Features - February 2011 March 2011

Right lift truck + Right storage system
= RIGHT SOLUTION

Selecting the right combination of lift truck and storage system can enhance warehouse productivity, increase storage capacity and provide future flexibility in your business.

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Editorial

A happy New Year! Welcome back to reality. For those of us fortunate to be able to take a break over the Christmas/New Year period, Mother Nature was kind for once, and we were able to enjoy a few weeks of balmy weather. Not so as I write this editorial. Those making a late return to work will be doing so through floods, localised slips and howling gales, not to mention the ‘king tide’ that swamped coastal areas of Auckland at the weekend, creating a new shoreline in some places. Good luck if you live on the foreshore where no doubt by now you’ll be reconsidering the wisdom of buying property on the beach. read more »

Coastal shipping book reveals
story far from plain sailing

Coastal operator Pacifica Shipping, founded by Otago businessman Sir Clifford Skeggs, has marked its 25th anniversary by publishing a candid and incident-filled book titled Spirit of the Coast. Sir Clifford, with Pacifica’s now retired chief executive Rod Grout, feature prominently as leading figures in the revival of domestic shipping from 1985 when the company was established in Christchurch.
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5PL the way of the future for Contract
Warehousing

You’ve heard of 3PL, maybe even got your head around 4PL. Now an Auckland-based logistics group is offering a 5PL service with the help of an integrated transport and logistics management system from TransLogix. read more »

Milk picking system full of goodness

An automated milk storage system is doing the body good in more ways than one at a Foodstuffs Wellington distribution centre. The Stackflo automated picking system is saving workers’ backs, reducing traffic flow in the warehouse and saving money – at the same time as being more efficient than the previous manual system.
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Planning your next emergency

Two recent climactic events, the Christchurch earthquake and the Queensland floods, have highlighted the potential fragi l i ty of our national supply chain operations. When a major incident occurs, emergency services may not be available; therefore we must plan to respond ourselves.
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Sue Carline-Wright
at The Fresh Fruit Company

FTD talks to New Zealand’s supply chain managers about their jobs.

I’m the operations manager for The Fresh Fruit Company of NZ – known in the trade as Freshco – and my main tasks are overseeing all shipping and logistics for the company, maintaining and building relationships with the shipping lines, overseeing claims, ensuring compliance with Phytosanitary and other systems, researching new reefer/transport technology. read more »

Forklifts and carbon monoxide
– a deadly mix

The Department of Labour (DoL) will visit 100 major hirers and sellers of forklifts over the next couple of months to raise awareness of the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning when fuel-powered forklifts are used in poorly ventilated areas like cool stores. The visits will ensure that hirers and sellers are aware of the risk, and that they are warning their customers about it. read more »