A ground-breaking Sustainability Zone will be one of the major highlights at this year’s International Materials Handling Exhibition (IMHX 2022), when the UK logistics industry’s flagship event returns to the NEC, Birmingham, this September. Brand new for 2022, the IMHX Sustainability Zone will …
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Ferag brings advanced Swiss-engineered sorter technology to UK
Ferag, a global leader in advanced conveying and sortation solutions, has launched its hi-tech, Swiss engineered overhead pouch and sorter systems to the UK market. The technology offers retail, ecommerce, automotive and general merchandise businesses reliable, high-performance conveying and …
FIVE POINT STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING SUPPLY CHAIN UNCERTAINTY
The Christmas peak may have been a big mountain to climb, but retailers are increasingly aware that many of the challenges faced will continue well into the future. The sector must plan now for even higher levels of agility going forward. Louisa Hosegood, Digital and Strategy Director at Bis …
eCommerce packaging must change to meet COP26 objectives
eCommerce packaging must change to meet COP26 objectives, writes Jo Bradley, Business Development Manager, Sparck Technologies (formerly Packaging by Quadient). The recent COP26 summit has focused new attention on the contribution that supply and distribution chains, especially in e-commerce, make …
Getting back
Consumers send back more than a third of the goods that they buy online, so digital sellers need efficient reverse logistics processes in place to protect their profits, says Charlie Walker of Walker Logistics. While online shopping has boomed during the pandemic so too has the amount of goods …
Not so hard to handle
Edward Hutchison, Managing Director of BITO Storage Systems, believes that no matter how difficult a product is to store and pick, improvement can always be found. Some items are more difficult to pick than others. Often these items are stored the way they always have been. But that is never an …
Double roll cage robots to transform UK grocery logistics
Premium, slimline autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) made in France can carry two roll cages at once in cold stores and ambient warehouses, making them an ideal productivity boosting solution for grocery logistics. iFollow has arrived in the UK intralogistics market to offer premium autonomous …
Maintaining automated warehouse uptime
When lockdown triggered a huge surge in ecommerce orders, Pets at Home recognised the importance of upgrading the maintenance and support of its automated warehouse systems by outsourcing to Invar Integration. Maintaining uptime was critical to ensuring customers received their orders on …
Adrian Fawcett joins Bis Henderson Group as Chairman and Investor
Bis Henderson Group, the talent-to-solutions supply chain services company, is delighted to announce the appointment of Adrian Fawcett as Chairman. Adrian will join the Board of Directors to help the business accelerate through the next phase of its growth, as the company seeks to develop into the …
