WMS technology innovator Synergy Logistics has produced a free and insightful guide on how its highly agile and configurable SnapFulfil WMS can be onboarded by customers themselves. A tailored ‘Self Implementation’ programme provides step-by-step and hands-on guidance in project management and e...

On top of the current disruptions to UK trade caused by delays at the borders, a planned eight-day strike by workers at Port of Felixstowe later this month looks set to pile on further agony. With 50% of the UK’s inbound containers coming through the Suffolk port, the implications for businesses a...

Retail is a constantly moving and evolving ecosystem, writes Matthew Jacques, Partnerships Director at ZigZag Global. Big events cause seismic ripples through this system and the recent re-introduction of paid returns is no exception. Key players, like Boohoo and Zara, have started charging customer...

Inflation, weakening demand, social instability and the war in Ukraine are leading to tumultuous developments in road freight prices, reveals the Ti / Upply / IRU Road Freight Rate Benchmark for Q2 2022. For the first time, this edition offers a separate analysis of the evolution of spot and contrac...

The transport and logistics industry has work to do when it comes to sustainability, writes Stefan Spendrup, VP of Sales, Northern and Western Europe at SOTI. The sector became the largest emitting sector in 2016, and in 2019, it was still producing the same amount of emissions as it was in 2011 –...

Schauenburg Ventures, London-based PropTech VC Pi Labs and Franz Humer (founder of Agilox) have joined Plug and Play, Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen, BITO Campus, and Hans-Jürgen Cramer on WAKU Robotics’ journey to revolutionise the logistics industry using mobile robots. Founded in late 2019, ...

Celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, the Utz Group believes that – in addition to its technological innovation and local service – it is the company’s culture of focusing on people and fostering a sense of community that drives its success. With 1,350 employees across eight locations on...

Intralogistics specialist Linde Material Handling (MH) is now equipping its R14 HD to R25 reach trucks for payloads of 1.4 to 2.5 tonnes with a new heavy-duty mast. It offers operators a better view of the load and the surroundings as well as greater residual load capacities, enabling them to move p...

Leading storage solutions provider BITO Storage Systems will once again be exhibiting at IMHX, which takes place on 6-8 September 2022 at the NEC, Birmingham. The company says its highly experienced UK team are looking forward to meeting visitors from key sectors including retail, manufacturing and ...

Addverb Technologies, a leading automation solutions provider for warehouses and distribution centres, has launched Medius, its new multi-level shuttle (MLS) system. Medius is an automated and highly dynamic shuttle system that performs the function of storage and retrieval on multiple levels and is...