E-commerce

A conveyor that runs perfectly in a Derbyshire parcel hub would struggle to pass a hygiene audit in a Nottinghamshire food processing plant. The principle is the same in both, moving product from one point to another without people carrying it, but the engineering brief could hardly be more different. That's the part that often gets lost when businesses first look at automation. It's tempting to treat conveyors as a commodity: pick a belt width, a length and a speed, and orde

By MJE Projects Limited | Material Handling & Conveyor Engineering | UK E-commerce Logistics Picture the warehouse floor at 10 am on a Monday after a peak trading weekend. Parcels are moving fast, pickers are under pressure, and somewhere on the main sortation line, a box of premium glass candles has just been ‘sorted’ into a side-lane at full belt speed. The result: a crushed corner, a broken lid, and another returns label generated before the parcel even leaves the buil

The UK e-commerce landscape continues to evolve, placing sustained operational pressure on fulfilment centres. Order volumes fluctuate seasonally, delivery expectations remain high, and workforce availability can vary regionally. In this environment, warehouse design is no longer simply about storage capacity — it is about operational resilience. For many operators, conveyor automation has become a practical and measured step toward building that resilience. Moving Beyond the