RFID has received lots of publicity but real life supply chain applications have been thin on the ground. Two new reports show where the technology is being put to practical use.
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Innovate Logistics has invested £2m to overhaul its warehouse management system throughout its sites.
Supply Chain Specialists – South East – £40,000 upwards – Page 74
Kruidvat, a Dutch health and beauty retailer and a subsidiary of the AS Watson group, is building an automated warehouse and picking system for its distribution operation in Heteren, The Netherlands.
Microlise has released an in-vehicle tracking unit, which includes a GPRS modem with EDGE capability, which increases the speed of data communications transfer.
In March 2004 VoiteQ completed a roll-out of its VoiceMan voice directed picking system which utilised Vocollect’s Talkman terminals for 50 WH Smith users on the warehouse floor.
Vocollect has appointed Piet Kessels product marketing manager
The British Industrial Truck Association has unveiled a new corporate image
Hans Seijger has been appointed managing director of Hyster Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Transdek UK has produced a mobile lifting platform that can be used to load and unload double-stacked containers, allowing customers such as multiple retailers to increase their external storage capacity at lower cost.