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Edeka and Cimcorp: Future of Fresh Food Distribution

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Part of Edeka Group, the largest German supermarket chain, Edeka Freienbrink is on a mission to distribute fresh food to its 488 stores around Berlin and Brandenburg quickly and efficiently. Edeka Freienbrink is one of five Edeka distribution centres Cimcorp has been modernizing with intralogistics automation designed for fresh food handling.

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Ramps Take on a Heavy Load For Witron

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Logistics specialist Witron has benefited from the strength and versatility of bespoke loading ramps from Thorworld during its construction of a new distribution centre for a retail customer. Given the complexity of the distribution centre’s build, and with the clock ticking, Witron needed a reliable alternative, quickly.

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Warehouse Manager Role Has Gone Up a Level

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Those key drivers and attributes that first draw people into distribution management – being able to coach and develop a team to meet definitive targets and efficiencies, plus having a strong ‘operator ‘ mindset – are still valued, but modern, digital warehousing certainly requires much greater depth and more varied IT skills.”.

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Future Freight Rates Development

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The post Future Freight Rates Development appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. Parcel freight rates are also expected to increase 4% (domestic) up to 7% cross-border (within Europe).

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Latest global shipping crisis report released

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Note: Descartes ’ definition of port delay is the difference as measured in days between the Estimated Arrival Date, which is initially declared on the bill of lading, and the date when Descartes receives the CBP-processed bill of lading. The post Latest global shipping crisis report released appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Sustainability report marks Prologis’ partnership with Planet Mark

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We recognise that net zero is imperative and definitions are rapidly evolving alongside innovation, and we look forward to embracing this evolution together.”. The whole-life carbon emissions of a typical distribution centre are typically 30% operational and 70% embodied. This has prevented the loss of 4.1 million tCO2e.

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State of the art Logistics Campus

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Both state-of-the-art, sustainable warehouses will offer a wide range of warehousing and distribution services to a diverse customer base of Global retail brands, particularly those in the fashion, toy, FMCG, home and health & beauty sectors. The post State of the art Logistics Campus appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.