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.
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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.
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
