Purchasing and Procurement Products and Equipment
Airline survey suggests order delay for Bombardier’s CSeries
RBC survey found fleet commonality key concern for potential buyers
Shaw partners for mobile fleet management
Shaw Tracking has partnered with ExpressLane Data to give fleet managers new ways to gain visibility into their operations.
Tax breaks for US materials handling vehicles powered by fuel cells
Legislation has been introduced in the US to improve tax credits for fuel-cell powered vehicles to include fuel cells designed for heavy machinery and off-highway vehicles.
Ballard supplies fuel cells stacks to Power Plug
Company will purchase a minimum 3,250 fuel cell stacks over 18-months
Plug Power to supply Kroger with fuel cells
LATHAM, NY: Plug Power Inc. has added Kroger Co. to its list of GenDrive customers. Plug Power will supply 161 GenDrive fuel cells to Kroger’s food distribution centre in Compton, California. The order includes four class-1 units for sit down counterbalanced trucks, 42 class-2 units for reach trucks and 115 class-3 units for pallet trucks. ...
Shaw Tracking gains new customer
Hensall District Cooperative Inc. is equipping 70 of their trucks with the Shaw Tracking Mobile Computing Platform (MCP) 200.
Samsung releases Series 9 lightweight laptops
The 160-degree viewing angle provides screen images from a variety of vantages
Playing it safe
Let’s say you’re buying a car. The salesperson photocopies your registration, but it comes out on the wrong size paper. He tosses that copy into a blue bin and photocopies your registration again. What do you do?
Mitsubishi delivers first radiation-shielded cabin forklifts
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd has developed two special heavy-duty forklifts with radiation-shielded cabins to help handle and dispose of contaminated rubble at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, following Japan’s earthquake and tsunami.
Kodak releases anti-counterfeiting system
System can be used with existing manufacturing or printing processes
Faster, cheaper deliveries through cloud computing
Online software can improve the efficiencies of inbound deliveries
Ottawa hospital adopts online procurement suite
Solution expected to help save $32 million over five years
Managed document services
At one time, reducing cost was the main motivation when organizations looked for managed document services. In the last several years, that hasn’t changed. But now—along with lowering costs and increasing productivity—organizations are seeking ways to reduce their environmental footprints.
Tharo Systems announces new printer series
Printers' media window allows for viewing, monitoring supplies
Advance burnishers support LEED-EBOM certification
Dust control systems, low sound help meet requirements for sustainable cleaning equipment certification
Three signs it’s time to invest in your material handling equipment
With the recession over, now may be the time to replace equipment
Print from anywhere
PURCHASINGB2B MAGAZINE, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011: Last autumn and this winter, a number of innovative launches in presentation and printer technologies hit the Canadian marketplace. Here’s a summary of some new solutions procurement professionals can consider for their businesses. Lexmark manages content In January, Lexmark Canada launched the Lexmark Genesis inkjet AIO printer. Built on the same ...
Custom fittings for the Nissan NV
Knaack LLC and WEATHER GUARD Van Solutions are offering customized van storage equipment for the new Nissan NV Commercial Van.
