With the construction of the new 5,000 m² warehouse at its Limburg/ Germany site, Spedition Stähler, the major shipping company in the Limburg-Weilburg district, has also taken the decision to install a warehouse management system. It selected the EPG | LFS Warehouse Management System from EPG (Ehrhardt + Partner Gruppe).
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More inventory reliability – more customers: Spedition Stähler grows with EPG | LFS
Dec 14, 2020 Comments (0)

Brother UK report: channel set to play key role in supporting to food retailers to meet new food safety regulations
Dec 14, 2020 Comments (0)

Channel resellers are set to play a key role in supporting food retailers in meeting the upcoming Natasha’s Law food safety guidelines, according to a new report by business technology solutions provider Brother UK.
Road transport capacity on the European spot market is rising significantly while prices are falling
Dec 10, 2020 Comments (0)

Compared with the previous month, road transport capacity rose significantly by 16.8% in November 2020. The index of European spot market availability now stands at 102.8 points.
Dakota interview with QE Transport: Paul Bowmaker, Head of Transport, Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
Dec 10, 2020 Comments (0)

Dakota Integrated Solutions spoke with Paul Bowmaker, Head of Transport at QE Transport, to find out how Dakota has worked with him and his team to implement a new Electronic Point of Delivery (ePod) solution aimed at streamlining and improving the tracking of the movement of specimens from various healthcare facilities, such as GP surgeries, hospitals and pharmacies, to laboratories for testing.
UK Manufacturing calls for a deal to end uncertainty and save thousands of jobs
Dec 10, 2020 Comments (0)

Comment from: Stephen Phipson, CEO of Make UK, the manufacturers’ organisation; Stephen Kelly, CEO Manufacturing NI; and Paul Sheerin, CEO Scottish Engineering.
Xaar 128 printheads at the heart of MapleJet’s new Hx Cartro IoT printer
Dec 10, 2020 Comments (0)

Reliability and performance of the Xaar 128 printhead is claimed to be central to the new MapleJet Hx Cartro printer, enabling it to deliver the precision and connectivity today’s Coding and Marking customers’ demand.
Become a smart factory with ERP
Dec 09, 2020 Comments (0)

By Uwe Kueppers, Manager Consulting Service, EMEA of Kalypso, a Rockwell Automation company.
Traditionally, businesses would make do with manual processes such as spreadsheets for keeping a record of the company’s financials, supply chain, operations, and human resource activities.
Shoppers bag toys early this Christmas in the UK, driving November sales up 11% year-on-year
Dec 09, 2020 Comments (0)

In 2020 Brits of all ages turned to toys to help occupy the long weeks of lockdown. From entertainment to education, crafting to creating, to simply playing outside, the sector has proved its worth during the COVID-19 restrictions.
Manufacturing companies should heed the wellbeing lessons of lockdown
Dec 09, 2020 Comments (0)

Helping teams maintain the healthy habits formed while working from home during the pandemic should be part of HR leaders’ wellbeing strategies in 2021, according to workplace wellbeing experts, Westfield Health.
Simplify supply chain complexity and seize the future
Dec 08, 2020 Comments (0)

By Karl H. Lauri, managing team member at MRPeasy.com.
The combination of globalisation, e-commerce and the Internet has blown apart the post-war ‘standard business model’, which saw large companies enjoying ever-greater economies of scale through mass production and mass marketing.