Food & Beverage

Case Study

Real-Time Climate Tracking Helps Food Distributor Cut Waste

August 4, 2021

Losing too many perishable loads to variations in truck temperatures, Dot Foods Inc. sought a transparent solution to monitor its products in transit.

The Craft Beer Boom: How to Satisfy Changing Consumer Tastes

Case Study

MaxiaNET Seeks Total Cold-Chain Control for Brewery Customer in Mexico

August 4, 2021

SupplyChainBrain

The supply chain design and management firm adopts a monitoring system in support of a “freshness fanatic” brewery, from production to consumption.

Case Study

How Dressing Maker Marzetti Navigated Covid as Restaurants Shuttered

August 4, 2021

SupplyChainBrain

A data-driven business planning process helps T. Marzetti Co. maximize sales and financial growth.

CASE STUDY

Tracing the Supply-Chain Journey of Green Products With Blockchain

August 4, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Covalent, a new fashion brand using carbon-negative materials in its line of accessories, turns to IBM to create a blockchain that tracks and verifies the positive environmental impact of its products.

Enabling Visibility Across the Agricultural Industry

Three Ways Food Supply Chains Will Rebound From the Pandemic

August 3, 2021

Jim Mason, SCB Contributor

When it comes to revitalizing America’s food supply chains, it takes the expertise of a true renaissance manager.

Brazil’s Water Crisis Adds to World’s Supply Chain Misery

August 2, 2021

Bloomberg

Drought is making one of Brazil’s most important river systems unnavigable, making it more challenging and costly for the commodities powerhouse to get grains and iron ore out to global markets.

Food Fraud Is Getting Worse, Industry Groups Warn

August 1, 2021

Mike Seed, SCB Contributor

COVID-19 has made the food industry more vulnerable to fraud, and the issue is unlikely to go away any time soon.

What We've Learned From Retailers Adopting Micro-Fulfillment Centers

July 29, 2021

Robert Nilsson, SCB Contributor

Today’s micro-fulfillment centers are taking multiple forms — including in-store, hub-and-spoke and dark store — and each comes with unique advantages and challenges.

Top Coffee, Sugar, Soy Ports Hunt Climate Clues to Stem Risks

July 28, 2021

Bloomberg

As Brazil contends with its worst drought in almost 100 years, its ports and their regulator are intensifying efforts to quantify the risks of climate change for the nation’s sea hubs.

World’s Food Supplies Get Slammed by Drought, Floods and Frost

July 26, 2021

Bloomberg

Extreme weather is slamming crops across the globe, bringing with it the threat of further food inflation at a time costs are already hovering near the highest in a decade and hunger is on the rise.

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.