Food & Beverage

Jeeves Information Systems Opens North American Headquarters in Chicago

September 10, 2012

Jeeves Information Systems AB, a developer of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems for small and medium-sized businesses, has established a new headquarters for its North American operations in Chicago.

Trinity Saves the Day For a Leading Pizza Supply Manufacturer

September 10, 2012

Challenge: A hurricane lashed the east coast, flooding our client's premix dough product DC. The storm damaged their supplies, and the client came to Trinity for a quick solution to accommodate their deliveries for a rush replacement to supply one of the nation's leading restaurant chains.

Showpiece Distribution Center for Internet Retailing

September 7, 2012

Challenge: A leading internet electronics retailer's needed to expand its order fulfillment and inventory storage capability to meet continued sales growth. Initial plans were to build a duplicate building on site to double capacity for both.

Wal-Mart to Test System Allowing Customers to Scan Products Before Purchase

September 6, 2012

The Los Angeles Times

Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is testing out a new checkout system that enables shoppers to avoid long lines and scan items in store aisles using their smartphones.

Thrive Technologies Debuts Demand-Forecasting Tool

September 6, 2012

Thrive Technologies Inc.

Thrive Technologies Inc. has released Firstcast, a demand-forecasting service.

Saks to Officially Open DC in Middle Tennessee

September 6, 2012

Saks

Retailer Saks Incorporated is set to celebrate the opening of its new distribution and fulfillment facility in LaVergne, Tenn., this month.

Centralized Transportation Command and Control for Operational and Financial Benefits

September 6, 2012

Challenge: The Company's growth was due to acquisitions that were allowed to continue to manage operations independently. No centralized logistics group existed. The company's 17 manufacturing sites managed their own logistics and operated independently.

WMS Helps Client Achieve 20% Labor Reduction And Increased Efficiency

September 6, 2012

Challenge: A client was facing increasing labor costs, inventory inaccuracies, shipping errors and increased leads times. The client turned to Systems Logic to implement our warehouse management software to enhance and improve their existing business processes and assist them in meeting their challenging company goals.

Global manufacturer tastes sweet success with cloud supply chain platform

September 6, 2012

Challenge: A global manufacturer of 49% food and 51% pet products manages over 3,500 inputs from growers, with 17 U.S. production facilities, 24 devoted to co-packing, 11 distribution centers and more than 550 ship-to locations. Internationally it operates 20 co-packing locations and imports the equivalent of more than 11,000 twenty-foot containers (TEUs) from 48 destinations.

Serialization, Data Management Combat Counterfeiting in Food and Pharmaceutical Supply Chains

September 5, 2012

ChainLink Research

Attention is mounting by consumers, government, industry, and media to address the growing counterfeit challenges in the US.

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.