Ecommerce fulfilment is prone to frequent and often dramatic spikes in demand, and this causes retailers significant challenges in the packing area. How can businesses smooth the curve and cope with these peaks when labour resources are so scarce?
Invar Group, the leading independent software developer and integrator of advanced warehouse automation, announces that it has achieved UKAS accredited certification to four key ISO standards – 9001, 14001, 45001 and 27001.
“A certain amount of noise from commercial or industrial premises is to be expected but we have always been very aware of the fact that excessive or unreasonable sound could constitute a problem for the people that live in the houses nearby, especially if the noise continues through the night,” explains Danny Ivatt, Histon Sweet Spreads’ Site Services and FLT Supervisor.
The launch has been announced of a new UK-based robotics and automation company which is focused on the design and build of sustainable robotic load handing and parcel sortation solutions for logistics warehouses, parcel handling facilities, manufacturing sites and e-commerce fulfilment centres.
Hillwood’s EU Industrial Club IV and Cain International are excited to announce the successful finalisation of a £33 million loan for a new 335,000 sq ft industrial storage facility in Crewe, UK, known as “Crewe 335.”
Wincanton, a prominent supply chain ally for UK businesses, has disclosed that 85% of its logistics vehicle fleet, which serves Screwfix, now runs on Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO). This marks a bold step towards sustainability in a bid to eliminate carbon emissions.
First Hydrogen, a leading developer of zero emission automotive and green energy solutions, is gearing up to launch fleet trials of its hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered vehicles (FCEVs) in response to increasing interest from parcel delivery companies. Building on the success of initial road trials with fleet operators in the UK, First Hydrogen plans to conduct operational trials with several parcel delivery companies starting in late Q3 and Q4 of this year.
Industry leaders have issued a warning that the UK’s supply chains could be severely impacted, leading to empty supermarket shelves, due to a shortage of Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) engineers. In response to the post-pandemic drain of HGV drivers, significant investments have been made in the logistics industry over the past few years.
Ping uses several sensors as well as cameras on the strategic road network (SRN) to “ping” alerts to fleet operators to notify them of dangerous driving behaviours.
Following a winter of discontent in the Supply Chain and Transport industry, today Amazon workers have announced a series of potential strikes
