Is 2009 going to be the year for RFID? LUCY TESSERAS talks to industry leaders about the current state of play

There can be few areas of a logistics operation that require such keen judgement as picking operations. Tailoring the right systems to the operations is practically a science in its own right. Malory Davies reports on the latest thinking.

New order picker fleet revs up operations at bread maker depot.

Quiksilver, the casual clothing retailer, has doubled its productivity by implementing HighJump Software’s Warehouse Advantage warehouse management system. The retailer wanted a robust WMS to manage the complexities of high-volume retail distribution thro

Bringing all raw materials on site saves thousands for Barry Callebaut

It has been said that logistics is a man’s industry, but one woman who is rapidly dispelling that myth is Pall-Ex founder and CEO Hilary Devey. “It can be very hard for women, particularly in such a male dominated environment,” she says. “But it can be do

The pressure to make business activity more environmentally friendly is intruding into more and more areas of logistics operations. So it is hardly a surprise that the latest government move is on air conditioning.

The Asia Pacific transport and logistics market is entering a period of intense uncertainty as the effects of the global economic slowdown start to be felt.

Commercial vehicle sales have been rising over the past year but the impact of the deteriorating financial sector is starting to be felt.

Kimberly-Clark and Kellogg’s have seen cuts of seven per cent in their transport costs from a collaboration project run through TDG.