Europe is facing a severe truck driver shortage – around 230,000 driver roles remain unfilled, and this gap could grow to as many as 745,000 vacancies in the coming years. This challenge, driven by an aging workforce and low numbers of recruits, threatens the smooth operation of supply chains acro...

Repsol, one of the world’s leading global integrated energy companies, has selected IBS Software to transform its primary logistics operations across multiple locations. The partnership will see Repsol adopt IBS Software’s iLogistics Control Tower solution streamlining logistics and providing an...

Commercial vehicle fleets are prioritising driver mental wellbeing as part of their safety strategies, with 82% reporting formal processes to support drivers after incidents. The findings, from a study by Webfleet, Bridgestone’s globally trusted fleet management solution, and video telematics part...

Tough Hyster® A-Series forklifts, customisable meet each application’s specific requirements, are available now with 1.6 – 2 tonne lift capacity. “The Hyster H1.6-2.0A ICE models give customers more opportunities to specify a robust solution that suits the operators, the operation, and its bu...

The UK subsidiary of inotec GmbH, inotec UK, has acquired the Beverley, Yorkshire-based self-adhesive label specialist, Applied Label Solutions (ALS), for an undisclosed sum. The deal, signed on the 31st January 2024, provides inotec UK with an ideal opportunity to develop its production capacity. F...

The national logistics division of Swiss food retailer Migros is expanding its highly automated dry goods distribution center in Suhr with WITRON. The integration of 14 additional COM machines into the existing solution during ongoing operations is claimed to be a logistical, architectural, and sust...

Matthews International has announced a global commercial partnership between its Automation Solutions business segment and Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR), a manufacturer of collaborative autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and part of Teradyne Robotics, a division of Teradyne, Inc. The new partnership...

The leaders of physical operations-led organisations in the UK and Ireland reveal how putting technology at the centre of their business strategy is transforming the workplace to meet the demands of a new generation while creating safer and more efficient organisations. That’s according to a new S...

A strategic merger in the supply chain software industry has been announced, between FuturMaster and PlaniSense. Three months after its acquisition by Sagard NewGen, FuturMaster, supplier of SaaS Supply Chain Planning and Revenue Growth Management, has acquired PlaniSense, a specialist in scheduling...