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Linpac Allibert’s environmental assessment ticks all the right boxes
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Paul Smith, LRQA’s climate change manager, Mike James, managing director of LRQA, Danilo Oliynik, commercial director at Linpac Allibert and Michael Hill, from Sustain Ltd celebrate Linpac Allibert’s industry first Linpac Allibert, global expert in plastic returnable transit packaging for the food, retail and manufacturing sectors, is poised to help customers accurately measure the environmental performance of their supply chain after a carbon footprint assessment of its market-leading Maxinest distribution tray, was independently verified by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA).
Linpac Allibert is the first organisation in the transit packaging and supply chain solution sector to have the full life cycle carbon footprint of a specific product determined and independently verified by a recognised certification body. The initial carbon footprint analysis was carried out by Sustain Limited, the carbon reduction company, under Europe’s most authoritative product carbon footprinting specification PAS 2050. The carbon footprint of the Maxinest distribution tray was determined at 26 kgCO2e in total, or 0.0082 kgCO2e per litre, per trip, based on each crate performing 92 return trips on a 20 day cycle over five years. The findings take into account the full life cycle of the trays including raw material production, manufacturing, customer use (including transportation and crate washing) and disposal or recycling at the end of its working life. Independent verification by LRQA, a member of the Lloyd’s Register Group and global leader in independent climate change validation, verification, training and certification, confirms the findings of the assessment and the methodology used and is the first to be carried out by LRQA against this standard.
Crisplant installs ‘green’ high-speed sorter in new distribution centre
Crisplant - a global leader in automated logistics systems – has been awarded a contract to design and install a high-speed automated sorting system based on the ‘green’ Crisplant LS-4000CB sorter. The system will be installed in myToys.de’s new-build distribution centre, at Langenselbold, Germany with a scheduled completion date of June 2010.
The new distribution centre will enable myToys.de to maintain its rapid growth by moving from a manual distribution system to a process which optimises workflow and provides a high level of automation, with throughput of 11,000 items per hour.
Psion sets out vision with four major announcements
Psion, the pioneer in mobile handheld computers for industrial and commercial markets, has made four major announcements alongside its 2009 annual results, including and most significantly, a fundamental change to its business model.
The announcements are:
Thorworld safety aids help prevent loading bay accidents
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Investing in a few simple safety measures could safeguard both personnel and equipment, reducing accidents, and thus avoiding any possible costly personal injury claims, as well as saving companies expensive repair bills and disruptive downtime.
Market-leading loading and unloading equipment specialists Thorworld Industries Ltd <http://www.thorworld.co.uk/> offers a comprehensive range of safety aids and accessories, all designed to provide a safer, more productive working environment and to help fulfil some of the statutory health and safety obligations, where failure to comply could lead to a serious fine.
Managing the cost of outsourced logistics
Most companies just re-tender their current outsourced logistics and warehouse operations at the end of the contract term, which often does not yield the full cost and service benefits and opportunities offered by an effective tender process and does not sufficiently challenge the highly competitive market of Logistics Service Providers (LSPs).
“In reality the market place and service capabilities of the LSPs will probably have changed over the current contract term and our experience shows that just re-tendering the same operation can provide cost savings in the region of 10% of annual spend,” says Gideon Hillman FCILT. “The potential savings however are far greater."
Kardex strengthens UK management team
Kardex, one of the leaders of automated storage and retrieval technologies, has announced that Ruud Hoog will be assuming immediate responsibility for managing the sales of its Materials Handling Solutions in Benelux, UK and Ireland.
Hoog has four years experience within Kardex and was previously based in the Netherlands where he held the position of country manager. With a career spanning 20 years working within sales and marketing, Hoog’s knowledge of how to improve sales and build upon reputation is outstanding; in the Netherlands, his desire to build a team focused on solution selling resulted in a 30% increase in sales.
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