There are many factors currently affecting the stability of the economy, both globally and in the UK. Whilst political populism rocks the world, stock markets have looked fragile and suffered plunges in early February. The EU is facing challenges in migration, unstable neighbouring states and ageing populations. And only this week there has been talk […]
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The UK’s productivity woes have been the focus of much newspaper coverage in the past few years. With continuing low output, our economy can’t grow and we won’t see an improvement in wages or living standards. And with Brexit on the horizon, the worry is that we will become less able to compete with other
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The general opinion in the logistics market is to push towards automated route planning systems. But is this always the best option? Is machine always better than man? The benefits of automated route planning The two main benefits of automated route planning systems are that they save time and also focus on a single parameter,
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HighJump released its latest version of its WMS platform, Warehouse Edge, at the beginning of the year. The new release supports cross-device functionality and adds real-time actionable analytics data. We already have a UK customer live on the new version of HighJump Warehouse Edge, having migrated their systems to the new release in the second
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Carrier integrations are just one component of a warehousing operation. But it’s a vital one. Distribution operations up to a certain throughput can work very well without it, as carrier requests can be manually made. But once orders increase, your dispatch systems start to become more disordered, especially if you’re using multiple carriers and are
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After Brexit, trading certain goods within the European Union will require that importers and exporters make some new mandatory customs declarations. It is estimated that there will be a five-fold increase in these customs notifications, meaning some 255 million declarations will be made a year. The number of companies making such declarations is also expected
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Balloon One will be exhibiting at IntraLogistex later this month. The logistics and supply chain solutions exhibition takes place on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th February 2018 in the Ricoh Arena, Coventry. More than a hundred exhibitors will be attending IntraLogistex, demonstrating a wide variety of technology and equipment covering warehouse automation, materials handling, picking,
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Between the end of the Second World War and the beginning of the financial crisis in 2008, the UK saw a steady growth in productivity of around 2% a year. But since 2008, the UK’s productivity has only been growing at the same pace that it was at before the industrial revolution. And for the
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We’ve just updated our popular Springboard Delivery app and the new 2018 release now includes route optimisation functionality. At the click of a button, you can use route optimisation features that bring reduced travel times for your fleet. Not only do your administrators no longer have to manually plan routes, your customers get their deliveries
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