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Focus on people drives success for Utz Group

Logistics Business Magazine

Celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, the Utz Group believes that – in addition to its technological innovation and local service – it is the company’s culture of focusing on people and fostering a sense of community that drives its success. Utz recently held a group-wide conference (pictured) to mark its 75-year milestone.

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Material Handling and Fleet Management: Uncovering Opportunities for Cost Savings and Other Business Benefits

Talking Logistics

One area that many companies overlook for potential benefits is material handling and fleet management. That’s one of the key questions I addressed with Jeff Burns, President of Kenco Material Handling Solutions , in a recent episode of Talking Logistics. Fleet Management: A Different Definition. Material Handling Challenges.

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Edeka and Cimcorp: Future of Fresh Food Distribution

Logistics Business Magazine

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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Crown Reports Success Supporting Booming MYDIN Group

Logistics Manager

The company’s material handling equipment solution, which includes Crown RM, SP, SC, WT and WP Series models, forms an important part of the 24-hour operation of supplying the 100,000 stockkeeping units to more than 300 MYDIN outlets across Malaysia.

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SSI Schaefer publishes first Sustainability Report

Logistics Business Magazine

The SSI Schaefer Group , a Germany-based family-owned company established more than 85 years ago and a leading international solution provider of modular storage and logistics systems, today published its first Sustainability Report. But to us, this is more than just complying with legal requirements.

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A Complete Guide to Shipping Hazardous Materials

Blue Grace Logistics

These are nine classes of HAZMAT you need to be aware of: Class 1 – Explosives: Materials that could potentially explode or burst into flames while in transit if not handled properly. This dictates how the goods are labeled, packaged, and handled while in transit. HAZMAT Classifications Hazardous materials take many forms.

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Carrier Capacity Management Levels the Playing Field in a Carriers’ Market

Logistics Viewpoints

Rate shopping groups help address these capacity constraints as part of shippers’ ongoing decision-making about the best way to ship each parcel out the door. Based on this context, a shipper will send a parcel to Group A, Group B, etc., and distribution points across a network. Widening our view of carrier capacity management.