Contents July 2012 CONTENTS REGULARS
05 Editor’s comment Peter MacLeod wishes Samuk’s Sir Neville Bowman-Shaw well in his retirement.
06 News
A round-up of this month’s news, includ- ing a potentially strong industry line-up at next year’s TCS&D event.
12 Front Cover Story – Nexen
British manufacturer Nexen sees fork lift trucks starting to roll out of its Lowestoft factory gates.
44 Health & Safety A look at a loading bay safety and report- ing system that helps prevent incidences of ‘drive-aways’ from loading bays.
46 Showcase
Some of the products, services and projects that have caught the editor’s eyes over the past few weeks.
PROPERTY
40 Regional Focus – North West David Thame reports that warehouses in the North West are about to get harder to find and cost a lot more.
42 Logistics Property We find out more about ambitious US investment manager Harbert.
14 OPINION
22 BITA Trevor Clifton, Chair of BITA’s Technical Policy Committee, explains that fork lift truck safety is always high on the agenda.
30 AMHSA Vitronic’s Malcolm Smith explains the advantages of cameras over laser scanners in parcel label recognition.
32 Supply Chain Costs Michelle Campbell of RedPrairie looks at how and where retailers can take cost out of their supply chains.
34 FLTA
This month’s FLTA Fact File focuses on three critical factors affecting the safe operation of fork lift trucks.
39 Skills for Logistics Skills for Logistics’ pro- gramme manager Vicki Ball looks at various apprenticeships avail- able to school-leavers.
FEATURES
14 Fork Lift Trucks Latest innovation fron companies including Crown, Clark, Briggs and Yale.
24Order Picking A look at advances in this critical interface in many warehouse operations.
36 Pallet Networks How switching to a pallet network made a significant improvement to a company’s green credentials.
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