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Thales UK has been awarded a £880,000 contract by Fowler Welch Coolchain to equip its fleet of 750 refrigerated trailers with a satellite tracking and temperature monitoring system. The system is due to be fully operational in January 2006.

One of the key considerations is whether to adopt a goods-to-man or man-to-goods strategy – the former involving automated equipment like carousels and mini-load systems,

Symbol Technologies and Zebra Technologies have been selected by Marks & Spencer as its mobility partners for mobile shelf edge labelling across 400 Marks & Spencer food outlets in the United Kingdom.

A four-month retail study has concluded that investment in RFID can bring significant and rapid payback to manufacturers and retailers.

To accommodate this variety of fast and slow-moving lines, a range of storage and order picking methods were co-ordinated by Knapp to form the integrated handling system at the facility.