Browsing: Intralogistics

Global supply chains across the retail, automotive, financial services, manufacturing and high-tech markets are dogged with process and cost inefficiencies, according to a survey of 400 organisations across the UK, France, Germany and the US.

Birmingham-based technology services provider Probrand has signed three sector leading company’s to its online IT purchasing hub, The IT Index.

Lister Petter, international manufacturer and distributor of industrial engines and generator sets, has ordered a £300,000-plus enterprise resource planning (ERP) system from business software specialist CPiO.

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

UK and European companies are throwing away millions of pounds annually in lost revenues and missed cost savings by not optimising their aftermarket logistics strategies, according to Caterpillar Logistics division

TraceCheck, a new, web-based service, offers food businesses all kinds of ways to improve their traceability performance and ensure compliance with stringent EU legislation, which came into force on January 1, 2005.

The Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) and the British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) have voiced their concerns over “continuing ignorance” of Thorough Examination, the MoT-style accredited scheme operated by their joint venture Consolidated Fork Tr

The Cold Storage and Distribution Federation (CSDF) is heavily promoting its HoursMate system in preparation of the Working Time Directive’s (WTD) Road Transport Directive (Sectoral Directive) coming into force on March 23, 2005. HoursMate is a cost