Extra Flexis help Polyco Healthline supply the NHS
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Extra Flexis help Polyco Healthline supply the NHS

Long-term Flexi warehouse truck user, Polyco Healthline, has hired an additional four trucks from Narrow Aisle Ltd to support increased demand generated by the COVID-19 situation to supply the NHS with products from its range…

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Health, Safety and the Workplace – The Transportation and Storage Industry
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Health, Safety and the Workplace – The Transportation and Storage Industry

While attention is often given to fatal injury statistics in the workplace, non-fatal injuries are far higher in number and more costly from a financial perspective. To put this into context, an estimated 600,000 UK workers…

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Addressing the Labour Challenge in Supply Chain During COVID-19 (Virtual Roundtable May 1st at 11ET)
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Addressing the Labour Challenge in Supply Chain During COVID-19 (Virtual Roundtable May 1st at 11ET)

To keep supply chains moving during this pandemic we need to keep our workers safe. To help you get to grips with the labour challenge during these extraordinary (I’ve stopped using the word unprecedented) time,…

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HERMES SUPPORTS ‘FLOURISHING’ SME CLIENTS
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HERMES SUPPORTS ‘FLOURISHING’ SME CLIENTS

SMEs across a range of sectors are flourishing as consumers look to online alternatives during the lockdown, according to Hermes UK, the consumer delivery specialist. The company is currently delivering around 700,000 parcels a week…

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BITO launches new interactive online catalogue
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BITO launches new interactive online catalogue

BITO has launched a new online BITO Direct catalogue to coincide with the two special anniversaries: 175-years for the BITO Group and 20 years for the Nuneaton-based UK subsidiary. The interactive online page-turn catalogue features…

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Urgent logistic change and 60,000 drivers needed – but who will manage it all?
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Urgent logistic change and 60,000 drivers needed – but who will manage it all?

‘Scale and pace’ is the imperative for supply chain transformations in this time of crisis. A critical need for a further 60,000 home delivery drivers is just one concern – managing complex transformations is another.…

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Advanced Flexi operator courses launched
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Advanced Flexi operator courses launched

Narrow Aisle has launched a new programme of advanced training courses for operators of Flexi articulated warehouse reach trucks. The new courses are designed to ensure that operators of the latest models in the Flexi…

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The 3 key ways companies are reacting to the supply chain disruption from COVID-19: React, Recover and Prepare
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The 3 key ways companies are reacting to the supply chain disruption from COVID-19: React, Recover and Prepare

Ken Fleming, President, Logistyx Technologies Global supply chains have always faced disruption – from extreme weather events, the ‘Amazon effect’, Brexit and trade wars, and now the COVID-19 pandemic.  Each brings ambiguity regarding a) how…

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RENOVOTEC FORMS PARTNERSHIP WITH FETCH ROBOTICS
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RENOVOTEC FORMS PARTNERSHIP WITH FETCH ROBOTICS

‘Renovotec Robotics’ warehouse solutions will integrate its warehouse task engine with Fetch Robotics hardware Resulting robotics solutions could increase warehouse picking productivity by 50% say Renovotec Robotics is Renovotec’s latest technology of choice for warehouse…

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SICK SensorApps Ensure Smooth Docking for Pallets and Dollies
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SICK SensorApps Ensure Smooth Docking for Pallets and Dollies

AN INNOVATIVE 3D camera and SensorApp solution from SICK has enabled rapid, damage-free guidance of automated and driver-assisted high-bay forklifts into pallet pockets, as well as the precise and efficient pick-up of dollies by automated…

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