Food & Beverage

Theft Ring Victimizes Stores and Customers with Compromised PIN Pads

November 16, 2012

A ring of Canadian thieves who were caught with 30,700 stolen payment-card numbers is providing a view inside the process of tampering with PIN pads - and it's not pretty. On November 9, Toronto police said a five-man gang had tens of thousands of stolen card numbers on PCs and USB thumb-drives, along with at least a dozen stolen POS devices.

Aldata Unveils Omni-Shopper Suite for Retail, CPG Manufacturers

November 13, 2012

Aldata

Aldata has developed the Aldata Omni-Shopper Suite, an integrated set of software applications aimed at retailers and manufacturers of fast-moving consumer goods.

Stores May Be Prepared for Power Outage of a Day or Two - But Not for Almost Two Weeks

November 12, 2012

Storefront Backtalk

As Superstorm Sandy blew its devastating winds through much of the Eastern U.S. starting on Halloween, retailers had to deal with it just like everyone else. But few seemed to have anticipated the more than eight days - and more, in some cases - of outages, along with the gas shortages, closed roads, lack of food and water, plus the dead phone lines, lack of internet broadband access and dead cell towers.

JustEnough Software Introduces Promotion Management App

November 12, 2012

JustEnough Software

JustEnough Software, a vendor of demand-management applications for retailers, distributors and brand owners, has launched its new Promotion Management tool.

InfoStreet Offers New Version of Cloud-Based Desktop Suite

November 12, 2012

InfoStreet Inc.

InfoStreet Inc. has introduced version 2.0 of its Cloud suite.

RFID Helps Canadian Leather Goods Dealer Replenish Items on the Sales Floor

November 9, 2012

RFID Journal

Canadian luxury leather goods retailer Danier Leather is piloting a radio frequency identification system at three of its Toronto-area stores, intended to ensure that products are replenished on the sales floor as they are sold to customers, as well as reduce the number of labor hours related to counting inventory.

Big Data Could Generate Six Million Jobs, Gartner Says, But Where Are the Trained IT Professionals?

November 8, 2012

CIO

While Gartner isn't significantly raising its global IT growth forecast - which it revised downward earlier in the year - its relatively flat forecast doesn't apply to at least one sector of information technology: the big data labor market.

System Introduced to Monitor Vaccines as They Move Through the Cold Chain

November 8, 2012

DeltaTRAK

DeltaTRAK, a cold chain, environmental monitoring and food safety management solutions provider, has introduced the Cold Chain Vaccine Monitoring Card.

Logistics Organization Provides Humanitarian Relief for Victims of Superstorm Sandy

November 8, 2012

ALAN

The American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) has been supporting Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) and emergency management agencies across the Mid-Atlantic and northeastern U.S. in their response to Superstorm Sandy. ALAN continues to engage private industry and supply-chain companies to help fulfill needs of these disaster relief organizations.

J.B. Hunt Selects Workday Financial Management

November 8, 2012

Workday Inc.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. has chosen Workday Financial Management and HCM to replace its legacy on-premise finance and human-resources software.

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.