Food & Beverage

Software Architecture Can Be as Important as Functionality

August 28, 2015

Reducing Cycle Time & Increasing Quality

August 28, 2015

Challenge: The shrimp factory we worked with was inefficient in getting shrimp from boat to freezer. There was also inaccuracy in packaging and overall quality.

360pi Launches E-mail Alert Service for Product Price Changes

August 28, 2015

360pi

360pi, a provider of product intelligence for retailers and consumer brands, has launched 360alerts, an email alert service that tracks product price changes.

Attracting and Retaining Millennials: What Young Supply Chain Stars Can Teach Us All

August 27, 2015

M.L. Peck of ISM & Linda Rigano of ThomasNet

At 29 years of age, Katy Conrad, site lead at Shell's Geismar Chemical Plant, is a terrific ambassador for her profession. She loves everything about supply management - working with smart engineering and business professionals, solving tough problems, and making a bottom-line impact. At Shell, she has delivered significant savings, built a regional B2B sourcing strategy, and held an overseas assignment.

With Future of Lithium-Ion Battery Market Secure, Manufacturers Focus on Cutting Costs

August 27, 2015

Navigant Research

The global market for lithium-ion batteries for vehicles is expected to grow from $7.8bn in 2015 to $30.6bn in 2024, according to a report from Navigant Research.

Manufacturing, Logistics to See Production of AeroScout Location Devices Discontinued

August 26, 2015

RFID Journal

Stanley Black & Decker is discontinuing its AeroScout Industrial line of real-time location systems (RTLS) products for manufacturing, transportation and logistics, effective Nov. 1.

Tradeshift Acquires Product Info-Management Firm Merchantry

August 25, 2015

Tradeshift

Tradeshift, vendor of a software platform for supplier collaboration, has acquired Merchantry, a cloud-based provider of product information-management (PIM) services.

The 'Ticking Time Bomb' of Multichannel Retailing

August 25, 2015

SupplyChainBrain

Tom Enright, research director with Gartner, talks about his recently completed survey on the challenges that are confronting multichannel retailers today, with a particular focus on the issue of returns. He offers his view on what constitutes excellence in the returns process.

More and More Manufacturers Discover Mexico

August 25, 2015

EBN

Due to rising wages and growing logistics costs in China, a growing number of U.S.-based manufacturers are turning to Mexico for production.

Food Safety and Food Cold Chain community to assemble at the World Food Congress

August 20, 2015

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.