John Lewis Partnership’s new automated warehouse at Magna Park Milton Keynes will be based in Gazeley’s EcoTemplate.
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Confectionery manufacturer Swizzels Matlow has bought three Linde T 20 AP stand on pallet trucks.
Monkhill gets sweet Monkhill Confectionery, a division of Cadbury Trebor Bassett, is installing Lawson Software’s Quickstep Food and Beverage software across its four sites in Pontefract, York, Leeds and Cleckheaton.
Mayer & Co Beschläge, based in Salzburg, is expanding its distribution centre in Trieben, designed by Witron.
Savoye has been awarded a contract by Societe de Traitment de la Presse (STP) to undertake the automation of its logistics operations.
RedPrairie is taking over StorePerform Technologies.
UPM Raflatac, an RFID tag and inlay manufacturer, has been selected by retail giant Metro Group to supply its Rafsec G2 ShortDipole RFID inlays for a pilot scheme that will see products tracked along the supply chain from China to Germany.
The warehouse management system is at the core of the logistics operation and the basic functionality is well defined but there are still areas of development.
Unilever is running a trial of Electronic Product Code Information Service to collect and access information from within its logistics environment and from trading partners in the supply chain.
Despite Britain’s 24 million online shoppers spending record amounts on goods in the run-up to Christmas, it seems a significant number of retailers endured a difficult festive season.
