Food & Beverage

The Power of Insight - Improve Statistical Forecasting for Greater Supply Chain Efficiencies

November 12, 2014

David Holmes, Andy Walker

Retail's Therapy: Top to Bottom Process Integration for Sustainable Profits

November 12, 2014

Mike Reed and Ron Ireland of Oliver Wight

Update on CSCMP's Young Professionals Program

November 12, 2014

Michael D'Angelo, Volkswagen and John Bowersox, Ann Sacks

Refillable Bottle Touted as Creative Disruption That Consumer Packaging Needs

November 11, 2014

CleanPath

Replenish Bottling LLC has launched a sustainable product line that has the potential to change how many water-based consumer products are designed, manufactured and sold. The packaging technology can be found in a new line of concentrate household cleaning and personal care items sold under the CleanPath brand.

Retail Shrink Hit $128Bn Worldwide in 2013, But Is Slightly Down in Most countries

November 11, 2014

The Smart Cube

Shrink, comprised of shoplifting, employee or supplier fraud and administrative errors, cost the global retail industry more than $128bn last year, $42bn in the US alone, according to the latest Global Retail Theft Barometer. This represents 1.29 percent of retail sales, on average.

To Boost 'Factories of Future,' EC Promotes Re-use, Remanufacturing Projects

November 10, 2014

Resource.co

The European Commission has called for research projects that investigate re-use and remanufacturing, in a bid to develop the "factories of the future".

Closing the Loop on Recycling - And Making Money in the Process

November 10, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Even in the age of recycling, forward and reverse supply chains have tended to be treated as separate disciplines. Now the world's largest retailer is partnering with major consumer goods manufacturers to help erase that distinction.

Voice Picking in a Low Temperature Environment

November 10, 2014

David T. Perry, Frozen Warehouse Team Leader, Perry's Ice Cream

Freight Forwarders Quickly Condemn N.Y. Governor's Proposal to Move Air Cargo From JFK to Former Military Base

November 7, 2014

Air Cargo World

In an announcement that sent waves of protest throughout the freight forwarding industry, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a plan late last month to move most of the air cargo operations out of New York City's JFK International Airport and relocate them about 80 miles northwest to Stewart International (SWF) in the lower Hudson Valley. Negative reaction to the proposal was swift.

VW's Uruguayan Importer Uses RFID to Track Maintenance Tools

November 6, 2014

RFID Journal

For the past four years, Julio Cesar Lestido S.A., the official Uruguayan importer of cars and trucks manufactured by the Volkswagen Group, has been employing passive ultrahigh-frequency RFID tags to track the metal tools it uses to maintain vehicles. The company says that it is now developing a plan to utilize the technology to record each vehicle's life history, including its date of import and sales information, as well as all maintenance provided.

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.