Logistics & Materials Handling Articles

Cantilever racking is primarily used for storage of bulky, oversized, long loads such as timber, plasterboard, steel trusses & piping, PVC carpet.

Cardboard boxes can become an expensive shipping expense for businesses that deliver high volumes of orders direct to customers.

Through the numerous stages of a supply chain; key factors such as time and supply of order decisions, demand for the supply, lack of communication and disorganisation can result in one of the most common problems in supply chain management.

When it comes to warehouse safety there are many benefits that are often overlooked.

A turret truck is specifically designed to do one task: operate in very narrow aisles. The turret truck is often abbreviated to VNA standing for very narrow aisle truck.

When it comes to protecting products, or holding products together and intact for transport; stretch and shrink wrapping are often employed.

Are you considering buying or hiring a reach truck? To help you in your decision we have provided some basic information that will help you in understanding their specific application.

One way that has proven to improve an organisation substantially is a supply chain process known as Lean Logistics.

Pallets are an important part of the materials handling industry used in most aspects of the supply chain.

Cross-docking is just one strategy that can be implemented to help achieve a competitive advantage.