Food & Beverage

The Hard Cold Facts About Refrigerated Transportation

June 29, 2012

Bob Poulos, Vice President - Sales & Marketing, U.S. Xpress, Inc.

Danish Window and Door Company Doubles Output via RFID

June 28, 2012

Idealcombi has reduced the time required to produce a custom window or door down to about one minute, using EPC Gen 2 passive UHF tags to automatically adjust the settings on its manufacturing equipment.

Deploying Small-Item Sortation

June 28, 2012

SupplyChainBrain

Small-item fulfillment continues to grow, especially with e-commerce orders, but a lot of traditional sortation technology was never designed to handle smaller and lighter pieces, says John Park, product manager, Accu-Sort Systems.

LAN, TAM Merger Has Implications for Airfreight Industry

June 27, 2012

Air Cargo World

South American carriers LAN Airlines and TAM have banded together, forming the LATAM Airlines Group, reportedly the largest airline group in South America. The combined LAN Cargo, which has three smaller affiliate carriers, and TAM Cargo will now be able to offer routings to 169 cities around the world.

Air Cargo Group Urges Wider International Cooperation on Airfreight Screening Programs

June 26, 2012

TIACA

The International Air Cargo Association has applauded the recent agreements forged by authorities around the world to mutually recognize other countries' airfreight screening regimes. But more nations should follow the lead of these trailblazing countries, TIACA says.

Ex-Im Bank Approves More Than $170M in Export Financing for Aeromexico

June 26, 2012

Export-Import Bank

The board of directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States has approved two final commitments aggregating $171m in export financing for Aerovias de Mexico S.A. de C.V., or AeromÃƒÂ©xico, the country's largest airline. This transaction effectively triples Ex-Im support for Mexican aviation companies purchasing goods and services from U.S. companies.

CPG Group Launches Online Collaborative Platform for Members Worldwide

June 26, 2012

Consumer Goods Forum

The Consumer Goods Forum has created what it calls the first professional online network of the retail and consumer goods industry. The purpose is enable the group's mission to facilitate industry-wide collaboration and to enable members to work together by serving shoppers, consumers and communities better, faster, with greater value and more responsibly.

Taking the Temperature of Sustainability in Airfreight

June 25, 2012

SupplyChainBrain

Temperature-controlled technology for airfreight logistics can be a valuable means of achieving sustainability. Douglas Wettergren, regional sales manager with Envirotainer, explains how.

Demand Chain Investment "Key to Continuing Growth" in Food + Beverage, Household Goods

June 22, 2012

Grocery Manufacturers Association

Top-performing companies in the food, beverage and household products sectors that leverage the demand chain will be in the best position to continue to grow, according to the 2012 Financial Performance Report by the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and PwC US, entitled Profitable Growth: Driving the Demand Chain.

Dollar General Puts Major Bucks Into Pennsylvania DC to Serve 1,000 Stores

June 22, 2012

Retailing Today

Plans for a new distribution center near Philadelphia will allow Dollar General to more effectively replenish its rapidly expanding store base.

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.