Category Archives: Warehousing

Key warehouse automation trends for 2024 The core issues facing supply chains in 2023 – labour availability, capacity, space availability and resiliency, says Swisslog’s Sean Ledbury – aren’t going away in 2024. But how supply chain leaders address these challenges continues to evolve. “Moving into the new year, we are seeing organisations finding new waysContinue reading “RESHORING, SOFTWARE AND EXPANDED AI”

DB Schenker’s custom fit-out 3PL spare parts warehouse for major electronics company A major electronics giant entrusted DB Schenker, a global logistics provider with whom they’ve maintained a partnership for more than 20 years, to manage the third-party logistics (3PL) for their newly customised spare parts warehouse in NSW. The new 12,800 square metre warehouse featuresContinue reading “GLOBAL ADVANTAGES…”

WesTrac warehouse a celebration of AutoStore AI Leading Caterpillar dealer WesTrac has marked the third annual Artificial Intelligence Appreciation Day, a celebration of artificial intelligence, or AI, and what it can offer the business and customers in the future. WesTrac jumped on the AI tidal wave by incorporating it into day-to-day operations at its TomagoContinue reading “INTELLIGENT WAREHOUSE…”

Sorted Logistics operates in Christchurch, Auckland and Sydney offering warehousing, distribution, and international freight forwarding solutions to their clients and recently undertook a major new project at the company’s Waterloo Road Campus in Christchurch. The project encompassed the design, consent, and installation of racking within a 12000m2 warehouse, plus a flagship office to house theirContinue reading “SUPPORTING GROWTH AT SORTED LOGISTICS”

Massive state-of-the-art highly automated packhouse doubles volume T&G Global has commissioned one of the largest apple packhouses in the Southern Hemisphere at its Whakatū site in Hawke’s Bay.The highly automated facility, with 1.7 hectares of roof space, will be able to pack more than 125 million kilograms of apples per season once its two phased-constructionContinue reading “APPLE OF THE EYE…”

AS Colour embarked on a strategy to support the company’s expected growth over the next decade. This transformation included more efficient warehouse operations, improved environmental performance, and greater supply chain resilience. THE PREVIOUS MANUAL WAREHOUSE In its previous Auckland distribution centre (DC), AS Colour used manual processes to pick orders, which involved RF technology usedContinue reading “AS COLOUR MEETS CURRENT AND FUTURE GROWTH WITH NEW AUTOMATED AUCKLAND DC”

BrainStorm seeks to save warehousing businesses with new software With the warehousing and supply chain crisis not looking to slow down anytime soon, Brisbane-based software company BrainStorm has come up with an answer to assist, and it’s called WaBI an optimising warehouse management solution. Warehousing is one of the fastest-growing industries according to the AustralianContinue reading “INTELLIGENT THINKING…”