Food & Beverage

Brown-Forman Embraces Visibility to Cope With Rapid Growth

April 11, 2013

The giant producer of alcoholic beverages lacked visibility of its prepaid ocean shipments and carrier performance levels. It sought a single platform for managing the flow of goods from the factory all the way to destination.

Solving the Maze of Mergers & Acquisitions in China

April 10, 2013

Strategy + Business

It used to be that the only way for multinational corporations (MNCs) to enter China was through a joint venture with a local Chinese partner"”typically a government-appointed, hopelessly backward state-owned enterprise. Foreign ownership was capped at 50 percent, and MNCs faced numerous hurdles, such as local supplier requirements and mandatory technology transfer agreements.

TNT Hopes for Large Savings from Restructuring

April 9, 2013

Supply Chain Standard

TNT Express has set out plans to make recurring savings of 220m EURO by 2015 with a series of measures, including consolidating services, optimizing its infrastructure and reducing indirect costs. The restructuring is expected to cost 150m EURO by the end of 2015.

Wal-Mart to Use Customers to Deliver the Goods?

April 9, 2013

Reuters

Wal-Mart is considering a radical plan to have store customers deliver packages to online buyers, a new twist on speedier delivery services that the company hopes will enable it to better compete with Amazon.com.

Old Dominion Freight Line Enhances Service-Center Network

April 9, 2013

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. has made several enhancements to its network of service centers.

Is Your S&OP Process In Tune With Your Organization?

April 9, 2013

Marko Pukkila, Research Director, Supply Chain Research, Gartner

How CSX Is Meeting the Demands of Intermodal Shippers

April 8, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

Arthur Adams Jr., director of sales with CSX, outlines shippers' intermodal "pain points," and talks about what the railroad is doing to alleviate them.

Why Is S&OP Essential?

April 8, 2013

Seema Phull, Principal, NorthFind Partners

Report From IBF Supply Chain Forecasting & Planning Conference 2013

April 8, 2013

Anish Jain, Event Director, Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning

Procurement Transformation - 5 Initiatives Propelled by Advanced Sourcing

April 5, 2013

CombineNet

5 Sourcing Excellence Initiatives Propelled by Next-Generation Technology

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.