Car maker Bentley has boosted picking efficiency and improved inventory control with an automated storage and retrieval system at its Crewe manufacturing plant.
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Peterlee-based Propeller Holdings, supplier of specialist procurement and inventory management systems, has secured a £750,000 equity investment from the North East Growth Plus Fund, managed by FW Capital.
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The Irn Bru soft drink manufacturer A.G. Barr said today (28 March) that it had made significant progress in the 12 months of its financial year to 29 January, despite making significant operational changes including the closure of one plant, the development of another and revamping its logistics arrangements.
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Warehouse automation supplier Knapp UK is celebrating the fact that its first apprentices have successfully completed their indentured training programme.
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Hygienic disposables manufacturer Ontex has agreed a new three-year warehousing, logistics and home delivery services contract on the back of achieving service levels of around 99.7 per cent.
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Unprecedented, incredibly strong, record breaking and steaming ahead. These were among the superlatives that were heaped upon the latest UK manufacturing data published today (1 February). But the enthusiasm was to some extent tempered by warnings about waning consumer confidence, growing price pressure and the threat of rising inflation.
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Today's (14 December) producer price data for the UK shows Britain's factories are facing surging raw material costs, up some 12.5% in the year to December. The underlying effect is that higher costs are being passed through to customers in many cases, with producers hiking their own prices by 2.9% over the year.
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Manufacturers' optimism is being dampened by concern over euro stability and austerity cuts, according to a new piece of research published today (22 November).
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Increased orders and faster export growth boosted UK manufacturing output last month as a leading sector bellwether notched up record growth in factory inventories.
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With shortages of 2009's 'must have' Christmas gifts once again bringing the challenge of managing long distance supply chains into sharp focus, logistics managers are being urged to adopt lean techniques in order to mitigate risk and manage cost in the extended supply chain.
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The government's move to scrap rate relief on empty industrial premises has led to the demolition of perfectly sound buildings and could lead to a post recession warehouse space shortage, the UK Warehouse Association (UKWA) has warned.
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UK manufacturing output has risen at its fastest pace since December 2007, authoritative new figures revealed today (1 September) but a slowing of new orders cast a "worrisome" shadow over the sustainability of the improvement.
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Manufacturing output remains significantly below pre-recession levels and there will be a high almost 2,500 business failures in 2009 – 50% more than in 2008.
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Another survey suggesting that manufacturing is on the road to recovery says that after months of destocking, the outlook for the next three months is the least negative for more than a year, prompting hopes of an export led recovery.
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A new legal precedent means that small mistakes in the complicated 'manufacturer to high street' supply chain can send freight operators to the wall – through no fault of their own.
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NYK Logistics has been awarded a contract by Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) to provide inbound logistics services to its manufacturing facility in Sunderland, to support production of the Micra, Note and Qashqai (pictured).
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Falling profits and continuing supply chain problems have derailed model train-maker Hornby to the extend that it has decided not to pay its shareholders their annual dividend.
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Manufacturers expect the rate of decline in demand for their products to slow, despite it slumping over the past three months at its fastest rate in 30 years.
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The United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA), the trade body for the third party logistics sector, and Skills for Logistics, the Sector Skills Council for the freight logistics industries, have reached a formal agreement to work together on the development of a series of nationally recognised qualifications for the logistics industry.
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New manufacturing data out today (1 April) at last produced some positive numbers with production and new work indexes rising sharply prompting a leading economist to suggest manufacturers might be “past the worst”.
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The manufacturing sector’s downturn is gathering pace and shows no signs of easing according to two authoritative surveys published this morning (2 March).
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The outlook for manufacturing output in the next three months is the weakest for nearly 30 years, according to the latest CBI Industrial Trends Survey published today (19 November).
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American company Handleman has officially opened its automated Distribution Centre (DC) in Bolton. The DC is to supply Tesco stores throughout the UK with CDs, DVDs and games.
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