RFID technology is set to transform the supply chain – once the price is right – and if negative publicity does not stifle innovation
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These are exciting times on the washing powder shelves, as consumer packaged goods manufacturers employ some bright thinking to smarten up their supply chains.
Third-party logistics provider New Wave Logistics (NWL) is undertaking storage and distribution for Suzuki GB, which is best known for its high performance motorbikes but also supplies a range of automotive products covering the marine and off-road sector
“One Way Trip” pallet pool specialist LPR has contracted TDG to provide logistics services to support its UK pallet distribution network. The £12.5M, five-year deal sees TDG managing the transport planning and collection of LPR pallets.
The push towards real-time data gathering, facilitated by radio frequency communication, coupled with plunging prices for many devices have combined to give fresh impetus to the technology merry-go-round. Hold on tight.
A new distribution centre is helping shoe retailer Brantano achieve consistently impressive growth. An investment in automated processes is paving the way to the opening of 20 retailing outlets a year.
In Rome, as the temperatures soared to 42°C outside (but with good air-conditioning inside), the European Certification Board for Logistics held its first Assessors Workshop.
Savi Technology, Matrics and the MIT Auto-ID Centre have teamed up to offer an integrated radio frequency identification (RFID) solution that simultaneously monitors the conveyances that transport products.
Logistics is about doing simple things well, says the IT and logistics director of Nisa-Today’s
Students of Darmstadt University of Technology take second place in the Logistics Case Competition in the US
