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Urban Logistics Firm Takes New London HQ

Urban Logistics Firm Takes New London HQ

Minimal, a London-based technology company tackling last-mile emissions, has established its new headquarters at Prologis Park Royal DC5. The recently refurbished 10,751 sq.ft. unit will provide space for vehicle production, R&D and customer operations...

Automation is Ultimate Defence Against Chaos

Automation is Ultimate Defence Against Chaos

Warehouse automation is your best defence against supply chain chaos, writes Mats Hovland Vikse (pictured), Chief Executive Officer of AutoStore. Since 2020, supply chains around the world have been pushed to their limits. From...

Network Management Key to Non-Linear Supply Chain

Network Management Key to Non-Linear Supply Chain

As the global supply chain faces unprecedented challenges, the ability to anticipate, adapt, and recover have become requirements in order to survive. However, if you want to compete and thrive in today’s non-linear supply...

Funding to Explore Autonomous HGV Feasibility

Funding to Explore Autonomous HGV Feasibility

eFREIGHT Autonomous, a consortium of experts in commercial vehicles and automotive technology, has secured funding and support from the UK Government and industry through the CAM Pathfinder Feasibility Studies (FS) Competition delivered by Innovate...

Reusing Straps Compromises Transport Safety

Reusing Straps Compromises Transport Safety

Mosca GmbH, a manufacturer of straps, and twelve other European companies in the ‘Project Alliance Strapping’ (PAS) are warning of potential risks when reusing strapping. Reuse can lead to significant material weakness, particularly at...

Why AI Will Make Supply Chain Jobs More Powerful

Why AI Will Make Supply Chain Jobs More Powerful

By 2030 AI will make supply chain planning jobs more powerful, writes Jonathan Jackman (pictured, below), Regional VP at Kinaxis. Forget the doomsayers. AI is going to make supply chain planners’ jobs simpler and...

Operate Smarter – Road Transport Technology

Operate Smarter – Road Transport Technology

A new age of intelligence has dawned. First there was computation, then mobile communication, now AI. Will bots become experts at routing and inventory management? David Priestman attended Samsara’s Beyond event in San Diego...

Workwear Firm Selects ERP for ecommerce Integration

Workwear Firm Selects ERP for ecommerce Integration

British workwear and PPE supplier Workwear Mallusk has selected Forterro’s Orderwise Cloud ERP solution to power the next stage of its growth journey and drive ecommerce integration. Orderwise Cloud will replace legacy systems with...

Petrochemical Industry Automating Existing Assets

Petrochemical Industry Automating Existing Assets

The world’s petrochemical industry is in a time of transition. Facing the worst business downturn in a generation due to overcapacity and the stalled global economy, nearly every major petrochemical producer in Europe is...

Cross-border Logistics Helps Seize Market Opportunities

Cross-border Logistics Helps Seize Market Opportunities

Global logistics and customs brokerage provider, CCL, are highlighting the significant opportunities that cross-border logistics can create amidst increasing value in China to UK imports. In spite of current global market uncertainties and tariff...