There’s an opportunity to improve food supply chain logistics and planning with a future-proofing mindset. No element requires more consideration and investment in this regard than transparency.

Food loss within the supply chain has been an issue for decades, and has reached epic proportions in recent years.

America’s massive food waste problem touches nearly every facet of society, from the farms that produce our food to what we put on our plates.

Kaitlin Wowak, associate professor of I.T., analytics and operations in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, explains the options that food suppliers have in deciding when and where to initiate a product recall.