Hyster has launched a pallet truck with supplementary lift designed to assist with manual handling when picking or replenishing stock at low levels.
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German retailer myToys.de plans to open a new distribution centre at Langenselbold in June which will use an automated sortation systems to give a throughput of 11,000 items an hour.
Retailer Delhaize Belgium is to implement an integrated supply chain ERP platform designed to enable it to standardise its supply chain transactions, increasing efficiency and productivity.
Morrisons supermarkets has signed a contract with Zetes to provide a wireless IT infrastructure for five of its manufacturing facilities in Yorkshire, Northampton and Cheshire.
Supply chain software company RedPrairie has been acquired by private equity group New Mountain Capital. It was previously owned by Francisco Partners, another private equity group.
Multi-channel retailer QVC has selected Manhattan Associate’s warehouse management and labour management products for it distribution centres in Florence, South Carolina, to help optimise its supply chain network.
Cooper Specialised Handling, the UK and Ireland distributor of Konecranes lift trucks, has launched NetGuard, a safety alert system that locates the direction and proximity of objects in and around operating areas using RFID.
MiX Telematics has launched an iPhone app that enables users to track their vehicles using mobile phones.
IFS has launched Virtual Maps, a route planning tool which overlays information about ongoing and planned jobs with road and satellite maps using Microsoft’s Bing Maps platform.
Cat has launched the N-Series of 4.0 – 5.5 tonne lift trucks to replace the existing K-Series, which had reached the end of its lifecycle.
