Racking out a warehouse can appear deceptively simple, but getting it wrong might prove costly. Malory Davies reports on how companies are making creative use of racking.
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Consumer packaging company Huhtamaki UK opted for a software-as-a-service WMS system from Snapfulfil, for its three southern UK warehouses. Each site went live with the systemsimultaneously and the result was a cost saving of £80,000 in the first year. Fu
Bart Spices relocated to a 30,000 sq ft warehouse and implemented a WMS which could cope better with
its expanding volumes.
Thorntons reported a cost saving of £100,000 in the
first year of installing a warehouse management
system from Manhattan Associates at its 140,000 sq
ft warehouse in Alfreton, Derbyshire.
Redhead International has joined forces with Cosco Logistics UK to provide European-wide distribution services for companies importing goods from China.
British Gas has presented Knapp with an award for “bringing out the best in each other”.
The latest battery technology is being used to power the world’s first personal rapid transit system which has just started operational testing at Heathrow.
French home improvement retailer Castorama has added an additional range of Flexi forklifts from Narrow Aisle, adding to its 70-strong fleet of Flexi articulated trucks.
International Maritime Security Network has conducted first phase testing of its new Triton Shield anti-piracy system.
SSI Schaefer designed and built a steel support structure for a rack-clad building in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire for Dutch-based logistics service provider Partner Logistics.
