Achieving the higher output, would normally have required the lengthening of the existing assembly line, to accommodate the additional operators needed.
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Gefco is rolling out e-Fleet – a web portal used to manage and monitor vehicle fleets from when they first go on the road to when they are sold on the used vehicle market.
The system has been developed by Avery Weigh-Tronix and Erwin SICK.
Agility Systems has won a contract to supply software to the UK offices of Henry Schein, a distributor of healthcare products and services to office-based practitioners in Europe and North America.
On 29 December 2006 it set a new record for the tonnage of paper loaded out in one day with 2,774 tonnes.
Kiabi, the French value-clothing retailer, has rolled out Manhattan’s Warehouse Management for Open Systems across its distribution centres at Mâcon, Villeneuve d’Ascq, Dourges and Madrid in Spain.
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Channel and Mobile Solutions has launched a proof of delivery system aimed at the courier and logistics industry.
Chronopost International has awarded FKI Logistex the right to supply a complete high-speed tilt-tray sorting system for its new 118,000 sq ft parcel hub near Paris.
With land values continuing to rise and labour becoming more expensive and harder to find, will 2007 herald a golden age for warehouse automation? James Falkner reports.
