Reach trucks have lead the way in conventional warehouse applications, but as warehousing operations become more sophisticated, top-end machines and niche products are using new technology to increase efficiency. Nick Allen
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InBev has chosen 3M Supply Chain Solutions to provide it with a standardised supply chain strategy.
Global sourcing is becoming the norm, according to a survey by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
A £550,000 goods handling system has been installed at Mothercare’s 30,000 sq m national distribution centre in Northamptonshire.
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.
Ossian Retail Group subsidiary Au Naturale, has pre-let a 157,689 sq ft warehouse at Eurocentral in Scotland to facilitate its ongoing expansion.
Spending on logistics services across the automotive, consumer, pharmaceutical, retail and technology industries is set to increase by 30 billion euros over the next five years as the size of outsourced logistics market grows by 33 per cent, according to
Electrical retailer Maplin Electronics has taken a 196,000 sq ft warehouse at St Paul’s Developments’ Brookfields Park in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
The swift advance of the US army on Baghdad was, among other things, enabled by the use of advanced RFID in the supply lines. BY Prof DR Walther Ploos Van Amstel, Daniel Uiterwijk And Flip Wubben
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