Stratford in East London is about to become Europe’s biggest building site as plans for the Olympic Park take shape. But, says Malory Davies, the logistics of keeping the site supplied with building materials could prove to be a bigger challenge than the

Channel and Mobile Solutions has launched a proof of delivery system aimed at the courier and logistics industry.

Kiabi, the French value-clothing retailer, has rolled out Manhattan’s Warehouse Management for Open Systems across its distribution centres at Mâcon, Villeneuve d’Ascq, Dourges and Madrid in Spain.

Agility Systems has won a contract to supply software to the UK offices of Henry Schein, a distributor of healthcare products and services to office-based practitioners in Europe and North America.

Gefco is rolling out e-Fleet – a web portal used to manage and monitor vehicle fleets from when they first go on the road to when they are sold on the used vehicle market.

Vianetic has launched VWMS, a warehouse management system designed to suit any size of logistics operation.

Our case study about Thorntons (Logistics Manager, January 2007, page 16) did not specify the supplier of Thorntons’ new warehouse management system.

Dutch IT companies Groeneveld IT and Cat Logic are merging to form a new company.

RedPrairie has bought GEOCOMtms, which designs fleet management software, for an undisclosed sum.

Kewill has acquired IPACS e-Solutions, an electronic freight forwarding and customs brokerage system.