Wincanton, the leading European logistics supply chain management company, has worked with Civica over a number of years to develop an integrated system for the management and control of the Woolworths fleet of tractor and trailor units.

Goldstar Transport installed the Truckcom fleet & job management system for its fleet following a trial.

Integration is the name of the game for fleet management software. Enabling systems to talk to each other is not only giving manager visibility of distribution operations – it is enabling them to make changes in real time. Malory Davies reports.

DHL has taken on the challenge of chaperoning the Special Olymic flame as it journeys around the world. Chris Muntwyler describes some of the challenges involved.

Lloyd Fraser has taken delivery of a fleet of specially designed vehicles for its Wickes home delivery operation to meet the needs of health and safety directives and tightening vehicle restrictions in urban areas.

Batteries are a green alternative to diesel engines, in the running of forklifts with total component recovery of 83.6 per cent

Eight ways to improve the environmental performance of your warehouse:

John Craven of Whitecroft Lighting says that traditionally warehouses used HID luminaires like the Whitecroft Harrier which delivers high efficiency in the region of 80 per cent.

Legislation on how to implement green measures, is not clear enough and the result is confusion and misunderstanding, according to a sustainability survey by office and refurbishment fit out specialists Overbury.

According to Solarcentury, owners and tenants of industrial buildings are increasingly turning to photo-voltaics or solar electricity as the simplest, most viable way to harness the financial and environmental benefits of on site renewable energy.