Manufacturing & Logistics IT Magazine

OKI Systems UK has unveiled a major expansion of its printer and multifunction printer portfolio which includes products tailored to suit businesses of all sizes.

The close cooperation between the Italian express freight operator BRT (formerly known as Bartolini) and Vanderlande Industries is continuing positively, and has now resulted in the 19th order by BRT for a sortation system from Vanderlande.

Infor, provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, has announced a mobile application for Infor Xtreme Support, providing around-the-clock access to support information for customers.

Microscan is celebrating 30 years in the auto ID and machine vision business. The company prides itself on bringing ground-breaking solutions to market since its start in 1982, when founder Mike Mertel integrated a laser diode into a barcode scanner, producing a smaller, faster, and safer barcode reading solution.

Agentrics NeoGrid has launched a new concept for supply chain management, the NeoGrid Portal.

The Enterprise Mobility Network, a resource for mobility professionals, today announced details of its second free webinar, entitled "The secrets of a successful mobility deployment".

The Datalogic Group, the Automatic Data Capture and Industrial Automation solutions provider, has signed two self-shopping agreements with the Italian retail giants Conad Adriatico and Bennet, through its controlled company, Datalogic ADC.

Tharo Systems, Inc. provides an easy solution for printing barcode and RFID labels using XML (Extensible Markup Language) enabled enterprise systems.

Paragon Software Systems has updated its free special Planning Pack for companies scheduling deliveries during the Olympic and Paralympic games.

Global supply chain planning company, Barloworld Supply Chain Software (Barloworld SCS) is opening a new office in Paris, France on 20 June to help enhance local service levels.

By Andrew Southgate, managing director, Zetes.

It is an interesting, albeit challenging time to be working in retail logistics. Together with difficult trading conditions, the proliferation of mobile devices - smartphones, tablets and the ubiquity of wireless technology - is forcing a shift in the way consumers expect to interact with brands and buy goods.