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.
In-cab technology has been an age in the gestation, but suddenly systems are becoming widely available that offer real benefits and, perhaps most importantly, offer realistic returns on investment.
Logistics companies are looking toward automation to address challenges such as globalisation of goods flows, lean supply chains, and multi-channel retailing. Rising land prices and the scarcity of labour also continue to stimulate the development of auto
TomTom Work, the business-to-business division of TomTom, has won a contract to supply a vehicle navigation and tracking solution covering 1500 vehicles operated by Scotia Gas Network (SGN).
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.
