Ocado is one of the world’s most successful online grocery stores with a turnover of over £1.1 billion a year. To process the millions of online orders, Ocado has developed its own warehouse technology
Vilfredo Pareto was an Italian economist and sociologist who lived between 1848 and 1923. His principle, also known as Pareto Rule or Pareto Law is a useful model in business to show that a minority of clients will be
Warehouse robots can work with humans, not replace them
There have been predictions that robots will replace human warehouse workers, but a new warehouse robot system shows how machines can work cooperatively with humans, with everything from pallet racking to
Whether you buy new or secondhand pallets, you should be sure to buy quality ones. If wooden pallets are used to store heavy objects, they need to be made from
Are temporary buildings the answer to fluctuating storage needs?
The cost of renting or constructing warehouses can be an obstacle to business expansion. One solution could be the use of temporary or semi-permanent buildings. At the National Manufacturing & Supply Chain Exhibition held in
Warehouse shelving grows vertically to improve efficiency
When a business grows there is often a need for more storage space. The warehouse manager at computing firm Okuma looked at two options: extending the warehouse or
It’s good news if a business increases its sales, but it also causes pressure to improve the systems of receiving orders, picking goods, dispatching and ordering. If the
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