Food & Beverage

Most CEOs Say Their Supply Chains 'Not Optimal' for Rapidly Changing Retail Environment

June 19, 2014

Digitally connected consumers have turned retail models upside down as omnichannel shopping has transformed supply chain from an important business concern to a mission critical one. So profound is this change that 50 percent of CEOs recognize that their supply chain can be a strategic differentiator. However, 83 percent of worldwide CEOs believe that their retail supply chains are "not optimal" for today's changing retail environment.

Understanding Commercial Warehouse Pricing

June 18, 2014

Weber Logistics

Separating (Few) Facts from (Much) Fiction in Supply Chain

June 18, 2014

McKinsey

There's a lot of hype in supply chain. If you look at the history of supply chain, there is a track record of hype.

Game Theory in an eSourcing Application

June 17, 2014

SciQuest

Arena Solutions Unveils Quality Tool for Discrete Engineering, Manufacturing

June 17, 2014

Arena Solutions

Arena Solutions, a provider of cloud-based applications for product lifecycle management, has developed a new tool for discrete engineering and manufacturing.

US Foods Plan DC to Serve New England Customers

June 17, 2014

US Foods

US Foods plans to open a distribution center in Seabrook, N.H. to better serve its customers throughout New England. The company currently services this customer base from its facility in Peabody, Mass., which has approximately 188,000 square feet. The new facility will offer more than 500,000 square feet of space, including additional dry and cold storage and fleet fueling and maintenance areas.

Debut of China's Alibaba E-commerce Site Challenges Amazon, Others

June 17, 2014

FierceRetailIT

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has officially launched its 11 Main U.S. retail site, threatening eBay, Amazon, Etsy and other online sellers.

The Supply Chain Meets the Omnichannel

June 16, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Piyush Sampat, principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP, charts the maturity of retailers' efforts to adapt to the omnichannel. Integration of online and store fulfillment remains a challenge, he says.

Consumers Love Free Shipping, Demand More Flexibility When Shopping Online

June 16, 2014

UPS

Online shoppers want retailers to make it easier to purchase their goods and services. Consumers also want websites and stores to work better together. For now, they also prefer to evaluate and purchase products from their desktops rather than their mobile devices, and when it comes to shipping and returns "free" is a driving factor to complete the sale. These and other findings appear in the third annual UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper study, conducted earlier this year by comScore.

AB InBev Initiates Carbon Emissions Cut in Logistics

June 12, 2014

Environmental Leader

Anheuser-Busch InBev pledged to reduce the company's carbon emissions in logistics operations by 15 percent by the end of 2017 against a 2013 baseline.

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.