MANUFACTURING
&LOGISTICSIT
December 2009
CONTENTS
Manufacturing and Logistics IT
Retail Special Feature
December 2009
6 Carpetright
The European magazine promoting the effective
use of IT in supply chain applications
Manufacturing
Editor: Ed Holden
11 Exel drives improvements for Modec
Contributors:
Unilever welcomes Open Options
Paul D Hamerman, Forrester Research
Dr Peter Harrop, IDTechEx
Alan Braithwaite and Martin Christopher,
Planning
LCP Consulting 16 Preactor provides the right planning & scheduling ingredient for Lonza Biologics
Publisher: Dean Taylor
Warehouse management
Advertising: Alex Prodromou 18 Witron develops new automated tote system
Designer: Karen O’Neill - KAW Creations
Tesco builds ʻDot Com Only Storeʼ for grocery home shopping fulfilment
Production: Carolyn Pither
Circulation: Sarah Schofield
Voice
IT Manager: Peter West 22 Voxware helps Somerfield to increase productivity and reduce error levels
Accounts: Katherine Saward
Elgiganten optimises product picking to meet the rapid growth in e-business
Voice benefits are an education for Littlehampton Book Services
Accord Voice WMS is perfect pick for Spar
Published by: Interactive Business
Voice provides appetising benefits for Brakes
Communications Ltd, Latimer House,
189 High Street, Potters Bar, Herts
EN6 5DA, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1707 664200
Supply chain
Fax: +44 (0) 1707 664800 33 Krones improves order fulfilment with i2 and achieves 20 per cent increase in throughput
Infor delivers cut-and-dried benefits for Knauf
Email (publishing): Logility provides Sigma-Aldrich with the formula for successful replenishment planning
info@logisticsit.com
Email (editorial):
editor@ibcpub.com
Printed by: The Magazine Printing
Company©2009
Printing & labelling
39 New Citizen POS printer for fast and accurate 2D barcodes
Citizen continues expansion with new POS distributor, Datecs UK
No part of this publication may be reproduced in any
form without written permission from the publishers.
Analysis update
No liability is accepted for any action arising from
41 Worldwide SaaS revenue to grow 18 per cent in 2009
the contents of this publication; readers are advised
ERP – the winds of change
to check any manufacturerʼs or supplierʼs claim for
products. The publishers do not endorse opinions
Fashioning improved efficiencies with RFID
expressed in any article by an outside contributor.
Supply chains hold the future for everyone
While every care is taken over photographs and
IT market clock to rebalance IT priorities
illustrations, which are returned when requested,
no liability can be assumed by the publishers for
the loss of such materials.
ISSN:1463-1172
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