Food & Beverage

Food Supply Chains in 2015: A Banquet of Risk

February 17, 2015

The food industry has a lot on its plate these days.

How to Stop Getting It Wrong: New Developments in Supply and Demand Planning

February 13, 2015

Demand planners are coping with the growing complexity of consumer-goods supply chains. Most of all, they have to do a better job of getting the numbers right, says Robert F. Byrne, chief executive officer of Terra Technology.

Webalo Unveils Tool for Mobile Supply-Chain Management

February 11, 2015

Webalo

Webalo, maker of a mobile application development platform, has joined with Bell Nursery to launch a mobile product for supply chain and inventory management.

Oil Tanker Shipping 'Bonanza' Threatened by Increased Vessel Orders, Report Says

February 11, 2015

Drewry

A steep rise in vessel orders risks bringing the recent bonanza in oil tanker shipping to an abrupt end, according to the latest edition of the Tanker Forecaster, published by shipping consultancy Drewry.

Does McDonald's Need to Serve Up Better Supply Chain Transparency?

February 10, 2015

Harvard Business Review

Recently, McDonald's, the world's iconic largest food service provider, has been (forgive the cliché) through the grinder. Poor performance has led to the departure of its CEO and plenty of critical attention in the business pages. Part of this story relates to the provenance, or origins, of its products: Chains that provide more upmarket "fast casual" dining such as Panera, Chipotle, and Shake Shack have brands that speak of freshness, health and trustworthy sourcing.

Labor Management Strategies in the Warehouse

February 6, 2015

Kane is Able

Supply-Chain Design: A 'Must-Have' Business Function

February 6, 2015

SupplyChainBrain

Toby Brzoznowski, executive vice president of LLamasoft Inc., details the changes he's seen in supply-chain modeling and network design over the last 15 years. And he offers a picture of where the technology and supporting business processes are going.

How Supply Chain Affects Corporate Reputation

February 6, 2015

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

A company's reputation rests on much more than the quality of the products that it makes.

Manufacturers Beef Up Efforts to Hire More Women

February 5, 2015

Chief Executive

Companies such as Harley Davidson Motor Co. in Milwaukee, Illinois Tool Works Inc. in Glenview, Ill. and Essve Tech Inc., a manufacturer of corrugated steel pipes in Alpharetta, Ga., are actively recruiting women to fill the shortage caused by a growth spurt in U.S. manufacturing due to lower energy costs, reshoring a more competitive labor market as Baby Boomers continue to retire. The U.S. Department of Labor estimated last spring that 241,000 factory jobs remained unfilled.

Specialty Pharmaceuticals Transform Market Structure of Pharmacy Industry, Report Says

February 2, 2015

Drug Channels Institute

The boom in specialty pharmaceuticals is reshaping the pharmacy industry's market structure as 10 companies account for 70 percent of specialty pharmacy revenues, according to Adam J. Fein, CEO of the Drug Channels Institute and author of the study on pharmacy economics and the pharmaceutical supply chain.

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.