To 3PL or not? Are you in the 20% of companies looking to in-source?
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To 3PL or not? Are you in the 20% of companies looking to in-source?

Whether you are a manufacturer, e-retailer or a distributor, outsourcing your logistics to a 3PL can seem an attractive proposition. No warehouse to run, no resourcing issues, no…

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GEBHARDT Launches GridPick® Semi-Automatic Order Picking System
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GEBHARDT Launches GridPick® Semi-Automatic Order Picking System

GEBHARDT GridPick® is the new system for enhanced order picking efficiency in manual warehouses. It consists of freely navigating driverless transport robots with an integrated GEBHARDT StoreWare® warehouse…

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To mark its 75th anniversary year, UKWA pledges to raise £75,000 for Transaid
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To mark its 75th anniversary year, UKWA pledges to raise £75,000 for Transaid

At its recently held Annual Conference UKWA (the United Kingdom Warehousing Association) announced that it will mark its 75th anniversary – which it is celebrating throughout 2019 – by…

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SSI Schaefer Delivers Innovative Material Flow Design For Automotive Component Supplier
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SSI Schaefer Delivers Innovative Material Flow Design For Automotive Component Supplier

The tugger train solution perfectly matches the high bay warehouse, miniload system, pallet and bin conveyor technology as well as software. When designing its new logistics centre at…

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Drakes, Australia’s largest independent grocery retailer – begins implementation of WCS’ CSnx warehouse management platform
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Drakes, Australia’s largest independent grocery retailer – begins implementation of WCS’ CSnx warehouse management platform

Leading WMS platform will support cost efficiencies and diversity as Drakes creates new grocery wholesale division to support growth  Drakes, Australia’s largest independent grocery retailer is integrating WCS…

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See the technology that is reshaping warehousing at IMHX 2019
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See the technology that is reshaping warehousing at IMHX 2019

Visitors to IMHX 2019 – the UK’s largest intralogistics and supply chain event – will be able to see the developments in automation and robotics technology that are…

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SICK’s NAV-LOC Localisation Sets AGVs Free from Reflector
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SICK’s NAV-LOC Localisation Sets AGVs Free from Reflector

SICK has set Automated Guided Vehicles free from the need for reflectors or other physical markers with the all-in-one NAV-LOC localisation solution, enabling them to navigate more reliably…

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Strong conference programme unveiled for TCS&D Show
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Strong conference programme unveiled for TCS&D Show

Announcing the speakers for the seminars at the Temperature Controlled Storage & Distribution (TCS&D) Exhibition & Conference, the event’s organisers are delighted with the programme so far. “With…

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UKWA conference told that e-Commerce has put retailers on “the road to less and less profit”
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UKWA conference told that e-Commerce has put retailers on “the road to less and less profit”

The retail sector – and the logistics companies that serve it – risks becoming involved “in a race to the bottom” as it struggles to satisfy the demands…

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BÖWE SYSTEC ACQUIRES MAJORITY STAKE IN RED LEDGE
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BÖWE SYSTEC ACQUIRES MAJORITY STAKE IN RED LEDGE

Strengthens its position as a supplier of automated sorting solutions Red Ledge brings supply chain software expertise to the Böwe Systec Group Böwe Systec has taken a majority…

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