Food & Beverage

You DON'T Have a Mobile Strategy Because Mobility Differs from Anything You've Seen Before

April 9, 2012

Mobile is completely different from anything you've done before, and you need to throw conventional wisdom onto the dust heap of out-of-date thinking. You may have a bunch of people in business and IT that are telling you how you should approach mobile, but beware. They might not even recognize that mobile is different in every way from previous technology waves.

Is 'Big Data' to Blame for Sales Forecasts Not Being Realized?

April 9, 2012

CIO

At the end of any quarter, the last thing CFOs want to hear is that more than half of forecasted sales did not close. Unfortunately, this scenario is quite common. CFOs blame sales staffs for faulty forecasts, while sales teams try to shift the blame to IT for not giving them the right tools to turn fuzzy forecasts into actionable data.

Half of Suppliers, Buyers Optimistic About Economy; Pessimism Remains Among Larger Companies

April 5, 2012

Panjiva

Half of global trade professionals are optimistic about the global economy in 2012 and nearly three quarters plan to spend at or above 2011 levels, according to The State of Global Trade in 2012, a joint report from global trade intelligence company Panjiva and The Global Sourcing Council, a non-profit organization that fosters dialog on critical issues in global sourcing and supply chain management.

Changes, Past & Future, in Intermodal

April 5, 2012

Dave Howland, VP, Global Land Transport Svcs., APL Logistics

Best Buy Embarks on 'Transformational' Plan to Combat Online Competition

April 3, 2012

CFO

Weighed down by the size of its big-box stores and facing competition from more nimble online-only competitors, Best Buy is embarking on a "transformational strategy," its executives said. For the company's finance chief, Jim Muehlbauer, that will mean dealing with $800m in cost cuts over the next three years.

ChemLogix Enhances Rail Transportation Management Capability

April 3, 2012

ChemLogix

ChemLogix LLC has added GeoMetrix rail logistics guidance technology as part of its transportation management solutions set.

Emerging Best Practices in Food & Beverage Shipping: Fulfilling the Perfect Order

April 2, 2012

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

Learn how food and beverage companies are employing best practices in perfect order fill and finding opportunities for revenue growth and cost reduction.

Canada, Japan Say Free-Trade Agreement Would Greatly Benefit Both Nations

March 30, 2012

Progressive Railroading

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda have announced plans to begin negotiating a free-trade agreement aimed at deepening trade and investment ties between the two nations.

Business Services Job Loss Due to Offshoring Will Spike in 2016, But Virtually Cease by 2024, Report Says

March 29, 2012

The Hackett Group

Corporations in the U.S. and Europe will move an additional 750,000 jobs in IT, finance and other business services to India and other low-cost geographies by 2016, according to new research from The Hackett Group. But levels of additional offshoring in these areas will begin to decline by 2014, and in the next 8 to 10 years the flow of jobs offshore is likely to cease, as companies simply run out of business services jobs suitable for moving to low-cost countries.

Even Small Companies Have Big Analytics Needs

March 28, 2012

Chief Executive

It turns out that small- and medium-sized brick and mortar companies can use analytical tools just as the largest corporations can-or the hottest Web-based social media start-ups or the biggest intelligence agencies with three-letter names.

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.