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Warehousing is considered one of the most significant processes in a manufacturing business. The old style warehousing is all about stacking goods and keeping them safe and intact. Today, warehousing consists of preparation of delivery receipts, conducting inventory, monitoring delivery schedule and the most basic yet important part, the transportation of goods to different parts […]

Keymas are exhibiting at IMHX International Materials Handling Exhibition on 16th – 19th Novemeber at NEC in Birmingham. To come along to IMHX 2010 please register for your ticket. We look forward to seeing you there. Here is some information on the event. Discover the latest systems and software for automated materials handling at IMHX […]

Maintenance is an essential part of ensuring the safety and optimum performance of your conveyor system. Having a maintenance plan in place can help to avoid serious and costly breakdowns. Through first hand experience and a working knowledge of designing and installing integrated handling systems Keymas have become dedicated to customer maintenance and service. Our […]

For the month of February we decided to publish a special edition of our online newsletter. We’ve compiled some of the best Materials Handling and Automation videos from Keymas into one simple-to-use online newsletter. To sign up to our newsletter click here

The picking process is a fundamental role in the warehousing and distribution process. Making this process as effective and efficient as possible is crucial to the long term success of any distribution centre or warehouse. A picker

Effectively utilise all the available space in your warehouse through the usage of overhead space in order to achieve an increase in usable warehousing whilst maintaining the same footprint. This is what integrated materials handling calls multiple flooring. By using a mezzanine floor usable warehouse space can be significantly increased without incurring all the costs […]

Barcode picking has been around for some years now to direct a warehouse picker and to integrate each picker with the materials handling system. The barcode scanners themselves have developed into an entire range to choose from. The process is fairly simple, the system communicates with the scanner to direct the picker, this usually includes […]

Following the development of our own video resource Keymas Ltd have launched a youtube channel. Currently the site holds 9 of our latest videos focusing on specific parts of an automated handling system including creative shots and descriptive information to describe what each part of the handling system accomplishes. From Arm scanners to multiple floors, […]

Managing a warehouse is about more than just organisation. With the pressure on the supply chain managing a warehouse is about enabling your operation to become efficient, streamline and nowadays, a little bit savvy. The basic aim is simple, receive goods in, hold them for as long as the sales department needs you to (hopefully […]

Google joined the celebrations of the barcode’s 57th anniversary by using the humble barcode as its logo today. The barcode was birthed in 1952 when it was patented by Norman Woodland and Bernard Silver. The Barcode has grown over the years to become the leading optical machine-readable data representation finding its way onto the majority […]