Warehousing
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 [...]
New Technology allows Warehouse Staff to Train Online
Subsidized, NZQA-registered warehousing training has been around for years – but now there is a new tool out there.
There is an on-line warehouse training system. Trainees can set themselves up and work through the modules in their own time.
The aim is to help save companies time, expenditure, and perhaps most significantly, help your staff understand [...]
Blackwoods Paykels Invests $5m In Distribution
Blackwoods Paykels Invests $5 Million In New Distribution Centre, IT Platform And Retail Model To Meet Industry Demand Over Next Decade. The leading industrial and engineering supply company Blackwoods Paykels has recently funnelled almost $5 million into its business model. The investment included the fit-out of the new state-of-the-art Highbrook premises, including a new distribution [...]
Executive Director of Argos Software chats with DCtalk
What differentiates one software company from another is the ability to stand the test of time. This is easier said than done, especially in today’s economic climate. The longevity of a business has to encompass adaptability, foresight, leadership and a strong product offering all of which is demonstrated through the success of Argos Software .
Geoff [...]
IPENZ releases Coldstore good practice design guidelines
Design guidelines outlining improvements to Coldstore design in light of the 2008 Tamahere explosion that killed one firefighter and injured several others have been launched by the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ).
New spiral elevator from FlexLink
The New Spiral elevator from Flexlink offers high efficiency, no stop losses and a compact footprint
Increasing competition in the manufacturing industries is highlighting the demands on efficiency in production systems and on compact footprint. In parallel with continuous improvements and new technology steps, factories also demand improved production logistics.
FlexLink now launches the spiral elevator which [...]
Train your Warehouse Staff and reap the Rewards
“What do you do for a living?”, I asked
“I am just a storeman, what do you do?”
“I teach people not to say ‘just’”, I replied
This conversation took place several years ago and it is as relevant today as it was then…. Maybe more.
eCargo – Sanitarium Case Study
Renowned NZ health food company strengthens its distribution process with eCargo, realising significant cost savings and efficiency gains.
Makers of iconic health food brands such as Weet-Bix and Marmite, Sanitarium dispatches several tens of thousand cases of their product each week. From distribution centres in Auckland and Christchurch, deliveries are transported to hungry customers the [...]
The Human Factor and Warehouse Safety
Apart from cost efficiency, an important warehouse management issue is safety. The human factor often causes risks and accidents that are hard to foresee. These can be limited effectively through Elettric 80’s custom-made end-of-line automation solutions.
The systems can automate parts, or the whole, of the end-of-line process for clients within the fast-moving consumer-goods sectors, from [...]
Orbit Systems – Procter & Gamble Case Study
As one of the largest manufacturing organizations in the world, Procter & Gamble continually seek methods of improving all of their processes and systems. Orbit Systems (and our staff before that) has been helping P&G develop very sophisticated systems that improve systems world-wide for over 10 years now.
Some of the systems that Orbit Systems has [...]
