Food & Beverage

Extending Supply-Chain Innovation to the Small Farmer

January 21, 2019

State-of-the-art technology for managing global supply chains is beginning to percolate down to the individuals who need it most: small farmers in developing economies.

SAP – Network of Digital Twins

January 21, 2019

SAP

SAP – IDC Infobrief – Understanding The Digital Supply Chain of ONE

January 21, 2019

SAP

SAP – IDC Research Paper – The Strategic Imperative of the Agile Supply Chain

January 21, 2019

SAP

When It Comes to Soy, the Trade Truce Is Working in China’s Favor

January 18, 2019

Bloomberg

China has managed to generate goodwill for the U.S. trade talks, while also lowering the premium for soy from Brazil — its other major supplier.

Consumer Goods Manufacturing Focuses on S&OP

January 17, 2019

Logility

Challenge: A company needed to leverage supply chain and sales and operation planning (S&OP) processes to increase efficiency across its expanding product portfolio — and become a top supplier to its customers.

Getting to S&OP Success

January 16, 2019

Logility

Sustainable Palm Oil Isn’t Hard to Find. But No One Buys It.

January 15, 2019

Bloomberg

The world’s biggest growers of palm oil say they’re stepping up efforts to produce the contentious commodity more sustainably, but consumers are unwilling to pay.

America's Biggest Grocery Chain Is Bracing for a Recession

January 15, 2019

Bloomberg

America’s biggest supermarket chain is seeing signs that U.S. shoppers are getting nervous about the future.

As FDA Shutdown Drags On, Supply Chain Risk Grows

January 14, 2019

Bloomberg

Four weeks into the federal government shutdown, a new worry has emerged: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s food-safety inspections.

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.