industrial Park in Liverpool.
Outdoor leisure brand Regatta has invested in wireless warehouse and mobile hardware technology from Zetes for its four distribution centres across the country
bpi.films has added the Supreme RIX12, multi-layer cast stretchfilm, to its range of pallet stretchwraps, which is aimed at customers using semi-automatic stretchwrapping machines.
Jungheinrich has been developing RFID technology to guide forklifts quickly and efficiently around a narrow aisle store.
Crown is set to launch its first IC-engine counterbalance truck to the European market next month.
Unilever is aiming to cut safety stock by up to 15 per cent after signing a global agreement to roll out a demand sensing system across the organisation
Flexi Narrow Aisle is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the development of the first Flexi articulated forklift truck
