Food & Beverage

Five Ways Healthcare Industry Supply Chain Can Improve Patient Care

October 7, 2015

The modern, technology-based supply chain has evolved from a back-end, transactional function to a means to not only strip waste and costs out of healthcare, but increasingly to help create better clinical outcomes. GHX, an electronic healthcare industry trading exchange, has identified five ways in which its customers are leveraging their supply chains to markedly improve patient care.

IAG Cargo Inaugurates Route Between Heathrow and San Jose, Calif.

October 6, 2015

IAG Cargo

IAG Cargo has established a new route between its London Heathrow hub and San Jose, Calif.

A Well-Designed Reverse Logistics Plan Starts with a Solid Remarketing Strategy

October 6, 2015

Howard Rosenberg, CEO & Co-founder, B-Stock Solutions

Lack of innovation over the past few decades around how organizations approach disposing of their returned, excess and obsolete inventory has resulted in billions of dollars lost and can no longer be left to inefficient, reactive or outdated methods.

Taco Bell App Success Leads to Revamp of Company Web Site

October 5, 2015

FierceRetailIT

Most companies derive mobile apps from their websites, but Taco Bell has done the opposite. Building on the success of its e-commerce mobile app, the chain has revamped and renamed its website, extending the ability to order and pay via personal computers and tablets as well as enhancing the overall digital customer experience.

Extending Control and Transparency into Supply Chains - How Cloud Technology Can Help With Supplier Quality

October 2, 2015

Sparta Systems

HighJump Offers EDI for Microsoft Dynamics GP; Launches Brewers' Edge

October 2, 2015

HighJump

The TrueCommerce EDI (electronic data interchange) Solutions group of HighJump is now providing "enterprise-scale" EDI requirements for users of Microsoft Dynamics GP.

Field Managers Predict Budgets to Increase for Needed Mobile Solutions, Study Says

October 2, 2015

Zebra Technologies

Seventy percent of field and fleet management personnel expect budget increases for mobility over the next five years as they focus on the strategic priorities of revenue generation, operational efficiency and reducing operating costs, according to Zebra Technologies' 2015 Field Operations Vision Study.

Pepsi's Sustainability Initiatives Reportedly Save Company $375M

September 30, 2015

PepsiCo's environmental sustainability programs saved the company more than $375m since its goals were established in 2010, according to Pepsi's 2014 sustainability report.

The 'Financialization' of Business Is Taken to Task

September 30, 2015

Industry Week

Free-market capitalism says that the only purpose of business is to create shareholder value and that the unfettered market can regulate itself. In the last 30 years, that definition changed to, "the only purpose of business is to create shareholder value measured by short-term results and with little or no regulation."

Robotics? It's Still Cheaper to Do Things Manually for Most Companies. But That May Be Changing.

September 30, 2015

BCG Perspectives

It has been roughly four decades since industrial robots - with mechanical arms that can be programmed to weld, paint and pick up and place objects with monotonous regularity - first began to transform assembly lines in Europe, Japan and the U.S. Yet walk the floor of any manufacturer, from metal shops to electronics factories, and you might be surprised by how many tasks are still performed by human hands - even some that could be done by machines.

Food & Beverage

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the food and beverage industries. Learn how food and beverage companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.