Browsing: Logistics

Kuehne + Nagel has deployed Autostore by Central Systems & Automation to manage delivery, picking, packing and shipping operations at its automated distribution centre in Veghel.

After moving to a new European distribution centre in Germany, Techtronic Industries chose AEB’s ASSIST4 software to help it manage shipping and exports.

Fast conversion of an order into cash requires a rapid chain of events across a supply chain. Next to cash, information is king, says Nick Allen.

Getting goods from A to B is one thing, but getting
them there in one piece and in a cost effective and
environmentally friendly manner is quite another.
Lucy Tesseras takes a look at the latest thinking
about packaging and recycling.

DHL’s Volvo hybrid is powered by an electric motor and a diesel engine, which can be used separately or together, to reduce fuel consumption by up to 15 per cent, as well as lower emissions and noise levels.

German packaging manufacturer Omni-Pac has selected the Widdowson Group, for a three year contract worth more than £1 million to store and distribute egg boxes and fruit trays to food packers around the UK.