Invar launches group of companies as a ‘union of technological excellence’ for delivering advanced turnkey warehouse automation Invar Group launches, bringing together three leading specialist organisations in the warehouse software, automation and controls sector. The Group comprises: Invar …
third party logistics
New cloud-based solution gives logistics companies edge when fulfilling online orders
A new cloud-hosted, multi-channel order management solution has been developed that enables third party logistics (3PL) service companies to fulfill B-2-C orders on behalf of e-commerce retailers quickly, accurately and cost-effectively. By adopting Utordo middleware, 3PLs can integrate their …
Walker Logistics to keep staff Covid-free with track and trace system
With a second spike in Covid-19 infection rates looking increasingly likely, online retail fulfillment services specialist, Walker Logistics, is aiming to keep its 250,000 sq ft multi-user warehouses and head office facility in Berkshire a Coronavirus-free zone with the introduction of its own …
Automated logistics response
Charlie Walker, marketing director of Walker Logistics Ltd, asks: is automated technology really a viable option for small and medium size 3PLs? Recently there has been plenty of chatter about automation and robotics. And the message to businesses operating across a broad spectrum of industries …
Walker Logistics increases its workforce by 20 per cent
Online fulfilment specialist Walker Logistics has increased the size of its workforce by more than 20 per cent following an upsurge in the omni-channel order volumes that it is processing at its Berkshire multi-user storage facility. Charlie Walker, Walker Logistics’ marketing director, comments: …
Walker Logistics well prepared
Charlie Walker, a director of the leading third party logistics and online fulfillment specialist, Walker Logistics, says that the UK logistics industry is well prepared to deal with the consequences of another UK-wide lockdown if a ‘second wave’ of the Covid pandemic hits Britain this …
Five key drivers for agile fulfilment
As the Coronavirus creates turmoil in our daily lives, businesses are moving quickly to respond to a radical shift in consumer behaviour. A boom in online orders, likely to become a feature of the ‘new reality’, is triggering a major re-think of the fulfilment operation. Here are five key factors …
Return match
For online retailers with an efficient and professional logistics partner, high volume returns should hold no fear says Charlie Walker, marketing director of Berkshire-based supply chain and online fulfillment specialist, Walker Logistics As the ecommerce retail industry has grown, so too has …
Couriers under growing pressure to deliver as Black Friday approaches
At a time when internet retail sales are already at a record high, the anticipated spike in online orders expected to be generated by this Autumn’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales season will mean that fulfillment companies and their courier partners are likely to find themselves under greater …
