Kaycee Estates, advised by Perland Properties, has acquired two newly completed 212,500 sq ft distribution warehouses at Max Park, Corby from Standard Life.

Three retailers have put forward proposals for individual megasheds upwards of 650,000 sq ft each around the country as they put in place supply chain systems to deal with growing consumer demand.

Enterprise Transport Management provides a full cycle solution, from orders-to-cash, which has been linked into the customers’ SAP system.

Telematics specialist Masternaut has joined forces with automatic ID supplier Barcoding.co.uk to enhance their product offerings.

RedPrairie has bought BlueCube Software. RedPrairie says the acquisition will provide a cornerstone for RedPrairie’s revolutionary E2e consumer-driven strategy.

Map&Guide has launched a new scheduling program that visualises orders, routes and vehicles on a map. The Map&Guide planner uses a geographic scheduler to plan realistic schedules that minimise time and distance while also allowing for driving breaks and

Insulation supplier SIG has sub-let an 80,121 sq ft warehouse on Hornhouse Lane, Knowlsey Industrial Estate in Liverpool for ten years.

The new building took nearly a year to plan and erect and Total was consulting at the site over that time period. “The previous plant was at Dun Laoghaire, some seven miles south of Dublin,” says Ian O’Toole, project manager for Cadbury.

The European directive on disposal of electrical and electronic goods promises to have a major impact on supply chains when it comes into force next year. Now there are just a few weeks left to influence how the legislation will be implemented.

WH Smith has reduced its shrinkage from £7m a year to £700,000 a year, by making changes to its IT infrastructure.