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5 Editorial comment Peter MacLeod sings the praises of the a very British logistics company.
7 Newsdesk
The latest industry news, including the sad news of the passing of a couple of our close industry friends.
14 Cover story: Linde
Linde Material Handling has developed a 3D warehouse planning and simulation tool – Stratos – that enables its customers to analyse all levels of a warehousing project and thus provide optimum storage layouts.
16 Excellence in Logistics Faced with the dual challenge of taking £20m worth of inventory out of its supply chain, DIY retailer Homebase has leveraged its collaborative relationship with Unipart Logistics to deliver on its objectives.
18 Health & Safety Toyota is calling 2012 its ‘Year of Safety’. Also, we look at the issue of awareness of Thorough Examinations.
distribution handling
26 Fork lift trucks A comprehensive round-up of the latest news from the fork lift truck industry, including an interview with Linde’s Andrew Daly.
60 Manual Handling Movetech UK is keeping new entrants to the barge-building market, Boats by Pendlewood, out of deep water by enabling the company to manoeuvre long, 15 tonne barges into new premises that are inaccessible by truck.
38 Intermodal logistics Industry professionals from across the world gathered at the Hamburg Messe for one of the most successful Intermodal Europe events in the show’s history.
42 Goods in/out
Mark Adams FCILT, managing director of loading bay equipment manufacturer Transdek, extols the virtues of double-deck trailers, not least of which is a potentially massive reduction in carbon emissions.
storage 50 Order picking
Michelle Campbell, industry director, supply chain at RedPrairie, believes that the increasing sophistication of consumers to order via multi channels presents tighter order picking windows for logistics operations.
56 Facilities management The floor at a new Very Narrow Aisle (VNA) warehouse facility in Greece was recently completed by Eurolit Industrial Flooring, Concrete Grinding Ltd's representative in Greece.
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