Logistic managers do not have an easy job nowadays. As companies struggle to reach their desired sales figures, the pressure is on their logistic managers to keep the costs down. At the same time, productivity and performance need to improve. eu reka looks at some useful tools to help reduce costs...
As more and more of our daily transactions and communications take place online and by smart phone, logistics companies are facing a stark choice – adapt or die. Gay Sutton looks at some of the newly emerging logistics models and asks, are the rest evolving quickly enough? A new report from Barclays...
At recent materials handling exhibitions like Logistica (Netherlands) and Manutention (France), the number of suppliers providing automated warehouse solutions has increased significantly. Will the warehouse of the future become a high tech building with hardly a human to be seen? Gian Schiava digs...
The ongoing economic crisis is making it difficult for companies to secure the necessary resources to invest in their businesses. How easy is it to gain financing through a dealer in today’s climate and are dealers offering any additional services to encourage customers to invest? Ruari McCallion...
There are many apparent barriers to backhauling, not least of which is the sticky issue of branding and working with your greatest competitor. Yet there are enormous opportunities to reduce supply chain costs and carbon emissions if these hurdles can be overcome. Gay Sutton finds out how some of the...
In the heart of its Champagne vineyard, Moët & Chandon – the flagship brand of luxury group LVMH – is using its partnership with Aprolis to refocus on its core business and improve efficiency. A bubble of tranquillity… Now that the year-end holiday period is over, let’s focus on one of France’s...
The Cat® NPP16-20N2 pedestrian power pallet has been recognized by the Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) in UK with the Ergonomics Award of Excellence 2013. Launched in 1995 to encourage and reward examples of excellence throughout the fork lift truck industry, the FLTA Award, a bronze statuette...
Providing one of the toughest and most reliable warehouse workhorses around, the new NSP10-16N2 range of Cat® pedestrian stackers will delight fleet managers and operators with a pleasing combination of features that enhance productivity while providing excellent levels of comfort and safety and the...
With order picking being the most time-consuming and costly operation in any warehouse, it’s vital fleet managers select the most productive trucks for the job... which is why the latest range of 1.0-2.0 tonne N010-20NE(P)/NEX(P)/NEF(P) Cat® low-level order pickers have been designed to provide the...
The Cat® NPP16-20N2 pedestrian power pallet is outstandingly manoeuvrable, functional and sturdy. Packed with a range of features designed thinking about the operator, this range has been nominated by the Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) in UK for the Ergonomics Award of Excellence 2013. The FLTA...
