RMC’s UK Cement Division has installed a global positioning system (GPS) and Go-Del indicator in each of its 194 articulated vehicles to optimise logistics resources and improve customer service.

TraceCheck, a new, web-based service, offers food businesses all kinds of ways to improve their traceability performance and ensure compliance with stringent EU legislation, which came into force on January 1, 2005.

With thousands of hotels and restaurants close together, inner London is a huge business potential for food suppliers. However, there is a costly downside – traffic congestion, the £5 daily congestion charge and the increased fuel costs due to the constan

Meat processor Mathers (Inverurie) Meat is using a gas-powered Komatsu FG20 forklift truck – its third Komatsu in use – to transport animal waste at the end of the slaughter and meat-processing chain. The forklift was supplied by local dealer Reeki

Mandating the take-back and recycling of all electrical or electronic products with a battery or a plug, the implications of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive throughout the supply chain are immense.

n When your business is growing quickly and storage space is at a premium, more often than not the only way is up. This was the case at Kenley Warehousing, which provides warehousing and distribution services to paper manufacturers. As the paper ro

Window profile manufacturer Fersina Systems has seen an increase in speed and efficiency at its national distribution centre in South Yorkshire having installed cantilever racking, supplied by Pro-Dek Storage Systems.

n A special Mezzlift platform lift from Penny Hydraulics is providing Suffolk Community Equipment Service (SCES) with a safe and efficient way of handling a variety of large and small loads between ground and mezzanine level at its distribut

Two Christmases ago in the US, furniture manufacturer Restoration Hardware created a small red cabinet with 25 drawers that counted down to Christmas day. The product became one of America’s hottest selling items, and a must-have item. Then, mid-way throu

Supermarket giant Tesco can confidently claim to be delivering the goods with its Internet shopping arm having appointed mobile computing specialist Xperience to supply 300 of its largest shops with a state-of-the-art electronic order picking and f