DEBRA UK, a national charity and patient support organisation for people with debilitating skin condition Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), has awarded DMA Group a contract to implement cloud-based FM and supply chain mangement across its portfolio of 90 shops. DMA’s Managed Services team operates the BiO platform using live, end-to-end performance management data to plan, coordinate…
Supply Chain Logistics
Steve Purvis, managing director at Bis Henderson Space, considers the impact of a growing trend to move production facilities closer to markets on supply chain logistics. A report from Cushman & Wakefield last month reveals a rapid increase in the take-up of industrial space across key European markets, including the UK, last year. A 28%…
Freshippo, Alibaba Group’s new retail venture, has inaugurated a supply chain center in Shanghai to support cold chain logistics distribution in the capital and at major locations across eastern China. Serving multiple cities including Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Hefei, the facility which is located in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai took three years to…
Savills Investment Management has completed the sale of DSV Venlo, a core logistics asset in the main logistics hub in The Netherlands on behalf of Vestas Investment Management for a sale price of €105 million. The disposal was an element of a five-year business plan targeting significant capital gains, following the construction and acquisition of…
Steve Purvis, managing director of Bis Henderson Space, says retailers and their supply chain partners should consider short-term leasing as they secure warehouse space in anticipation of the ‘golden quarter’ and the Christmas peak. Predicting requirements seven or eight months ahead is always a challenge, and this year looks particularly uncertain. While there is a…
As warehouse operators in the UK report continuing labour shortages, Frazer Watson, VP of Sales – UK & Ireland at iFollow, makes a case for deploying mobile robots. Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) offer one of the more cost effective and flexible automation solutions to enable logistics operations to optimise their labour force. This is particularly…
Trident Warehousing WLL has entered a 10-year lease with Edamah, the real estate arm of Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund, for a new 8,137 sqm storage and distribution facility at Sitra Industrial Park. Under the agreement which is valued at US $7 million, Trident Warehousing and business associate Hoover Circular Solutions (a US-based supplier of sustainable…
Steve Purvis, managing director of Bis Henderson Space, relives his company’s journey to ISO90001 Quality Management Systems certification. We all know ISO9001 as a Standard that marks an organisation out as following Quality Management processes, but what are the tangible benefits for businesses involved in the warehouse space sector? What does accreditation to ISO9001 mean…
Warehousing support services company Bis Henderson Space has received ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems (QMS) accreditation. The certification will enhance the company’s position as a named supplier on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) storage, distribution, kitting and associated services framework. The framework is available to all central Government departments and other UK public sector bodies,…
A well-considered mobile robot implementation can transform the productivity of order picking and internal transport in a retailer’s warehouse to deliver rewards in challenging times for the sector, says Frazer Watson, iFollow’s vice president of sales for the UK and Ireland. The challenges for major retailer chains, department stores and the FMCG businesses that supply…
Third-party logistics (3PL) providers leased more big-box (200,000 sq ft. or larger) warehouse spaces in North America than any other occupier category according to a new report from CBRE. Accounting for 41% of all big-box lease transactions in 2022, 3PLs expanded their footprints and claimed the largest share for the first time since CBRE began…
UK Industrial parts fulfilment group, Rico Logistics, continues to grow and has added an additional Flexi ACiON MAX 1500 articulated forklift to the existing fleet of Flexi Trucks in operation at its warehouse at Minworth, on the outskirts of Birmingham. The manufacturer of the Flexi Truck range of articulated lift truck-based intralogistics solutions, Narrow Aisle,…
Xia Hulling, founder and CEO of sortation system specialist LiBiao Robotics, explains why automation is allowing postal service providers to deliver better customer service. Alongside the construction and hospitality industries, logistics is among the business sectors to have been hit hardest by Europe’s dwindling labour market and the resultant recruitment issues. The global pandemic and the…
An inaugural State of the Security Industry Report from HID Global offers insights about the physical and digital security priorities of its 2,700 global partners, end-users, and security and IT personnel across 11 industries. Sustainability , mobile IDs and a changing Workforce areidentified as key priorities by the authors of the report, who highlighted several…
UK engineering services provider Edwin James Group has appointed Alison Bettany to the new role of procurement director. An experienced supply chain and sustainability professional, Alison will be responsible for leading the company’s procurement function and shaping its supply chain strategy. Currently a Fellow of the Chartered Institute in Purchasing and Supply (FCIPS) and a…
From 1 April 2023 government departments in the United Kingdom will be required to follow updated guidance on identifying and managing the risk of modern slavery in their supply chains. Alex Minett, Head of Products and Markets at CHAS, explains how organisations can become more vigilant. Modern slavery is on the increase. The International Labour…
Steve Purvis, managing Director or Bis Henderson Space, makes the case for retailers and manufacturers to provide for temporary warehouse accommodation in their strategic long-term planning. Many, perhaps most, manufacturers and retailers experience pronounced peaks in their requirements for warehousing and distribution centre space. This may be part of the normal business cycle – ramping…
Savills Investment Management (Savills IM) has acquired the Rapid Logistics distribution centre in the Schiphol Trade Park at Hoofddorp in Amsterdam’s Metropolitan Area in an off-market transaction on behalf of a German pension fund. Development of the distribution centre, which is situated in the logistics zone of the Trade Park – a little over 7km…
Cushman & Wakefield has brokered a full-building lease totaling 1,156,860 square feet with Logistics Plus, Inc. (LP) at Sarival Logistics Center, a new industrial development in Glendale, Arizona. The building was constructed on a speculative basis and represents the first phase of a larger development which can accommodate over 2 million square feet of industrial…
Siemens’ Smart Infrastructure production facility in Zug, Switzerland, has been named winner in the “Excellence in Supply Chain Resilience” category of this year’s Factory of the Year (Fabrik des Jahresin) Awards. The awards are organised by international management consultancy firm, Kearney. Siemens was recognised for supply chain resilience and preventive risk management practices in the…
Eighty-four percent of UK businesses are planning on moving from JIT to Just-in-Case supply chain models. What will this mean for pre-Christmas planning? By Matt Whittaker, Commercial Director at Bis Henderson Space. Many retailers depend for their profits on the ‘golden quarter’ – the season running roughly from Halloween through to the January sales, and…
Global visual solutions provider Datapath has hired Brian Tulley as strategic procurement manager. Tulley brings extensive experience of technology procurement to the position, having held senior roles at blue chip organisations including General Electric and Rolls Royce. In his new role, he will work with internal and external partners to secure the long-term availability of…
Phoenix-based commercial real estate investor and developer ViaWest Group is making its first foray into the Denver market with the construction of a 134,400 sf industrial facility. The Downtown Distribution Center, a Class A industrial development on a 9.32 acre site just north of Downtown Denver is scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of…