Features - August September 2011

The Crown RM 6000 MonoLift –
a new age in narrow aisle

Crown Equipment has released the first-ever monomast narrow-aisle reach forklift for use in warehouses and distribution centres. The Crown RM 6000 MonoLift™ has the potential to change the way high-density warehouses and distribution centres are designed, save customers millions of dollars in capital expense, and support meaningful improvements in productivity. read more »

Editorial

Deutsche Post DHL is truly a global logistics company – its operations span the entire world, and it is the market leader in most. So when this logistics behemoth speaks, other logistics operators tend to listen. Its report published in October last year, Delivering Tomorrow – Towards Sustainable Logistics, included some thought-provoking facts and figures . read more »

Freight partnership to drive New Zealand competitiveness

Fonterra and Silver Fern Farms have launched Kotahi, a partnership that aims to bring New Zealand’s exporters and importers together to lift the performance of the country’s supply chain. read more »

Countdown opens new national DC in Auckland

Countdown officially opened its brand-new Auckland national distribution centre (ANDC) at Wiri on 14 June, with Mayor Len Brown cutting the ribbon on the 30,000 sq m facility. read more »

Going carbon neutral makes good business sense

Urgent Couriers, which has 25% of the Auckland fast delivery market, has been working on improving its sustainability performance since the late 1990s. As a company that burns fossil fuels, it had to look at the best way to mitigate/offset the carbon missions associated with its courier fleet.
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Dematic RapidStore – quick, smart, cost-effective automated storage

Dematic RapidStore is a new, modular, automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) for unit loads like palletised goods which significantly reduces the lead time, engineering complexity and costs associated with implementing automated storage solutions. read more »

View the future of warehousing at MHL 2011

During 21–22 September the materials handling, warehousing and logistics industry will showcase the latest warehousing and supply chain solutions at MHL 2011, the sector’s one-of-a-kind trade show.
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International student examines NZ’s natural resource decisions

The way decisions are made about how we use our natural resources is under scrutiny.

University of Bremen doctoral student Lisa Marquardt is spending nine months in New Zealand looking at the current proposal to dredge Tauranga Harbour and the processes involved in making a decision. read more »

Distribution trainee Allanah Bedford

Some might think it’s unusual to find a young female behind the wheel of a fork hoist, or lifting heavy carboys. But that’s just the norm at Hortigro as Allanah Bedford, aged 20, embarks on a career in distribution. read more »