Nazioarteko albisteak
Give cranes due respect Maintenance failings underscore too many accidents
Wherever there are mechanised lifting operations there is a multitude of potential safety risks and the damage and injuries from accidents will vary widely based on the working application. The …
The Connected Engineer
The quality of customer service increasingly informs an organisation’s perception of a business relationship – yet despite huge changes to manufacturing and logistics processes over the past decade, there has …
Robots ensure maximum freshness for Kroger’s Denver dairy
A fully automated storage, handling and order processing system supplied to US grocery retail giant, The Kroger Co., has secured the benefits of enhanced product freshness, increased efficiency, reduced errors, …
Union Industries appoints new Sales Office Manager to meet increasing demand
Union Industries, the leading manufacturer of industrial high-speed roller doors in the UK, has appointed a new Sales Office Manager to support growing demand from both new and existing customers. …
Jungheinrich WMS named “Best Factory Software 2018”
The Jungheinrich Warehouse Management System (WMS) has been chosen as the “Best Factory Software of 2018” by the Industry 4.0 Research and Application Centre at the University of Potsdam. From …
L'entrepôt du futur selon Swisslog
Filiale de Kuka, constructeur de robots logistiques, Swisslog vient de publier une synthèse dans laquelle elle analyse les déterminants qui, selon elle, bouleverseront la fonction logistique. L’entreprise y décrit notamment …
Businesses Are Buying More Wind, Solar Power Than Ever Before
Of the 3.3 gigawatts of clean-power deals signed this year, 76% involve U.S. power projects. …read more Via: Logistics Today Most Recent
Reverse logistics practices and organizational factors
Industry and annual revenue affects the extent to which organizations invest in returns management. …read more Via: SCMR Editorial
A crisis is a terrible thing to waste
Sure, the logistics industry is in crisis but leading shippers recognize this as an opportunity to make bolder changes to secure capacity at reliable prices for the future. …read more …
Modex 2018 Show Wrap Up
Modex 2018, April 9-12, covered more than 300,000 net square feet of exhibit space on two show floors at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center with 900 exhibiting companies. The expo …
Higher oil and fuel prices, increased volatility on tap for rest of 2018
Oil prices will continue to face upward pressure, and—perhaps even more importantly—oil prices will become even more sensitive to geopolitical disruptions. …read more Via: SCMR Editorial
Industrial products forecasting needs sales input
Sales organizations of industrial product companies typically play the most important role in creating and shaping demand—because customers are largely businesses to which they directly sell. …read more Via: SCMR …
New studies measure the benefits of the circular economy
The concept is conceived as a continuous positive development cycle that preserves and enhances natural capital, optimizes resource yields and minimizes system risks by managing finite stocks and renewable flows. …
Norway to prepare Østfold Line for double-deck trains
NORWAY’s infrastructure manager Bane Nor has delivered a report to the Norwegian Railway Directorate outlining measures required to enable the introduction of double-deck trains on the
Salvador metro airport extension opens
THE governor of the Brazilian state of Bahia, Mr Rui Costa, inaugurated a 3.5km extension of metro Line 2 from Mussurunga to Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport on April …
DB Regio ousts Netinera in eastern Saxony
DB REGIO subsidiary Verkehrsgesellschaft Start Ostsachsen has won a contract to operate regional services on a group non-electrified routes in eastern Saxony from December 2019, taking over from Netinera company …
Hopi rejoint le réseau Seafoodways
Le logisticien tchèque Hopi fait son entrée dans le réseau européen, qui a pour but d’améliorer la collecte et la distribution en moons de 48 h des produits de la …
Perth Metronet secures federal funding
THE Australian federal government and the state of Western Australian have released a joint statement announcing the allocation of $A 3.2bn ($US 2.4bn) in this month’s 2018-19 federal budget for …
Coloplast utilise une imprimante embarquée
Retour d’expérience du laboratoire Coloplast, qui a fait appel à un Acel Genesys, concepteur de solutions embarquées, pour intégrer une imprimante monochrome avec WiFi directement sur le chariot de préparation. …
Russell driving ahead
A delivery driver from Milton Keynes has been promoted to run the courier fleet of the national logistics firm based in Northamptonshire where he has worked for the last four …