Food & Beverage

Government, Businesses Urged to Focus on Supply Chain Barriers That Waste Food

January 24, 2014

Governments and businesses should make efforts to reduce supply chain inefficiencies, which among others significantly contributes to loss of as much as 1.3 billion tonnes of food every year, says a report.

Fight Over Panama Canal Expansion Cost Overrun Was Inevitable

January 24, 2014

Maritime Executive

A bitter dispute between the Panama Canal and a Spanish-led consortium of construction companies over the spiraling cost of expanding one of the world's busiest waterways was years in the making.

Don't Let People Be Your Weakest Supply Chain Link

January 24, 2014

Simphiwe Mbonambi, Senior Manager- Supply Chain Planning, Eskom

Papa John's and Manhattan Associates Discuss Benefits of Transportation Modeling

January 23, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Executives from supply chain partners Manhattan Associates and Papa John's Pizza discuss how they use modeling and optimization tools to safely test changes in Papa John's transportation policies, leading to continuous service improvements at the lowest possible cost.

Kohl's Completes RFID Roll-out to Track Apparel

January 22, 2014

RFID Journal

Department store Kohl's has completed its installation of a radio frequency identification solution to track garments in select categories at its stores, as well as distribution centers.

Supply Chain Complexity Can Result in Fraud, Study Finds

January 22, 2014

World Fishing

Last year's horse meat scandal in the UK illustrated the ease with which criminals could target the food industry and make huge profits as they did so.

New Product Forecasting at Campbell Soup

January 22, 2014

Allyson Hatfield, Sr. Demand Planner, Campbell Soup

Expect to See More Couriers Specializing in Omni-Channel Logistics

January 21, 2014

Forbes

Among other things, the logistics world will continue to see the rise of omni-channel courier companies in 2014.

Rick Blasgen Looks Forward and Back as CSCMP Celebrates 50 Years

January 17, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Rick Blasgen, president and CEO of CSCMP, reflects on the organization's accomplishments over its 50-year history and shares his vision going forward for the industry and its practitioners.

It's Time to Catch Up if You Don't Already Know How to Market to Millennials

January 17, 2014

BCG Perspectives

Success in marketing to U.S. millennials"”the generation of people now 18 to 34 years old"”will be critical to companies across product and service categories. One reason, of course, is that millennials represent the consumer market of the future.

Food & Beverage

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