Food & Beverage

Increasing Slot Capacity and Picking Efficiency

November 27, 2019

Here's how an innovative multi-level lift truck design can expand the “golden zone” of the pick face, enabling new slotting strategies that increase capacity and picking efficiency, reduce labor and storage requirements and decrease overall materials handling costs.

Slow Corn Harvest Scrambles Trade Routes, Pricing Across U.S.

November 26, 2019

Bloomberg

The most-delayed U.S. corn harvest on record has divided the Midwest market, jumbling trade routes for the grain that usually flows south.

S&OP: A Springboard for Growth

November 25, 2019

Logility

Advanced sales and operations planning allows you to turn information into actionable insights that fuel your digital supply chain, uncover new opportunity and mitigate risk.

In a Class By Itself: How Target Became the Model in U.S. Retail

November 25, 2019

Bloomberg

The cheap-chic retailer — in distress just five years ago — has morphed into a model for how to avoid the retail apocalypse.

Walmart’s Jet Ends Its New York City Fresh Grocery Business

November 25, 2019

Bloomberg

The move is the latest example of the declining importance of Jet, a business Walmart paid $3.3 billion to acquire in 2016 to reach urban millennials and gain the services of co-founder Marc Lore, who has taken over Walmart’s U.S. e-commerce operations.

This Year's Thanksgiving Turkey Will Be Cheapest of the Decade

November 21, 2019

Bloomberg

The drop in turkey prices helps to offset increases in the cost of other ingredients.

CargoSmart Launches IoT-enabled “ CargoSmart Connected Reefer Solution”

November 20, 2019

SupplyChainBrain

CargoSmart Limited announced its brand-new CargoSmart Connected Reefer Solution, a one-stop reefer cargo management solution for ocean carriers and shippers.

A $15.80 Cafe Latte Highlights Shrinking Supply of Premium Beans

November 20, 2019

Bloomberg

Varieties favored by some high-end suppliers like Stumptown Coffee Roaster or Nestle SA’s Blue Bottle are surging in price — and that’s reaching consumers.

Lineage Logistics Announces Acquisition of Emergent Cold

November 19, 2019

SupplyChainBrain

Lineage Logistics Holdings, a provider of temperature-controlled logistics solutions, recently announced it has signed definitive agreements to acquire Emergent Cold.

Direct Spend Management in the Intelligent Digital Supply Chain

November 13, 2019

SAP Ariba

With greater reliance on trading partners, complex supply networks and customer demands, running an intelligent supply chain has never been more vital. Explore the value of linking direct spend sourcing with design, manufacturing and planning processes to build an intelligent digital supply chain.

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.