RFID and IT

Pets At Home, the UK’s leading pet care business, has renewed its partnership with Microlise in a new multi-year agreement, which will see the company continuing to utilise Microlise’s Fleet Performance telematics solution, as well as its Health & Safety module. Since its initial deployment, the Microlise solution has delivered …

XPO Logistics, a leading global provider of transport and logistics solutions, has announced a significant acceleration in the adoption of its XPO Connect digital freight marketplace worldwide. Demand for the company’s Drive XPO mobile app has propelled a 50% increase in downloads in the last three months of 2020, taking …

“This system offers rapid payback, increasing warehouse productivity by up to 40% through early disease detection and lower levels of transmission” says Renovotec MD Richard Gilliard Workplace ill health costs Britain more than £10 billion a year or £19,000 per case System provides quick and early staff screening for all …

Facilities maintenance company Kiwi FM has increased productivity by 20 percent since it introduced mobile workforce management technology from BigChange. Working with high street names such as KFC and Starbucks, Kiwi offers a range of premises maintenance services including electrical, mechanical, compliance and building fabric trades. Using the cloud based, …

LiBiao Robot has supplied parcel sortation solutions based on its ‘Mini Yellow’ autonomous mobile robot technology to four sites operated by Yamato, Japan’s leading parcel delivery company. Cross-belt robots with a capacity of 30kg have been deployed at the facilities which are strategically located to process parcels destined for the …

The hunt is on for the UK’s best truck driver. Now in its seventh year, this popular award initiative shortlists drivers by analysing a year’s worth of Microlise telematics performance data to reveal the most talented short, medium and long distance drivers. The process involves the Microlise Data Science team, …

The new Volvo FH, Volvo FH16, Volvo FM and Volvo FMX will be the first commercial heavy-duty trucks to come with Alexa built in. The integration of Alexa will enable truck drivers to get directions, make phone calls, listen to the news and access entertainment, all with simple voice commands. …

Test on site for two months before buying or renting Suitable for all picking- and sorting-intensive operations such as e-commerce Custom-fitted on the arm for minimal muscle effort and all-day comfort The only device in its class with a hot-swappable extended battery life, and rated for freezer use High performance …

E2open, the network for the emerging digital economy, and Shippeo, the European leader in real-time transportation visibility (RTTV), today announced a partnership to interconnect their networks and accelerate value creation for their clients. Through its multi-enterprise business network, E2open connects clients with all tiers of channel, supplier, logistics and global …

Bolton-based multi-temp’ specialists, 3D International Haulage have added a new module to their fleet compliance software which, say the company, has greatly improved vehicle management while putting a tick in the box for the DVSA (Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency). Called TruFleet, it is TruTac’s latest addition to their TruControl …