Food & Beverage

Case Study

Land O’Lakes Shrinks Empty Miles Through Industry Collaboration

November 1, 2020

The big agribusiness and food cooperative sets out to optimize truck capacity and save on transportation costs through use of a software tool that enables the sharing of space on selected routes.

Cargill to Add Giant Sails to Cargo Ships to Curb Emissions

October 30, 2020

Bloomberg

The initiative will improve the efficiency of whichever new fuels — from hydrogen to liquefied natural gas — are eventually adopted, the agricultural commodities giant says.

The Agile Supply Chain’s Guide to Financial Alignment

October 29, 2020

QAD DynaSys

Finance and supply chain: These two essential business functions speak different languages and live in different worlds. Both contribute mightily to the success and the profitability of their companies, in their own ways. Manufacturers need to get them to synchronize if they are to survive and succeed — and to achieve the agility and the resilience everyone strives for coming out of the pandemic crisis.

The Digital Cold Chain Reimagined

October 29, 2020

CloudLeaf

Supply-chain and cold-chain experts illustrate how using a digital visibility platform helps maintain the integrity of pharmaceutical products.

Four Ways New Consumer Buying Behaviors Are Impacting Manufacturing

October 28, 2020

Eskander Yavar, SCB Contributor

Shifts in consumer buying patterns can have ripple effects through the supply chain that ultimately impact manufacturers’ own customer base and manufacturers themselves.

Port CEO Wants to Stop Food Rotting on Ships

October 28, 2020

Bloomberg

One of the largest container port operators is calling on the shipping industry to tackle a growing yet often overlooked major environmental problem: spoiled food from hauling produce around the world.

Brexit, Covid and Climate Are Colluding to Raise U.K. Food Prices

October 27, 2020

Bloomberg

Supermarket prices in Britain could start increasing in coming months as food supplies get pummeled by a triple whammy of Brexit, COVID-19 and weather-struck harvests.

Carrier Transicold Enhances eSolutions Platform for Fleet Visibility and Control

October 23, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

Carrier Transicold’s, a global provider of building and cold chain solutions, recently announced updates to its eSolutions telematics platform for remote monitoring of refrigerated trucks and trailers, including a new web-based dashboard that provides critical fleet information for better decision making.

The Pandemic Guts Airbus, But It’s Worse for Thousands of Suppliers

October 22, 2020

Bloomberg

With COVID-19 grounding a third of planes globally, airlines have put orders on hold, crushing the businesses that serve them.

Food Fraud Is Growing With the Pandemic. Here's How to Prevent It.

October 21, 2020

Mike Seed, SCB Contributor

With COVID-19 disrupting and delaying supply-chain audits, suppliers and consumers beware.

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.