Food & Beverage

A Guide to 'Made in America' Holiday Gifts

December 14, 2017

Americans increasingly are searching for products that are made in America.

Cattle Have Gotten so Big That Restaurants and Grocery Stores Need New Ways to Cut Steaks

December 13, 2017

If you’ve dined at a steakhouse recently or grilled rib-eye for dinner, you may have noticed a curious trend: Steaks are getting thinner.

Waste-to-Energy Is a False Path to Zero Waste, Report Says

December 13, 2017

Environmental Leader

Researchers at the City College of New York (CCNY) claim the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) is releasing misleading information claiming waste-to-energy is a false path to zero waste, and it could lead to "more waste going into landfills than ever before."

Worldwide Security Spending Will Reach $96Bn in 2018, Gartner Forecasts

December 13, 2017

Gartner

Gartner, Inc. forecasts worldwide enterprise security spending to total $96.3bn in 2018, an increase of 8 percent from 2017. Organizations are spending more on security as a result of regulations, shifting buyer mindset, awareness of emerging threats and the evolution to a digital business strategy.

Building a Modern Supply Chain Network

December 12, 2017

Challenge: For this agricultural spare parts distributor, each country was served by its own separate supply chain. While strategically placed near customers, it presented challenges with stock availability at each distribution center and in dynamically organizing and fulfilling across multiple distribution centers. In addition, the distributor's own organic growth and strategic acquisitions had left it with fragmented IT infrastructure that was hard to extend.

Far From the Farm Gate: Inside Australia's Animal Trade

December 12, 2017

Maritime Executive

In Australia's live export trade, the animals' journey from the farm gate can sometimes start with a journey by truck of over 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles).

U.S. Farmers Can 'Switch From Tobacco to Stevia'

December 12, 2017

Supply Management

PureCircle has partnered with tobacco farmers in the U.S. to commercially grow its StarLeaf stevia to meet growing demand for food and beverage products using the plant-based sweetener.

Laboratory Products Get a 'Green' Label. How About Consumer Goods?

December 11, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

It’s been 23 years since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration began requiring "nutrition facts" labels on most food products. Is it time to do the same for disclosing the environmental impact of laboratory products?

China Will Lead an Electric Car Future, Ford’s Chairman Says

December 11, 2017

The New York Times

The world’s automakers are just starting to bet on an electric car future — and already, one of the most powerful people in the industry says that future belongs to China.

Opinion: Artificial Intelligence Still Isn't a Game Changer

December 8, 2017

Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View

Not much time passes these days between so-called major advancements in artificial intelligence. Yet researchers are not much closer than they were decades ago to the big goal: actually replicating human intelligence. That’s the most surprising revelation by a team of eminent scholars who just released the first in what is meant to be a series of annual reports on the state of AI.

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.