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KNAPP wins two awards with John Lewis


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n a year of activities to commemorate 150 years in business, John Lewis has another reason to


celebrate: the UK's largest department store retailer has scooped two awards with its logistics automation supplier, KNAPP, at the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards. Held at the London Hilton on Park Lane on 5 November, the European Supply Chain Excellence (ESCE) Awards recognize outstanding logistics performance in a range of industries and disciplines. John Lewis and KNAPP AG jointly won the categories ‘Retail & E-Tail' and ‘Warehouse Initiative'. Both awards recognize the huge success of John Lewis' omni-channel fulfillment, much of which is performed at the retailer's Magna Park distribution centre in Milton Keynes using advanced logistics automation systems


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Regional Director for KNAPP, who attended the awards with other members of the KNAPP and John Lewis teams, "We are thrilled to have won these awards together with John Lewis. Since the automated facility at Magna Park was first conceived some seven years ago, we have developed a close working relationship with the logistics team at John Lewis.


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HEP has confirmed that its collaborative transportation programme in the UK & Ireland has removed over 900,000 miles of truck haulage. This equates to a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions of 1,572 metric tons – the equivalent of CO2 emissions from the electricity used by 216 homes for one year - while delivering significant cost savings for its customers. Dapo Oke, Logistics Director for CHEP UK & Ireland, said: “The work we’ve done here is building on CHEP’s European-wide transport collaboration programme, and our customers are really starting to see the benefits that such close collaboration can achieve.” Underpinning this success is the level of collaboration that CHEP has managed to achieve across the supply chain. William Stobart, CEO of Eddie Stobart Limited, one of the 9 logistics service providers involved, said: “Every organisation’s supply chain is different and unique, and each initiative varies in terms of size and scale, but ultimately the goal is to reduce transportation distances and empty road miles across their network, which benefits everyone involved, as well as the environment.”


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lexi Narrow Aisle have nearly 30 years of experience in providing customer driven space saving and efficiency improving solutions for the logistics industry. Our products have for 20 years been built to ISO 9001 quality standard here in the UK, which is close to a record for any company in our field.


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Our Flexi range may be intelligently designed and built of top quality components to exacting quality standard but we also have a reputation for good value for money. We have remained the largest volume manufacturer of articulated trucks, this means we have economies of scale to provide cost effective trucks of the correct specification – no compromise. With 250 units in their Short Term Rental Fleet, ensuring a total seamless service and offering cover for seasonal demand, the Flexi AC Range is developed for use across all logistics, manufacturing and retail sectors.


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nion Industries, the UK market leading manufacturer of industrial rapid roll doors, has completed a duel installation to help with environmental challenges at Dundee Energy Recycling Ltd (DERL).


The Leeds-based manufacturer has installed two Ramdoor Plus doors to prevent odours emitted from waste on site escaping, as well as reducing ingress from the surrounding wildlife.


With fast opening and closing speeds, along with fully automatic operation, the doors significantly reduce the loss of negative pressure within the holding area and thus minimising the opportunity for odour to escape and wildlife to gain access to the waste holding area.


Union’s heavy duty doors replace those of a competitor which were damaged


by traffic accessing the site. Unlike its rivals’, all of Union’s doors feature a ‘Crash-Out’ damage protection facility, which ensures that the door remains operable if the steel composite bottom beam is hit by a speeding vehicle.


This system drastically reduces repair costs and guarantees minimal down- time if the door is impacted upon by traffic such as forklift trucks.


DERL is an energy from waste company based in Dundee. Its plant is the first


of its kind and generates energy through the incineration of waste, which it collects from Local councils and private waste management companies.


Steve Moultrie, Technical Sales Engineer at Union Industries, said: “The Ramdoor is the ideal solution for DERL. Not only does it address its main concerns but also has the added benefit of improved security and efficiency.


“We pride ourselves of the durability of our doors and have built and excellent reputation in industries that deal with high levels of traffic. With the ‘Crash-Out’ facility our doors are also likely to last a lot longer than the alternatives on the market.”


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Rodger McMullan, Managing Director at DERL, said: “Odour control is an obvious issue when dealing with waste We are mindful of


community and do our upmost to reduce all odour emissions. With this in mind I would highly recommend Union’s Ramdoor to other companies trying to manage a similar issue.”


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