Food & Beverage

Consumers Love Free Shipping, Demand More Flexibility When Shopping Online

June 16, 2014

Online shoppers want retailers to make it easier to purchase their goods and services. Consumers also want websites and stores to work better together. For now, they also prefer to evaluate and purchase products from their desktops rather than their mobile devices, and when it comes to shipping and returns "free" is a driving factor to complete the sale. These and other findings appear in the third annual UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper study, conducted earlier this year by comScore.

AB InBev Initiates Carbon Emissions Cut in Logistics

June 12, 2014

Environmental Leader

Anheuser-Busch InBev pledged to reduce the company's carbon emissions in logistics operations by 15 percent by the end of 2017 against a 2013 baseline.

Linear Approach to Product Development Gives Way to 'Digital Holistic Mindset'?

June 12, 2014

TEC

Over the past several decades, processes to design and build cars, airplanes and products used in various other industries have typically followed a linear, sequential path. This process typically started with product research, ideation and concept development, followed by design and development, prototype and validation, leading to production, launch, operation and, eventually, product retirement.

Supply Chain Software Market Grows 7.3 Percent; Small Vendor Sales Up 18.3 Percent

June 12, 2014

MHI

The global supply chain management and procurement software market grew 7.3 percent to $8.9bn last year, with small vendors combined significantly outpacing the overall industry growth rate, according to Gartner. Supply chain investments remained a high priority even as IT budget decision makers continued to exercise caution.

Report Offers Five Tips for Grocers to Prepare for the Future Now

June 12, 2014

PwC US

As consumers continue to demand more from retailers, the grocery industry should adapt and provide targeted shopping experiences tailored to specific consumer needs and changing demographics, according to PwC’s report titled, Front of the Line: how grocers can get ahead for the future. Based on a survey of more than 1,000 shoppers, the report shares insights on changing consumer segments, what they'll want for the future and what can be done today to keep them happy tomorrow.

Benchmarking Makes Organizations Competitive

June 12, 2014

Dino Stamatiou, Practice Leader - Business Intelligence & Analytics, TECSYS

What Makes A Great Supply Chain Leader?

June 12, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Driving Toward Excellence in the Omni-channel

June 11, 2014

OPEX Material Handling

Alex Stevens, manager of business development with OPEX Material Handling, discusses some of the drivers behind the omni-channel, and details the challenges that it presents for warehouse operations.

Culture and the Supply Chain

June 11, 2014

Andy Dishner, SVP, Legacy Supply Chain Services

Discovering Tomorrow's Supply-Chain Leaders

June 10, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Rob Dugas, vice president of supply chain at Chick-fil-A, outlines the challenges around identifying and developing tomorrow's supply chain leaders and discusses the chain's strategic approach to this issue.

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.