frontWelcome to the March 1st Warehouse & Logistics News. 2015 is ‘Marching” on, and winter is turning to spring. We’ve given Britain’s only fortnightly title for the industry a Spring Refresh in time for the new season, starting with this issue, as you’ll see when you read the print and digital versions.

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When spring comes, the days get lighter and people start to feel brighter. Brighter working environments make a difference, too. Our Warehouse Lighting feature will give you fresh inspiration about the available options for smarter lighting solutions for today’s warehouses, including LED, energy-efficient, long-life and sensor-activated systems

Once you’ve got the warehouse looking brighter, take a look at making your warehouse operations smarter with our Warehouse IT feature, including E-commerce and fulfillment solutions and hardware.

As the new season arrives, everyone wants spring fashion, putting fresh demands on fulfillment offerings in the apparel, retail and e-commerce markets. Coincidentally, as reported on our front page, Dematic Group’s recent purchase of clothing logistics experts SDI Group Europe will significantly expand Dematic’s global proposition in this key area. As Ulf Henriksson, Dematic President and CEO, says in the article, the combination of Dematic and SDI enhances Dematic’s focus on providing its customers with critical industry solutions powered by a talented team of solution designers, project delivery and customer service specialists dedicated to the ecommerce and apparel markets. The move expands Dematic’s global order fulfillment offerings in the apparel, retail and e-commerce markets, and increases their responsiveness to the growing challenges of omni-channel distribution.

As a leading supplier of integrated automated technology, software and services to optimise the supply chain, Dematic has implemented over 4,000 integrated systems and employs a similar number of skilled logistics professionals globally, with engineering centres and manufacturing facilities in North America, the Middle East, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Headquartered in Royston, Herts, SDI provides key components for seamless order fulfilment. Among these, its proprietary MonaLisa sorter bag technology enables hanging and flat items to be carried on the same system, improving the efficiency of returns management for goods such as shoes, toys, books, CDs and mobile phones.

Andrea di Bella, currently MD for SDI Italy, Spain and Switzerland, will succeed Gordon Smith as CEO of SDI Group Europe, taking responsibility for the business and working closely with the existing senior management team in the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Benelux, Turkey and Poland. We have run many stories about SDI over the years, and we wish them all well for the future.

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