A worry-free forklift fleet solution

Cat® warehouse trucks and full-service package drive food company’s processes and costs to maximum efficiency.

Conquering the summits, bridging the gaps

As if life wasn’t complicated enough, Christmas is coming – a season now extended by the Transatlantic transplant of Black Friday. Ruari McCallion has been asking palletised distribution organisations how they cope.

Forklift truck distributor supports customer’s fight for recovery

Tallers Domènech, an official distributor of Cat® lift trucks and warehouse equipment, is celebrating 50 years in the industry by supporting a strong local company in its efforts to return from bankruptcy. Gay Sutton explains.

Transport for life

Materials handling and logistics companies support progress in the developing world

Materials handling, logistics and transport have the power to make life better, but not all areas of the world benefit equally. Mark Nicholson finds out how Transaid is working to close the gap – and what eureka readers can do to help.

Masters of immediate response: the role of supply chain processes in disaster relief

Médecins Sans Frontières has honed its supply chain processes and warehousing to respond quickly to disasters and emergencies in some of the most inhospitable locations around the globe. Gay Sutton from eureka magazine finds out from Stefaan Philips, Site Director, MSF Supply, how this works in practice.

Forklift truck replacement: making the right decision

When it comes to replacing your forklift truck fleet, finding the best solution means being open to the advice of a supplier you can trust – and being very clear on what you want the lift trucks and the dealer to do.

The latest on Mission Antarctica

In eureka 14 and 17 we described the Team Antarctica’s mission to build a solar powered vehicle for their epic Antarctic journey, and how Cat® Lift Trucks supported the project by helping them to do some serious testing under winter conditions in Finland. Unfortunately the team was not ready in time.

Gian Schiava talks to adventurer Wilco van Rooijen and discovers manysurvival lessons for the manager.

Lift trucks operate in extreme conditions at Tata Steel IJmuiden

Lift trucks operate in all kinds of environments. In operations where they unload just two lorries a week they can, as you may imagine, last for decades. But how do they operate in extreme environments where demands are high? Any additional services to encourage customers to invest?

Gian Schiava visits the challenging Tata Steel site in the Netherlands and finds out…

Backhauling boosts logistics cost-effectiveness

There are many apparent barriers to backhauling, not least of which is the sticky issue of branding and working with your greatest competitor. Yet there are enormous opportunities to reduce supply chain costs and carbon emissions if these hurdles can be overcome.

Gay Sutton finds out how some of the best companies are achieving these savings and how they manage the challenges.