To achieve this involved a combination of very narrow aisle racking, high density picking bins and specially adapted man-up order picking trucks from Atlet.

It’s official: third party logistics providers try too hard to please their customers and it is costing them a fortune.

Direct Table Foods has installed £20m of pallet racking from Link 51, at its bacon processing factory in Bury St Edmunds.

Last year, Argos installed Flowstore’s DuraFlow modular multi-wheel roller track system at its Lutterworth warehouse.

Automotive component manufacturer Webasto Roof Systems has increased storage density and picking efficiency with better stock rotation in the warehouse at its factory in Birmingham.

Safety regulations surrounding the design and construction of storage and racking installations have changed. Now, says James Falkner, the client will not be able to appoint a planning supervisor and must take full responsibility for health and safety.

The NHS supply chain in Scotland is going through a major change with the opening of its new national distribution centre. Tom McKenzie is the man charged with making a success of it.

Co-operative Group is a leader in using “green” technologies.

Co-op members will decide the fate of the institution in the retail market this month when they are asked to vote on the creation of one, national organisation. But, asks Malory Davies, will they accept the supply chain arguments for a merger?

Stylo Barratt Shoes has chosen RedPrairie’s WMS for its 330,000 sq ft distribution centre in Bradford.