Food & Beverage

New Validation Solution Ensures Data Accuracy and Avoids Shipment Delays

October 5, 2017

Challenge: For a major luxury apparel retailer, missing and inaccurate data in its suppliers' Advance Ship Notices (ASN) caused shipment delays, lost time spent finding and correcting errors, and bad data polluting the retailer's ERP.

Whole Foods Is Adding Plant-Based Tuna Sub to Supply Chain

October 5, 2017

Supermarket News

Whole Foods Market will add a plant-based, raw tuna alternative to its fresh sushi bars in the New York City and Los Angeles markets this month.

A Mobile Floating Truck Stop on the St. Lawrence Seaway

October 5, 2017

Maritime Executive

Ro-ro ships carry trucks and other road vehicles across the Baltic Sea and also across Cook Strait, providing onboard overnight accommodations as well as food services. There may be scope to adapt that operational precedent to bypass roadway traffic congestion on the St. Lawrence Seaway.

Three Reasons Demand Planning Has Finally Come of Age

October 4, 2017

Logility

Former Atlanta CPO Admits Taking Bribes From Supplier

October 3, 2017

Supply Management

A former chief procurement officer for the City of Atlanta has admitted accepting payments in exchange for helping a vendor win city contracts.

Auto Investment in U.S. by Global Manufacturers Underwhelms Despite Trump's Push

October 3, 2017

Industryweek

When it comes to investments by global automakers in the U.S., 2017 is shaping up to be nothing special - even after President Donald Trump's threats to heavily tax cars shipped from abroad.

Mountains of Aid Are Languishing on the Docks in Puerto Rico

October 3, 2017

Bloomberg

Thousands of cargo containers bearing millions of emergency meals and other relief supplies have been piling up on San Juan’s docks since last week.

VAI and IBM: Smarter Enterprise Management with Mobile and Social Business

October 2, 2017

VAI

VAI S2K Enterprise - Imperial Bag & Paper

October 2, 2017

VAI

VAI S2K - Black River Produce

October 2, 2017

VAI

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.