Previously, slower-moving lines were picked from static shelving, with the very slow-moving lines being located further away than other slightly faster lines, which meant staff had to walk further to collect slower lines, making them expensive to pick.
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At the beginning of 2004, supply chain provider Wincanton took over P&O’s bonded warehouse operation in Greenford, Middlesex. Since then, there has been a new spring in the depot’s step, as Wincanton has undertaken a lot of inward investment.
Southern forklift suppliers On3 and Champion have both been awarded the rights to exclusively distribute Doosan-Daewoo FLTs in their respective regions. Korean company Doosan originally paid £1.7Bn for the Daewoo company.
RFID Solution Centre, part of Agility Systems, and OATSystems, a pioneer of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology framework software, have teamed up to help companies in the transport and logistics supply chain take full advantage of RFID.
To provide the most cost-effective storage solution for the customer, Linpac designed three-pallet wide bays for both the automated and wide aisle racking. The bays accommodate product on Euro pallets which are 200mm narrower than conventional pallets.
Grupo Modelo, LG Electronics, Texas Instruments, TNT Logistics and US Foodservice are now using i2’s Transportation and Distribution Management (TDM) solution to overcome transport challenges.
Dairy company Arla Foods UK has taken on more refrigerated trailers from Fraserburgh-based Gray & Adams. The single temperature trailers are being used to distribute a comprehensive range of chilled dairy products to Arla’s customers throughout the UK.
Meat processor Mathers (Inverurie) Meat is using a gas-powered Komatsu FG20 forklift truck – its third Komatsu in use – to transport animal waste at the end of the slaughter and meat-processing chain. The forklift was supplied by local dealer Reeki
Surface finishing chemical manufacturer Atotech UK is using The Potter Group to handle its long-term storage and international distribution. Atotech – its products include toxic, corrosive and oxidising materials – entered a 12-month agreeme
Swedish company Arca Systems and Dutch group Schoeller Wavin Systems have merged, creating one of the world’s largest manufacturers of plastic returnable packaging for material handlings.
