Food & Beverage

If It’s Illegal, ‘Don’t Tell Me’: Chicken Price Fix Probe Ensnares a CEO

June 5, 2020

Toward the end of every year, chicken producers compete for massive contracts with grocery stores and fast-food chains across America. At least, that’s how it’s supposed to work.

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Watch: How Can States Start Opening Again?

June 4, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Kathleen Iacocca, assistant professor of management and operations at Villanova School of Business, considers what will happen as states begin allowing businesses to reopen with the waning of the coronavirus epidemic.

10 Steps to Improve Operational Efficiency

Ten Steps to Improve Operational Efficiency

June 1, 2020

Honeywell Intelligrated

Automated material handling solutions can improve fulfillment, labor and overall operational efficiency today and into the future.

Six Tips for Success Using Machine Learning for Demand Planning

June 1, 2020

ToolsGroup

Machine learning has great business potential, but if wielded the wrong way, it can result in wasted time and resources.

How to Optimize Inventory in the Digital Age

June 1, 2020

ToolsGroup

Up to 75% of companies are still using spreadsheets to optimize their inventories. There’s a better way.

The Race to the Freezer: Europe’s Food Glut Has Nowhere to Go

June 1, 2020

Bloomberg

Demand for cold-storage space has surged after bars, restaurants and sports venues closed, leaving their suppliers hunting for new customers or somewhere to store the unsold food. Products like vegetables and meat that are usually sold fresh are now competing with frozen food staples for the same storage space.

Historic EU Recovery Plan Has Green Strings Attached

May 29, 2020

Bloomberg

Meeting the climate-neutrality goal is a key pillar of a 750 billion-euro ($824 billion) economic recovery plan unveiled by the European Commission.

Ship Crews Stuck in Lockdown Strain Global Supply Chains

200,000 Ship Crew Stuck at Sea Facing ‘Humanitarian Crisis’

May 28, 2020

Bloomberg

Even as countries try returning to some semblance of pre-pandemic life, ongoing restrictions are wearing thin a crucial human link in the global supply chain.

Ryder Expands E-Commerce Fulfillment Network with Food-Grade Capabilities and Additional Locations

May 26, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

Ryder System, Inc., a specialist in supply chain, dedicated transportation and commercial fleet management solutions, announced that it has added food-grade capabilities to its e-commerce fulfillment network, including a new facility near Philadelphia, as well as added food grade capabilities to two additional facilities within the network.

Thousands of Pigs Rot in Compost as U.S. Faces Meat Shortage

May 15, 2020

Bloomberg

There is perhaps no more dramatic an example of the destruction plaguing America’s food supply chain than this: Thousands of pigs are rotting on compost heaps as grocers run out of meat.

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.