CMC Packaging Automation, a global leader in right-sized packaging technology, has a new brand, logo, and website. Formerly known as CMC Machinery, the new brand reflects CMC’s focus on innovation and will support the company’s global expansion. To meet the demands of the global logistics and e-...

Sustainable manufacturer Ball Beverage Packaging EMEA has reduced its inbound supply chain carbon emissions by 82% following a partnership with global supply chain company Woodland Group. The carbon reductions took place between March 2021 and September 2022. Woodland Group initiated a new rail rout...

British clothing company QUIZ expects to deliver over two million packages by the end of next year. Higher volumes of shipments inevitably lead to higher volumes of returns and, if not managed efficiently, this can become expensive and time consuming to manage. To help it achieve its target, QUIZ ha...

From 1st January, 2023, shipments of goods from Switzerland must be declared electronically to German customs with a presentation notification. This affects shipments that cannot be handled by a customs declaration before presentation or a through transport procedure, as well as certain other non-st...

As much of Europe is connected by sea, Amazon is taking advantage of this unique geography to leverage waterborne transportation. Amazon is moving inventory and customer packages by sea as it provides a more efficient, lower emission and faster mode of freight transport. By using sea transportation ...

This is the time of year when the majority of online retailers are going through their peak sales period in the run up to Christmas. During the pandemic and lockdown period almost every business with an ecommerce dimension saw sales peaks that were higher than anything they have ever encountered. An...

The war in Ukraine, the energy crisis and high inflation in many countries are presenting supply chain managers with major challenges. Additionally, the always present issues of shortage of skilled labour, supply chain disruptions and cost pressure also prove difficult. Ralf Duester, member of the b...

In just six months, SSI Schaefer was able to automate the existing mobile racking system at Ostendorf in Emstek using automated guided vehicles (AGV) and its WAMAS intralogistics software. Right after the go-live in the middle of 2021, the positive impact of this partially automated logistics soluti...

UK business technology solutions integrator The Barcode Warehouse and The Algorithm People have partnered up to deliver their Transport and Logistics customers added value services and solutions, with an integrated approach to implementing route optimisation, efficiency, and decarbonisation strategi...

Are transport sector network orthodoxies in the process of being supplanted by a tech-driven collaborative model? Paul Hamblin spoke to Transporeon CEO, Stephan Sieber. Germany’s Transporeon has been a standard-bearer in the great migration to digital over the past decade or so, building impressiv...