Food & Beverage

Visibility Key to Productivity Gains, But Many Companies Still Not Technologically Sophisticated, Report Says

January 9, 2015

Research suggests that 83 percent of global private label supply chain executives say supply chain transparency impacts productivity and overall consumer confidence. However, it also found that 43 percent of organizations are still using offline methods, like Excel documents and the telephone, to communicate with supply chain partners.

Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, BMW Continue to Dominate Automotive ADAS Market

January 9, 2015

ABI Research

According to ABI Research, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo and BMW are still the top three players in the consumer advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) market. They outperform competitors either in terms of the degree and significance of their innovation, or in how effectively they make their systems available to consumers – sometimes in both.

Experts Don't Expect to See Strong Privacy Protection for Computer, Technology Users Any Time Soon

January 8, 2015

CRM Daily

Will a strong system for protecting the privacy rights of computer and device users be in place 10 years from now? A sampling of technology experts says probably not. In a new survey by the Pew Research Center, more than half the 2,511 people polled said there will not be a "secure, popularly accepted, and trusted privacy-rights infrastructure" established by 2025.

The Promise of Cross-channel Marketing Nirvana Could Be Realized This Year

January 8, 2015

MultiChannel Merchant

For years, marketers have had two goals. They wanted to truly be able to engage with customers uniquely, based on both their interests and their value to the retail brand. They have also wanted to manage that conversation across every digital marketing channel, unifying email, web/mobile sites, display ad, and social efforts. While widely viewed as two separate goals, they were innately connected – how can you have cross-channel marketing without knowing who, specifically, you are communicating with? 2015 is the year when the promise of cross-channel marketing nirvana is fulfilled, finally.

Methods to Enhance Customer Experience Is Continuing Focus of Retailers, Survey Finds

January 7, 2015

RIS News

As 2015 approached, rather than speculate what top retailers will focus on, Boston Retail Partners asked them about their priorities in a series of surveys over the past year. The overall theme concentrates on enhancing the customer experience by expanding store technology, improving assortments and offering unified commerce experience.

U.S. Food Importers Often Fall Short Enforcing Worker Protection Laws in Mexico

January 7, 2015

Los Angeles Times

The tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers arrive year-round by the ton, with peel-off stickers proclaiming "Product of Mexico."

USC Tracks Dorm, Apartment Furniture with RFID Technology

January 6, 2015

RFID Journal

The University of Southern California housing office knew its housing facilities, on and off campus, had upwards of 60,000 pieces of furniture and appliances. But until the student housing office deployed a radio frequency identification system, tracking which items were at what locations, as well as which were broken, missing or due for replacement, required exhaustive manual inventories. Those inventory counts, typically conducted during summers, required the hiring of temporary workers and many hours of labor to catalog what was where.

Users Increasingly Find Mobile Apps Benefit the Supply Chain

January 5, 2015

EBN

There's an app for that. That's long been the joke amongst smartphone toting consumers. More and more, the same can be said for supply chain management and logistics tasks.

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.