Food & Beverage

FedEx Offers Cold-Shipping Option for Healthcare Customers

August 30, 2013

FedEx Corp. is offering a cold-shipping packaging option for shippers that require a refrigerated environment of 2-8 degrees Celsius to be maintained for up to 96 hours.

Achieving Excellence in New-Product Forecasting

August 30, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

New-product forecasting is occupying an increasingly large portion of the planner's job. Patrick Bower, senior director of corporate planning and customer service with Combe Inc., relates the trends that have caused renewed interest in the discipline.

Choosing a 3PL for Food Distribution: 5 Critical Areas to Evaluate

August 30, 2013

Weber Logistics

To find the right partner, make sure you ask the right questions.

Integration Beyond EDI: Four Critical Success Factors

August 30, 2013

EXTOL International, Inc.

It is possible for one integration solution to integrate both the EDI and non-EDI areas of your business, if it possesses four critical characteristics.

Three Postulates for Managing People

August 29, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

Not enough attention has been paid to the human side of supply-chain and business management. Michael Birch, vice president of operations with Ping Golf, is out to correct that oversight.

Online Retail Sales Rapidly Growing in Emerging Markets, Study Finds

August 28, 2013

Practical Ecommerce

As populous countries such as Brazil, China and India develop increasingly acquisitive middle classes, opportunities for online sales to these countries are growing. Except for small mom-and-pop outlets, the brick-and-mortar retail sectors are poorly developed outside of major cities. Consumers in these and many other developing countries are looking online for more choices in apparel, electronics, and luxury goods.

Freight Consolidation Program Pays Off Big for Sun-Maid

August 27, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

The fruit processor needed to reduce or eliminate its LTL costs in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. A 3PL focusing on CPG companies had just the ticket.

Michigan Generates Most Manufacturing Jobs, Report Finds

August 27, 2013

Industry Today

Where are the most manufacturing jobs? A number of states have plenty. We all know Texas does. But not as much as Michigan does, according to a recent study.

How to Stop Cargo Theft From Stealing Your Profits

August 26, 2013

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Movie heists often involve sophisticated tools and brilliant plans that depend on crack timing in order to succeed. Not so in real life.

Food Processor Snaps to It, Cuts Delivery Time to the Military

August 26, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

Reducing delivery time and meeting stringent labeling requirements of the military caused food processor American Bounty some indigestion until it found the right logistics partner.

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.