TrendMachina.com Blog

Würth Australia is deploying Dematic technology at distribution facilities in Queensland and Victoria to increase fulfilment capacity and support future growth.

Variable orders, labour shortages and transport costs make festive fulfilment difficult to scale. Automated right-sized boxing can turn packaging into a more predictable operation.

UK companies are expanding their use of artificial intelligence, but weak data foundations, unclear accountability and generic tools are limiting operational gains.

BLE devices and shared live links are making continuous shipment monitoring affordable for routine international cargo.

A packaging operation can appear highly efficient while still carrying significant hidden costs. One business identified annual savings of about £200,000 by adding a corrugated material width to its existing automated system.

Manhattan Associates is expanding its cloud platform from warehouse management into planning, transport and order execution, with AI agents designed to work within controlled operational boundaries.

Miniclipper Logistics has activated Thomax’s warehouse management system at its Dunstable EAV site, bringing four of six facilities onto one cloud platform.

A.P. Moller Capital plans to acquire Portek International, bringing a diversified port platform and its engineering expertise into a broader logistics infrastructure portfolio.

AI agents are becoming part of route-planning software development, yet matching algorithms with real operating conditions remains the central challenge.

IMI has brought its wider supply-chain software suite to the UK after acquiring OMS Limited, targeting productivity and cost control across distribution networks.