Food & Beverage

Most of America’s Fruit Is Now Imported. Is That a Bad Thing?

March 15, 2018

It’s obvious to anyone who visits an American supermarket in winter — past displays brimming with Chilean grapes, Mexican berries and Vietnamese dragon fruit — that foreign farms supply much of our produce.

Trends in Packaging: The State of the Art

March 14, 2018

Dan Dean, VP Consumer Business Development, DHL Supply Chain

What's Disrupting Retail Today?

March 14, 2018

Fab Brasca, Group VP Solutions Strategy, JDA

How Retailers Are Meeting the Amazon Challenge

March 13, 2018

Marc Gorlin, SCB Contributor

Trade War Prospect Shakes Part of Trump Base: Midwest Farmers

March 13, 2018

The New York Times

Snow and sleet were falling on Eldon Gould’s 500 acres last week, but he was already looking ahead to planting season; depending on ground conditions and the temperature, that could be just several weeks away.

How A.I. Is Transforming Supply Chain Planning in High-Tech

March 12, 2018

SupplyChainBrain

Not surprisingly, high-tech companies are keenly interested in the potential of artificial intelligence and machine learning to aid in supply-chain management and demand planning. But is the technology sufficiently advanced to fill that role? A SupplyChainBrain Power Lunch discussion.

Opinion: When to Report a Cyberattack? For Companies, That’s Still a Dilemma

March 9, 2018

Craig Newman, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler L.L.P., New York Times contributor

It has been seven years since the Securities and Exchange Commission first advised public companies to tell investors if they had suffered a cyberattack deemed to be material. But even with the rising number of severe hacks, only a few companies report incidents each year to the S.E.C.

Unlocking Business Growth by Transforming from S&OP to IBP

March 8, 2018

SupplyChainBrain

In today's market environment where strategic priorities revolve around the diverse business objectives of exploring growth in untapped markets, lowering costs and working capital levels, keeping long-term growth intact, and strengthening the extended supply chain, it is vital that organizations perform inclusive integrated business planning (IBP). The "inclusion" considers multiple angles – partners in the supply chain, business functions like finance and product management, end consumers and digital capabilities. -Rich Sherman, Senior Fellow, and Ankit Tiwary, Engagement Director, Global Supply Chain Practice, Tata Consultancy Services

China Is Turning Ethiopia Into a Giant Fast-Fashion Factory

March 8, 2018

Bloomberg

Standing in a sunny office in Indochine International’s brand-new factory, Raghav Pattar, vice president of this Chinese apparel manufacturer, is ebullient. It’s November, barely six months since the Hawassa Industrial Park opened, and already he has 1,400 locals at work.

Why McDonald's Is Switching to Fresh Beef

March 8, 2018

Fortune

Your Quarter Pounder may taste a little different in the coming weeks.

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.