Archive for December, 2009
FedEx Launches Expedited Delivery Service
FedEx Express has launched FedEx International Next Flight, an expedited delivery service from the UK and Ireland to most worldwide locations. The service will be the fastest FedEx service for customs-cleared, door-to-door delivery of urgent international shipments.
FedEx International Next Flight will be available to more than 220 countries and territories, with shipments moved via commercial [...]
All Aboard for RFID
By Gary Hartley of GS1 New Zealand
RFID – Radio Frequency Identification is increasingly in the news, most recently in context of Air New Zealand’s technology revamp of airport check-in and flight boarding processes of the installation. Then there’s the adoption of RFID by key players in the NZ kiwifruit industry.
MITSUBISHI in world first with Hybrid Forklift
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has developed the world’s first engine/ battery hybrid forklift trucks with 4.0 to 5.0 ton loading capacities. By integrating a lithium-ion secondary battery developed in-house and high efficiency motors with small-size, lowexhaust- emission diesel engines that comply with new emission regulations, the company says it has realized outstanding environment-friendly, fuel-efficient performance: [...]
3rd Party Warehousing- Customer Apprehension
Making the decision to hand over “custodianship” of your inventory can be one of the more nerve racking decisions that a company executive can face in their entire career. Recognition of the benefits that the business will gain from a 3rd party solution, can sometimes be overridden with apprehension about the decision. There is a [...]
Amazing and Funny Pictures, mostly transport related
Every now and then you come across an image that either cracks you up, makes you think how the hell did that happen or simply think what the heck was going through their mind, so I’ve put some images together for your amazement. Most of the images are transport related however I couldn’t resist throwing [...]
Automating Warehouses
Elettric 80 challenges the notion that only production companies benefit from automation. Also the activities of distribution centres can be automated to advantage by Laser Guided Vehicles, increasing both warehouse efficiency and safety while reducing costs.
A considerable advantage of the Elettric 80 LGV systems is that they are usually implemented in [...]
The future of logistics could be in your hands! Literally.
That mobile phone you carry around – in fact, you probably couldn’t work or socialise without it – could increasingly become a multi-purpose tool in the consumer marketplace – as well as for logistics. Before long, the mobile could enable you to see what’s available from a huge range of goods and services, and check [...]
New Auckland Transport and Logistics Sector Group
Transport and Logistics businesses in the Auckland region are invited to take part in the establishment of an umbrella group that will operate across all facets of the industry over the entire Auckland region.
This includes companies working in transport, warehousing, 3pl and 4pl, logistics, customs clearance, freight forwarding, consolidation and [...]
UPS Estimates 22 Million Packages will be delivered in One Day
UPS has circled Monday, December 21, on the calendar as its busiest day of the year when the company anticipates delivering approximately 22 million packages worldwide.
That is about a 40 percent increase over normal daily delivery volumes. For the entire holiday peak season – stretching from Thanksgiving to Christmas –
UPS will deliver approximately 400 million [...]
ISSUING OF PERMITS TO IMPORT OVER CHRISTMAS ? NEW YEAR PERIOD
Persons importing food into New Zealand requiring a New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) Permit are advised that permits will only be able to be issued until noon on 24 December and from 29 December to noon on 31 December. Normal business will resume on Tuesday 5 January.
Sampling and testing [...]
