Starbucks has taken on Gist to run its UK and Ireland logistics operation, cutting each store’s 16 weekly deliveries down to just seven consolidated ambient and chilled loads

Ontime Automotive has invested £4 million in 21 new enclosed transporters for its Specialist Transport Division

Haulage firm Avon Freight has increased its depot space, workforce and fleet after its volumes tripled in the past 18 months

Honeywell has launched the Voyager 1250g, a single-line laser scanner, for hand-held, scan-intensive environments

Royal Mail is set to launch a home delivery service which will allow online shoppers the chance to have goods delivered to a secure, electronic parcel locker known as an iBox

Parcel delivery firm Yodel has launched an£4 million control tower system from Isotrak, to manage its fleet of over 600 LGVs and 1,500 trailers

DHL Freight has introduced Active Tracing, a unified information system designed to allow customers to track shipments across Europe

Yusen Logistics has developed a mobile application to give customers full visibility of the supply chain

All too often it seems, supply chain executives are tasked simply with keeping the promises made by their colleagues in sales and marketing.

Transport software firm Wolters Kluwer Transport Services has acquired the TAS transport management sytem from Transics International