Food & Beverage

Layoffs Arrive in Brexit Britain, and Auto Workers Are Up First

February 20, 2018

In his 50 years working in Britain’s car industry, John Cooper has survived plenty of upheavals. None is scarier than the prospect of Brexit.

Sam's Club, Vying With Costco and Amazon, Offers Free Shipping to Premium Members

February 16, 2018

Los Angeles Times

Sam's Club is offering free shipping for premium members and simplifying its membership tiers.

Trump Tells Lawmakers He’s Mulling Limits on Imported Steel

February 16, 2018

The New York Times

President Trump suggested this week that the United States was likely to impose restrictions on imported metals, reviving the prospects for a continuing investigation whose future has been called into question amid months of pushback and delays.

E-Commerce Disruption and the Rise of Omnichannel Retail

February 15, 2018

SupplyChainBrain

E-commerce has disrupted retail to an extent that it is now the new "traditional" channel and the future of retail is omnichannel. The retail industry is going through an upheaval. Thousands of stores have closed, over 4000 net-new stores opened in 2017. Large department chains are closing stores while discount retailers and specialty businesses have opened many. Online-first retailers are setting-up physical stores while brick-and-mortar retailers are moving online. All these retailers are investing in technology to survive and grow. -Ashwin Ramasamy, Co-founder/CMO, and Shrikanth Jagannathan, Co-founder/Chief Data Scientist, both of PipeCandy

Food Manufacturer Cuts Freight Spend by 10 Percent Using Kuebix TMS

February 15, 2018

Challenge: A large food manufacturer was using an arduous manual process to manage its freight. The company knew something had to change to eliminate extensive paper chasing, faxing, repetitive work and wasted time. But with the high volume of inbound and outbound freight to manage, a time-consuming implementation of a TMS wasn't feasible.

Daimler Warns of Supply Chain Risk From Switch to Electric Cars

February 15, 2018

Reuters

Daimler AG, owner of the Mercedes-Benz brand, warned that a fall in demand for diesel cars and a switch to electric vehicles could force it to prop up its supplier base.

Why It’s So Hard to Sell Wine on the Internet

February 15, 2018

Bloomberg

In 2012, a startup named Club W set out to help millennials find and buy decent wine on the internet. With bottles from a few boutique vintners, a slick web platform and a simple recommendation algorithm, the Los Angeles-based company had a propitious plan.

Trump Wants to Cut Food Stamps — and Replace Them With Blue Apron-Like Meal Kits

February 15, 2018

Fortune

The Trump administration wants to overhaul the longstanding food stamp program, replacing it with a box of canned goods that it has likened to Blue Apron — a high-end meal kit service.

From Algae to Yeast: The Quest to Find an Alternative to Palm Oil

February 14, 2018

The Guardian

When green cleaning company Ecover announced the launch of a new laundry liquid containing an oil made from algae, as an alternative to the palm oil used in most detergents, it wasn’t prepared for the backlash.

How Merck Is Building an End-to-End Supply Chain

February 14, 2018

SupplyChainBrain

There's no question pharmaceutical supply chains are complicated. Add industry and government regulations — topped with geographical complexities — and it's become more challenging than ever for multinational companies to get beyond node-to-node planning.

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.