Bakery company Greggs has installed Paragon routeing and scheduling software, following a trial at its Manchester bakery, which helped reduce its fleet size by eight vehicles resulting in an estimated annual saving of £200,000.
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The Lloyd Fraser Group has acquired a 72,000 sq ft shared user distribution centre located near the M1 and M6 in Rugby.
Tesco has opened a new one million square foot distribution centre in Livingston to serve all its stores across Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Satellite navigation company Snooper has launched the S2000 Proline TruckMate, specifically designed for use with larger vehicles.
Kewill has appointed Nicole van der Meijs as international business consultant within its Global Trade Management team in Europe.
The Royal Mail Group has awarded IT and business services company Logica a five year contract to install and support two centralised business intelligence systems for the Post Office.
Specialist video-game retailer Game Stores chose Vanderlande’s cross-belt sorter to help boost productivity by making picking operations faster, more flexible and accurate.
Godwin Pumps, which manufactures pumping equipment, bought two Kardex Shuttle XPs to help deal with its increasingly high stock levels and maximise space at its 10,000 sq m site in Quenington.
SSI Schaefer says the cold store industry lags behind other market leaders when it comes to warehouse systems and logistics. While capacities increase, the average degree of use in most warehouses is 75 per cent.
European Conveyor Systems recently completed a £550,000 goods handling system at a 300,000 sq ft national distribution centre in Northamptonshire operated by Exel for Mothercare. The NDC, which includes some 14,000 pallet racking locations and a mezzanine
