Materials handling & storage and supply chain > Automation & robotics

Avoiding risk in the supply chain

11 December, 2006 by Wendy Cramer, Journalist

An unmanaged supply chain can compromise customer service and affect profitability. Australian retailers are also guilty of putting pressure on manufacturers, with some threatening to cut contracts with businesses that don't streamline their processes


Six-axis robot

11 December, 2006

ABB has released a backwards bending, six-axis robot.


Fresh food grippers

11 October, 2006

The Schunk range of grippers for handling fresh food products has been extended with the release of angular gripper type LMG-44.


Proposed changes to supply chain regulations

22 March, 2006

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has invited public comment on the latest changes being proposed to the Food Standards Code – regulations that cover the content, labelling and handling of food throughout the supply chain.


Software to pack pallets

08 October, 2005

Stacking different products on a pallet in a stable arrangement that makes the best use of space is an art in itself.


Transporting refrigerated food

06 October, 2005 by Amy Han

Food scares, outbreaks of disease and death around the world in the 1990s have triggered major concerns and revisions to food safety arrangements


  • All content Copyright © 2026 Westwick-Farrow Pty Ltd