Since November 2022, stichd, a subsidiary of the Puma Group, has been serving its global customers from its new and highly automated fulfilment centre in Tilburg, the Netherlands. This high-performing and extremely versatile omnichannel solution enables stichd to cut lead times and to offer customer...

EV is fast becoming a top priority for many businesses, fuelled by the significant benefits that can be realised through making the switch, writes Dee Humphries (pictured), Managing Director, Equans EV Solutions. With reduced carbon emissions, financial savings, increased sustainability credentials,...

Re-brands are sensitive and critical operations and the warehouse automation sector is no exception. David Priestman attended the launch of Movu Robotics in Belgium, late September. “Automate, in a easy way, the distribution centres of our customers. Democratise automation.” This is the mission ...

Stock-taking in a warehouse is a time-consuming, manual process. Until now. David Priestman visited a British supplier of a robotic alternative. Real-time data, including inventory, enables structural visibility in logistics, which leads to better resource allocation, reduced downtime and improved c...

KOOI® ReachForks, often known as telescopic forks, are a proprietary brand developed by Meijer Handling Solutions. These hydraulic forks are designed to extend and retract, allowing for more versatile operations, especially when dealing with the intricacies of truck loading and unloading. The Tradi...

The revolution in food retail logistics began in Parkstein in 2003. Today, the OPM system is the world’s most successful fully automated logistics and order picking system for cases. It all started with a cake lifter. The story of WITRON’s Order Picking Machinery system (OPM) begins at Walter Wi...

In Africa, e-commerce revenues are expected to exceed $46 billion in 2025, up from $28 billion in 2021, and 500 million online shoppers in 2025, up from 350 million in 2022, according to the latest study by consulting firm TechCabal Insights. Launched in 2016 by the Universal Postal Union (UPU), the...

Nippon Express Europe GmbH (NX Europe), a group company of the global Japanese logistics service provider Nippon Express Holdings, is set to realize the achievement of its sustainability goals in collaboration with the Climate Tech start-up, Cozero, based in Berlin. In NX Group’s pursuit of reduci...

November will be seen in the British International Freight Association’s (BIFA) history as an auspicious month with the first meeting of its new Sustainable Logistics Policy Group, managed by Mike Jones, policy advisor for sustainability and environment. For many years BIFA has been monitoring the...

Descartes Systems Group, a leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that U.K.-based ecommerce brand AYBL, an online retailer of activewear, has transformed its warehouse and fulfilment capabilities by replacing paper-based picking and manual fulfilment practices with D...