How Cat Logistics cuts forklift trucks fleet costs

When Impact Handling won the contract to supply Cat Logistics’ UK materials handling fleet it overcame several challenges with a combination of planning, attention to detail and agility.

Ruari McCallion

Technological approaches to creating a safer loading dock

In eureka 23 we reminded readers of the risks faced by workers in the loading dock and suggested simple measures to improve health and safety and minimise the danger. Awareness and training, together with enforcement of best practice, should always be the first line of defence against accidents, but safety technology can help too.

Mark Nicholson reviews some of the technological ‘safety nets’ currently available.

Is your warehouse loading dock safe?

Loading docks have always been amongst the main accident hotspots in our warehouses. Gian Schiava reports on the situation today and highlights further advances in dock safety technology.

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.

Where do I build my warehouse?

Before deciding how to shape a materials handling operation, companies need to consider where to build their new warehouse. E-commerce has revolutionised the game, and supply chains and markets are undergoing serious changes.

Gian Schiava explores several recent surveys and helps us discover the best logistics hotspots in Europe.

Artificial Intelligence: friend or foe in modern logistics?

Gian Schiava explores areas where AI is already making an impact today in modern logistics, and where it can support logistics professionals in their daily lives.

The fastest show on earth

Motorsport, whether it’s racing or rallying, on two wheels or four, is popular across the world. The highest-profile series, the Formula One Grand Prix World Championship, visits every (inhabited!) continent on the planet. Planning and managing the logistics is quite a challenge – and not for the faint-hearted! Long-time racing fan Ruari McCallion has a scout behind the scenes with help from Rocla Rus.

The rise of the logistics manager

There was a time when logistics and marketing professionals seldom talked to each other, but these days they are becoming key partners.

A career in materials handling – a word from the professors

Our 10th anniversary reflection, looking back and forward at the world of materials handling, would be incomplete without a word from those ‘shaping’ the careers of the logistics managers of tomorrow: our logistics schools and universities. Gian Schiava has interviewed two renowned logistics professors to gain a deeper insight into this area.