Food & Beverage

Megatrends: What They Are and How They Can Help Businesses Prepare for the Future

July 19, 2013

UK Retailers Note Supply Chain Vulnerable to Fraudulent 'Goods Lost in Transit' Claims

July 17, 2013

UK retailers lost more than Â£400m ($603m) last year as a result of fraudulent "goods lost in transit" (GLIT), with the average cost estimated at over Â£40, or about $60. Now, 90 percent of retailers believe growing numbers of fake GLIT claims pose a serious threat. This is an ongoing problem and highlights a new form of theft: "digital shoplifting".

CarrierDirect Teams With One Stop Critical for Cold-Chain Shipping

July 15, 2013

CarrierDirect

CarrierDirect has partnered with One Stop Critical to create a new container for moving temperature-sensitive freight on less-than-truckload (LTL) dry van carriers.

Consumer Goods Supply Chains: The Next Five Years

July 15, 2013

Brenda Hambleton, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer, ES3

What Is Inventory Optimization All About?

July 15, 2013

Will Benton, President & COO, GAINSystems, Inc.

UK Soft Drink Industry Aims to Reduce Products' Environmental Impact

July 12, 2013

Environmental Leader

Half of the UK's leading soft drink producers and suppliers,including Coca-Cola and Britvic, have signed onto the Soft Drinks Sustainability Roadmap, a supply chain study that aims to reduce the environment footprint of the industry's products.

4th Annual Food Chain Summit

July 11, 2013

Be a part of the industry's "Must Attend Event" as you plan for your company's future growth.

Ahold CEO Discusses Where the Internet Is Taking Retail and the Grocery Business

July 11, 2013

McKinsey & Co.

Dick Boer, the chief executive officer of Ahold, which has 3,000 stores, mostly supermarkets, across Europe and the United States, says the internet has vastly changed retail and the grocery business.

UPS Launches Monitoring Service for High-Value, Temp-Controlled Shipments

July 9, 2013

UPS

UPS has launched a monitoring and risk-management service for high-value and temperature-sensitive shipments.

How to Create an Operationally - Resilient and Efficient Transportation Policy

July 8, 2013

Manhattan Associates

Incorporating variability into transportation modeling

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.