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Commercial vehicles operators and manufacturers both in and outside of the UK are preparing for one of the biggest shake-ups to the industry in the form of the the Direct Vision Standard (DVS). John Thornton investigates… Created by Transport for London (TfL), and part of Mayor of London’s Vision Zero plan to eliminate all deaths…
With the UK government setting a target to reduce tailpipe greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 15% by 2025, and to bring all GHG emissions to net zero by 2050, logistics operations are seriously considering alternative fuels to diesel. John Thornton investigates… From compressed and liquified natural gasses to organic biofuels, hydrogen and electricity, there are…
A quarter (24%) of food, fashion and health retailers have said that supply chain delays resulting from coronavirus is a ‘significant’ issue for their business. According to a survey by Retail Economics and global law firm Squire Patton Boggs a further 28% said that they had experienced delays but they could manage the disruption, while…
In winning the Delivery Innovation Award Forterra wanted to address safety issues around drivers working from a height when securing loads. Logistics Manager Editor Christopher Walton finds out how they did it. “We aren’t a wizzy internet retailing business, we make and sell concrete products and bricks,” says Forterra logistics director Andy Manning of winning…
Palletforce, part of EV Cargo, has launched five new international services to Aegean and Baltic countries. Routes to Greece, Turkey, Latvia, Lithuania and Croatia brings the number of direct international services operated by Palletforce to 30, and the pallet network said there is the prospect of a further 10 countries being added later this year….
The GMB union has warned that up to 1,400 supply chain jobs could be at “immediate risk” after airline and air cargo carrier Flybe entered administration. Flybe appointed Alan Hudson, Joanne Robinson, Lucy Winterborne, and Simon Edel of EY as joint administrators on 5 March. In a statement, the airline and air cargo carrier said…
Davies Turner will re-commence its fixed-day, weekly direct rail import service from China to the UK in March, after it was suspended due to coronavirus. Tony Cole, head of supply chain services at Davies Turner, said: “In keeping with normal practice, our Express China Rail Service did not operate during the Chinese New Year holiday…
Plans for the extension of Tritax Symmetry’s Central M40 Business Park are set to go before councillors this week. The developer is looking to build two further warehouses on an adjoining 30 acre plot which will be known as Central M40 Business Park Phase 4. The two facilities will total some 298,000 sq ft and will…
The judges of the 2019 Supply Chain Excellence Awards described Graze’s capacity to respond to the huge peaks created by the retailers’ special promotions as supply chain excellence in practice. Christopher Walton spoke to its supply chain director George Munjas to discover how it does it… Graze started off sending healthy snack boxes in the…
Property developer St Modwen has announced plans to become net zero carbon by 2040. The Birmingham-headquartered listed company also wants to be operationally net zero by 2025. Chief finance and operations officer Rob Hudson said: “The world is changing, and there is a new business climate where purpose and profit are inextricably linked. “Given our…
Year-on-year supermarket sales have seen the fastest growth rate since November last year: up 0.7% over the 12 weeks to 23 February. Sainsbury’s was the only one of the “big four” grocery stores that saw a year-on-year growth, with spend up by 0.3% as it returned to growth for the first time since October 2019….
