The home appliance manufacturer introduces a branded product that pumps up sales — and sends the company scrambling for a way to manage the surge in orders.
The grower-owned cooperative seeks to expand visibility of its product “from farm to fork,” in a pilot program undertaken with SAP and a group of supply-chain partners.
Thanks to cheap labor, U.S. wood-furniture manufacturers like Bassett Furniture Industries often import their products from Asia — making logistics providers crucial partners.
Convenience store chain Sheetz Inc. was faced with antiquated material-handling equipment, inadequate software and short supply of warehousing capacity.
New demands generated by omnichannel and other supply-chain innovations are posing challenges to 3PLs — and technology is expected to play a major role in solving them.
A fast-growing organic dairy company needed a sophisticated transportation management system to gain visibility across its operations — and control over its spend.