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Tesco Wine by the Case Slashes Delivery Times with Manhattan Associates
Global supply chain optimisation provider, Manhattan Associates, Inc. has announced that Tesco has enhanced its wine distribution business with the introduction of Manhattan Associates’ Warehouse Management solution (WMS) at its UK fulfilment centre (FC) for Tesco Wine by the Case at Brackmills, Northampton.
Customers ordering wine in case multiples for home delivery via the recently re-launched Tesco Wine website can now opt for next-day delivery as well as continue to book a two-hour delivery window ahead of time in the same way that the Tesco.com grocery shopping service operates. The new service has been enabled through integration of the Manhattan solution with the existing Tesco.com grocery home delivery applications.
Kewill adds value to JD Williams’ supply chain
Leading direct home shopping company, JD Williams, has derived a raft of bottom-line business benefits following the implementation of a supply chain management solution from Kewill in its direct despatch business.
JD Williams & Company Limited, part of N Brown Group plc, is the UK's leading direct home shopping company, operating over 20 successful catalogue brands. JD Williams’ catalogues offer a huge selection of clothing and other products for all ages and sizes.
Dematic’s new system helps project the voice of the people
Corporate Express has streamlined picking at eight distribution centres, making the switch from paper to high-tech voice-directed picking with Dematic.
Handling 12,000 SKUs and shipping 45,000 items daily from its eight distribution centres, Corporate Express Canada has teamed up with Dematic to implement a state-of-the-art paperless picking solution.
Vocollect heads up
Vocollect has announced the availability of its newest headset for voice system workers, the SR-15. It provides significant end-user ergonomic benefits that increase productivity and worker satisfaction.
The SR-15 is ideal for employees performing fast-paced mobile tasks that cannot wear typical over-the-head headset models due to hair style, religious headwear, or comfort issues. In addition to its use in the distribution centre/warehouse industrial environment, its less obtrusive form factor makes the new Vocollect headset suitable for environments where voice-enabled workers are visible to, or interacting with, the public.
Productivity up with Jungheinrich order pickers
Two new order pickers from Jungheinrich equipped with RFID technology enable a WMS to automatically guide a forklift to the right location, in the right aisle at the right time, helping to increase productivity.
Ever since the introduction of e-commerce, the internet has changed the face of many processes in the warehouse - including increasing the efficiency of order picking. New technology has seen a big change take place, from person-driven to systems-drive warehousing, meaning that systems technology is becoming more important than ever.
Dematic’s new voice picking solution gives high productivity gains
Dematic’s Voice Picking solution for DSE delivers 20% productivity gain over Radio Data Terminals
Logistics systems integrator Dematic has helped Dick Smith Electronics (DSE), Australia’ leading electronics retailer, to successfully make the switch from radio data terminals (RDTs) to voice picking.
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