Food & Beverage

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

January 17, 2014

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.

Procurement Challenges in a Growing Health Care Company

January 17, 2014

Thomas K. Cassidy, Area Director, BAYADA Home Health Care

SupplyChainBrain Power Lunch: Should We Forget About the Forecast?

January 16, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Is the forecast really dead? Should companies instead shift their focus to acquiring the ability to respond quickly to whatever happens in markets? A SupplyChainBrain Power Lunch discussion with Jim White, vice president of central operations with Applied Materials; Jake Barr, chief executive officer of Blue World Supply Chain Consulting; and C.J. Wehlage, vice president of high tech solutions with Kinaxis.

JobsInLogistics Acquires NetTemps.com Job Board

January 16, 2014

JobsInLogistics.com Inc.

JobsInLogistics.com Inc. has acquired the job board NetTemps.com.

Budget Control Act Could Really Crimp Money Spigot Flowing to Defense Contractors

January 16, 2014

CFO

There are cyclical industries, and there's the defense industry. In wartime, billions of additional dollars flow to defense contractors from the U.S. government, and in peacetime, Congress tightens the money spigot. It's a cycle that all contractors are used to, except this time around there's an added dimension: the Budget Control Act of 2011 and sequestration.

Building Out a Center-Led Procurement Model

January 16, 2014

Kenneth Naughton and Thomas Hogan, CBS Corp.

Applied Materials: Invisible, But Everywhere

January 15, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Jim White, vice president of central operations and CPO with Applied Materials, talks about the challenges his company faces in gaining full visibility of supply and demand, and in dealing with increasing supply-chain volatility.

The Value of Supply Chain Maturity

January 15, 2014

Kathleen Geraghty, Sales Director, SC Services, Celestica

Attention Grocery Shoppers: Your iOS Device Has Product Information for You

January 14, 2014

Storefront Backtalk

The future of mobile is here, or at least available to grocery shoppers as Safeway and Giant Eagle roll out Apple's iBeacon, the location-sensing technology that connects to shoppers iOS devices and sends product suggestions and messages while inside the store.

Why Company Culture Counts

January 14, 2014

John St. Pierre, VP Operations, Legacy Supply Chain Services

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.