S & S Distribution’s Emma Archer shortlisted for prestigious national award  - MHW Magazine Emma Archer from Tonbridge-based S & S Distribution has made it through to the finals of a prestigious awards ceremony celebrating women working in the UK transport industry. Emma, who is Compliance Manager with the firm, is one of five finalists to make it through to the Above and Beyond category of the 2022 Amazon Everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards. Emma’s first step into the transport industry came more than two decades ago when she started as a part-time data entry clerk. This year...

Top Tips for Warehouse Productivity - MHW Magazine Conker celebrates World Productivity Day and offers its tips on making your warehouse smarter and more productive Productivity is defined as “the efficiency and quality of production of goods or services”. Some barriers to productivity include distraction and interruptions, lack of information, ineffective communication, insufficient training, inadequate tools and equipment, stress and too much to do. Conker, which provides a range of rugged, wearable and scannable devices for mobile workforces, offers its top tips on productivity for warehouse...

It’s the solution, not necessarily the technology - MHW Magazine Craig Whitehouse, Managing Director of Invar Integration, takes an objective view of problem solving within the warehouse. Warehouses have become busy fulfilment factories, where throughput and performance can determine business success or failure. Now, as costs rise and labour availability falls, many companies are turning to technology to alleviate the pressure points in warehousing processes in order to free up valuable human resources and drive productivity. But technology in itself is only part of the equation; those looking...