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.

A further 27 acres of the former Denby Hall Colliery site in Derbyshire is to be developed for warehousing.

There can be few things that say more about the state of the logistics market than the nature and scope of the contracts being signed.

Cheshire-based Aykroyd and Sons is a leading supplier of children’s character nightwear, supplying to all the major high street retailers and responsible for bringing the latest film characters to pyjama parties across the country.