SOFTWARE solutions specialist Nulogy has claimed the recent changes to the minimum wage and National Insurance (NI) are driving even greater interest in digitalisation for manufacturers, contract packers, and logistics providers across the UK.
The business, which provides purpose-built software for external manufacturing and contract packing operations, added it is seeing a ‘surge’ in interest as companies seek to offset the financial pressures of wage and NI hikes.
“Certainly, there are some headwinds for all employers at the moment,” said Michael Briggs, MD of Marsden Packaging. “Those that trade on very tight margins are going to struggle if they can’t recover the extra cost through price increases or efficiency gains via automation or digitalisation. With Nulogy’s software for contract packing operations, we had a good year last year, and I am forecasting, despite the cost increases, another one this year.”
Nulogy explained that digitalisation is gaining momentum as businesses look to reduce reliance on manual reporting, enhance workflow visibility, and make better use of labour. Real-time monitoring tools and data-driven platforms can enable tighter labour planning, improved resource allocation, and faster identification of bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
Ian Wright, MD at Prism eLogistics, recently chose Nulogy to drive efficiencies and mitigate the impact of employment changes. He stated, “Labour cost increases hit logistics and fulfilment operations in a particularly hard way because they impact many points in the process, from goods receiving to packing and dispatch. With wage and NI rises, we need to be more precise in how we plan and allocate our teams. Without greater visibility across the workflow, it’s easy for labour costs to creep up.”
In response, Nulogy said it has seen growing adoption of its Shop Floor solution, designed to provide real-time visibility into manual production environments, as well as its Smart Factory platform, which offers monitoring for machine-intensive production lines.
“As the cost of employing people continues to rise, companies are looking for practical, data-driven ways to stay competitive without compromising on quality or service,” said Josephine Coombe, chief commercial officer, Nulogy Europe. “The demand we’re seeing is a direct reflection of how urgent this need has become.”
