Consumer demand for fresh, quality products to be available anytime means that food producers, manufacturers and processors should keep lead times as short as possible, respond to seasonal peaks and provide deliveries on time. PROflow, BITO’s pallet live storage system, provides the ideal solution …
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Hitting Pharma costs where it hurts
A white paper for the Pharma sector, called 'Hitting Pharma costs where it hurts', examines how manufacturers in this industry require efficient systems support for planning the effective provision of capacity and scheduling efficient operations. The paper, authored by Access, points out that smart …
Maximising the value locked in returns
Multichannel fashion retailers are fast realising that the processes that surround fulfilment are critical to winning sales, retaining customers and growing margin. But there are challenges, issues such as: How do you efficiently pick hanging garments and consolidate them with flat …
Celebrating the driver CPC journey
Driver CPC has been quite a journey over the last 5 years. There have been bumps on the road but with over 26 million training hours logged and more than 664,000 drivers having completed periodic training to trigger their DQC, according to DVSA figures up to the eve of the 10th September deadline, …
Fast fashion needs fast sortation
The fashion retail sector is big business and it is undergoing radical change in just about every developed, international market, writes Gordon Smith. According to the UK’s Office of National Statistics weekly sales of textiles, clothing and footwear averaged £1.2bn in 2013, with internet sales …
Double quick sorting for TNT Fashion Logistics
SDI Group has helped TNT Fashion Logistics double its current sortation capacity at its facility at Bergen op Zoom in West-Brabant, The Netherlands, by installing an exact copy of its existing FSU (Flexible Sortation Unit) sorter right above it, on a 5.5 metre high mezzanine. TNT now has the …
Farrall’s supports Treasury Secretary’s carbon challenge
Mike Farrall, managing director of Farrall’s Transport, has lent his support to the challenge laid down last week by Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury, when he called on transport operators to improve their performance on carbon emissions. In his speech delivered at the Road Haulage …
Logistics employer survey reveals skills gap remains
People need the right skills to get jobs. And employers need skilled people to grow, as Skills Minister, Matthew Hancock MP told a recent UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) event at Plaisterers’ Hall, London. However, a skills gap remains in the UK Logistics Sector, according to the …
More awards success for Walker Logistics
Fast growing supply chain solutions specialist, Walker Logistics, collected its second major industry award of the year when it was announced as the winner in the Operations SME category at the Logistics Awards, held recently at London’s Grange St Paul’s hotel. Walker had to beat off stiff …
