Rising supply chain complexity is driving a need for sophisticated warehouse management systems that can deliver improved customer service and cost reduction – visibility up and down the chain is crucial. Are your systems up to it? By John Lamb
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The EC Bestlog initiative will research best practice and the ELA will disseminate information as the project progresses
Dudley based steel stockholder Tubes (UK) has taken delivery of two concertina-bodied trailers from Montracon.
Money counts in the international express business – increasingly only the big networks with the big networks with the big volumes have the economies of scale to compete effectively, while domestically margins are under pressure. We look at the implicatio
The digital generation will transform home delivery sooner than we think. By Penelope Ody
HMT Shipping of Warrenpoint, Co Down has added four curtainsiders from Dennison Trailers to its fleet of 450 trailers. The 13.7m curtainsiders with 156mm deep neck were delivered to HMT’s Heysham depot from Dennison’s factory in Lancaster.
Two recent reports on European logistics have highlighted the opportunities for third party logistics companies and distribution warehouse developers.
Voice technology has enabled food distributor, Brakes, to increase accuracy and speed of picking operations across its sixteen sites. The technology could soon be used for goods inwards, put-away, replenishment and loading. By Greg Tanner
Developer Terrace Hill has scored a double on the distribution front in the last few weeks; in a joint venture with Stoford Developments
On the face of it, TDG’s annual results are nothing to write home about. Sales have risen slightly to £510m and operating profit is up slightly to £19.6m. So why are there smiles on the faces in Victoria Street – even if they are fairly cautious ones?
