Schneider Electric has chosen the new Manhattan Supply Chain Process Platform and initially will use Manhattan’s WMS at four sites in the US and Europe with the pilot site scheduled to go-live later in 2012

The Geodis acquisition of IBM’s Global Logistics Business Unit, with a $1bn freight spend, was finalised in March 2009. As part of the purchase deal of the logistics business, Geodis became the sole logistics supplier for IBM

Hirooki Fujiwara is to take over as chairman of Toyota Material Handling Europe from Christer Högberg who retires at the end of March

Jungheinrich is investing 40 million Euros in a new factory dedicated to the production of warehouse trucks and systems equipment

Home delivery firm Hermes has updated its UK mainframe-based parcel delivery application to a software-as-a-service offering from Clerity

Only 90 per cent of online orders are delivered on time and within the delivery promise of the retailer, according to a study by Prolog, the logistics and communications company

Howdens Joinery, which supplies fitted kitchens, is introducing Microlise’s Fleet Performance telematics system after trials showed a 5.44 per cent improvement in fuel economy across the two trial sites

Book publisher Llewellyn Worldwide has selected IBS Bookmaster supply chain software as part of its business growth strategy

Palletways has opened a 19,500 sq ft depot at Dartford to add to its existing sites in Lichfield, Edinburgh, Oxford and Greenford

Car maker Dacia has extended its contract with Gefco, which provides a multi-modal logistics service combining rail and road