Category: Logistics

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...

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...

Women Redefining Freight Forwarding

In the global freight forwarding industry, women occupy fewer than 2% of senior leadership roles — a statistic that has remained stubbornly steady despite years of discussion about diversity. Yet change is gaining momentum,...

Greencore opts for Refrigerated Trailers

Tiger Trailers has designed, manufactured, and begun supplying forty-nine new temperature-controlled reefers for Greencore – a leading chilled, frozen, and ambient convenience food supplier to some of the most well-known retail and food service...

Limitless Packaging Machinery

Every good fulfilment strategy now requires automated, right-sized packaging for every product. David Priestman attended a customer innovation day in Umbria, Italy, to see how things should be done. “There should be no excuses...

Specialist Shipping for French Nuclear Site

Staffordshire-based specialist shipping company Robert Wynn and Sons Ltd. has successfully completed a rotor swap for the Paluel Nuclear Power Station transporting a rotor, and its replacement, between France and the Netherlands. The unique...

Custom WMS for Global Fulfilment

When your warehouse is in China but your customers are scattered across multiple continents, the margin for operational error should be close to zero, writes Mykhailo Lymar (pictured, below), CEO of Meest China. In...