Food & Beverage

It's Not Enough to Have a CIO. You Need a Chief Information Security Officer.

September 19, 2014

It's past time for all major companies – certainly in the Fortune 500, but the advice carries on down into even medium-sized organizations – to carve out a C-level role focusing solely on security.

Robotics' New Wave Takes Guesswork Out of Palletizing

September 19, 2014

Tim Criswell, Divisional President, Wynright Robotics

A neighbor down the street put in a new brick walk last summer. Each brick was identical, which made it easy to stack them alongside each other for a seamless path. If only palletizing were that simple. But as warehouse workers contend with boxes of all shapes and sizes, a one-size-fits-all pallet pattern just won’t cut it.

The Drones Are Coming! What Are the Legal Implications?

September 19, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Delivery drones are on their way to your doorstep. And regulators are right on their tail.

Onset Announces Wireless Device for Temperature, Humidity Logging

September 18, 2014

Onset Computer Corp.

Onset Computer Corp., a vendor of data loggers for performance monitoring, has developed the HOBO MX1101.

Pick or Sort for Retail Fulfillment

September 17, 2014

FORTE

Finding the Right Path to Meet Rapid Retail Growth

Two Thirds of Execs Admit Their Organization's Culture Fails to Line Up with Company Business Strategy

September 17, 2014

Korn Ferry

While the majority of respondents (72 percent) feel culture is extremely important to organizational performance, only 32 percent say their company's culture aligns to a great extent with their business strategy, according to a survey by Korn Ferry, a leadership and talent consulting services.

The Power of We: Creating a Shared Infrastructure for Product Distribution

September 16, 2014

Kane is Able

Sales of Organic Foods Reportedly Top $1Bn a Year at Kroger

September 16, 2014

Business Week

Organic foods have long carried a price premium along with a certain snob appeal or caricature, depending on your view: Fancy eats for affluent folks, not the hungry and thrifty masses. So much for that stereotype. Organic products sold under Kroger’s store brand are about to top $1bn in annual sales.

Global Driver-less Vehicle Shipments to Exceed 42 Million by 2035 14 Million by 2030

September 16, 2014

ABI Research

Global driver-less vehicle shipments will increase from 1.1 million in 2024 to more than 42 million in 2035, with an installed driver-less vehicle base reaching 176 million.

Managers Need to Know When to Step Out of Way of Computers

September 15, 2014

McKinsey

The exact moment when computers got better than people at human tasks arrived in 2011, according to data scientist Jeremy Howard, at an otherwise inconsequential machine-learning competition in Germany.

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.