Infrastructure work has started on a 270-acre logistics and manufacturing park at Teesside International Airport. The land on the south side of the airport could see the development of up to 3.4 million sq ft of warehousing space and creation of 4,400 jobs. The Tees Valley mayor and combined authority committed to an investment of…
Upwards of 500 logistics jobs are thought to be at risk in Stoke-on-Trent when H&M opens its first UK wide omni-channel DC in Milton Keynes. The fashion retailer is looking to recruit up to 800 people at its 785,765 sq ft logistics hub where it will serve both H&M stores and online business however, the…
More than half of supply chain managers believe that a “hasty” trade deal between the UK and the US would be detrimental to the economy. In a survey of 1,176 supply chain managers by the CIPS 54% of those with international suppliers said they were concerned that a trade deal with the US will do…
XPO Logistics has signed what it describes as a long-term partnership agreement with Mercedes-Benz Parts Logistics to manage UK parts distribution. XPO will distribute automotive parts to Mercedes-Benz’s UK retail and commercial vehicle dealerships, running over 40 routes daily from the Mercedes-Benz European Logistics Centre in Milton Keynes and XPO’s overnight-delivery depots in Motherwell, Leigh,…
Best Food Logistics transformed its business from loss to profitability by using big data – and in doing so won the 2019: The BluJay Solutions Award for Technology Innovation. Christopher Walton finds out what made it a winner… Come March, Best Food Logistics, formerly Bidvest Logistics and part of BidCorp, will have a new home…
The East Midlands dominated take-up levels in 2019 according to property consultant Avison Young accounting for 7.4 million sq ft of activity nearly one third of the total take up of 22.1 million sq ft. There was activity across a broad range of sectors during 2019; however non-food retail (35%), third party logistics (26%) and…
Amazon is opening two new delivery depots in Plymouth in the West Country and Ipswich in East Anglia. The company has recently announced openings in North Wales and Cumbria. Through its Amazon Logistics arm the internet giant has taken the 64,584 sq ft former Range HQ in Estover, in Plymouth, It will replace the company’s…
JLL has appointed Ashley Smart, formerly senior director, global sector development at DHL as supply chain director in its EMEA industrial and logistics business. Based in London, Smart will work as part of the wider team that is spread across Germany, France and The Netherlands to develop JLL’s supply chain business in the UK and…
As we look forward to the Supply Chain Conference 2020 on 17 and 18 March I believe that supply chains are facing three major problems, one short-term, one medium-term and one long-term… The long-term issue is sustainability: more than just a buzzword to target environmentally-conscious consumers , sustainability is a way of doing business that…
SaaS vendor and supply chain visibility specialists Wakeo are Workshop sponsors at the 2020 Supply Chain Conference. Logistics Manager caught up with Marie Paternostre, business development manager at Wakeo, to find out how the company is making a difference in supply chains. “Wakeo provides a SaaS platform to bring real-time visibility on overseas international transport…
Primark, working with PAC-D, won the Environmental Improvement Award at the 2019 Supply Chain Excellence Awards last November. Logistics Manager caught up with Dean Moss, packaging and compliance manager at Primark, to find out more about the project and the partnership. Given the scale of the award-winning project delivered by Primark and PAC-D, not to…
Renovotec Group has launched Renovotec Robotics – which will offer warehousing and logistics robotics to buy, or rent using RaaS (robot as a service). Renovotec Robotics will also integrate its warehouse process middleware with selected robotics hardware, and offer 24/7 support from its field service team. The company already has a rugged-hardware-as-a-service (r-HaaS) offering for…
At a time when the planet is facing atrocities linked to man-made climate change, companies are facing the harsh reality that if they don’t change their ways soon, then further destruction will be inevitable. But can this challenge be met at the same time as keeping customers happy? Michelle Mooney investigates. B2C e-commerce relies on…
Savills has sold, on behalf of Panattoni, a 68,610 sq ft distribution warehouse in Luton to CBRE Global Investors. The warehouse at Panattoni Park Luton is currently on a 15 year lease to Delta Electrical Company. In January, Panattoni completed an adjoining 346,000 sq ft warehouse on the park, which is now available for immediate…
Wincanton is looking to become an “expert in robotics” as its new chief executive believes there is an opportunity for the 3PL to get “ahead of the curve” and become more embedded with customers. In part two of a wide-ranging interview with Wincanton chief executive James Wroath (part one discussed the 3PLs acquisition strategy and…
Visitors to the Swisslog stand at IntraLogisteX 2020 will be able to see its next generation robotic picking systems as well as its new data visualisation software offerings. Swisslog (stand 324) will showcase its ItemPiQ robotic order picking system at IntraLogisteX – which takes place at the Rocoh Arena on 31 March and 1 April…
Turnover at IAG Cargo fell 7.2% year-on-year to €1,117m (£969.2 million) during 2019 as the air cargo giant suffered as part of the overall drop in air cargo volumes. Lynne Embleton, chief executive at IAG Cargo, said: “It has been a tough year for the air cargo industry. The decline in our reported revenues for…
The March 2020 issue of Logistics Manager is out now in print, online as well as for the iPad and Android. Cover Story: Big data, big decisions… As part of our March 2020 Supply Chain special we evaluate the future of Sales & Operational Planning and the role Artificial Intelligence and machine-learning will play. ERP: I want it all, and I…
Waitrose is to add online delivery services to 24 more of its stores as it prepares to split from Ocado. From 1 September, Ocado will provide home delivery for Marks & Spencer, but Waitrose described the move as “the single biggest growth opportunity for our business” Currently 150 of the retailer’s shops cover deliveries across…
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