Food & Beverage

Coping With the Nightmare of Consumer-Product Recalls

May 12, 2014

My previous post covered the difficulty of tracing and ensuring the quality of automotive and aerospace parts. The job is just as tough for consumer packaged goods and food producers.

Multibillion-dollar Deals Drive Retail, Consumer M&A Activity in Early 2014

May 9, 2014

PwC US

U.S. retail and consumer merger & acquisition activity during the first quarter of 2014 was primarily driven by five multibillion-dollar transactions, with more than half aligned to the food and beverage sector, confirming a positive deals outlook for the year, according to PwC's U.S. retail and consumer deals insights Q1 2014 report.

Program Launched Honoring Supply Chain/Procurement Professionals Under

May 9, 2014

ThomasNet

ThomasNet and the Institute for Supply Management are partnering to spotlight millennials whose initiative and leadership are strengthening procurement and supply chain management.

The Key to Omni-Channel Retailing

May 8, 2014

enVista

Demand Segmentation: Ahead of the Curve

May 7, 2014

Oliver Wight Americas

Resilinc Offers Corporate Social Responsibility Module in SupplyIntel

May 7, 2014

Resilinc Corp.

Resilinc Corp., a vendor of applications for supply-chain resiliency, has made available the SupplyIntel CSR (corporate social responsibility) Module.

RFID Research Center Moves from Arkansas to Auburn University

May 6, 2014

RFID Journal

The RFID Research Center, currently part of the University of Arkansas, is moving to an Alabama site near Auburn University, with which it will now be affiliated.

Dassault Systèmes Issues Global Visibility App for Food and Beverage

May 6, 2014

Dassault Systemes

Dassault Systèmes has released its Global Visibility for Food & Beverage application for manufacturers.

JDA Debuts Supply-Chain Software Suite for Distribution

May 6, 2014

JDA Software Group Inc.

JDA Software Group Inc. has developed the Distribution-Centric Supply Chain Suite.

Was Toyota's Move to Texas Because of Lower Taxes - or Location, Location, Location?

May 6, 2014

Los Angeles Times

Toyota's plan to close its Torrance headquarters and ship 3,000 jobs to a Dallas suburb has triggered a new round of hand-wringing among those who see business-friendly Texas gaining at the expense of regulation-choked California.

Food & Beverage

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