Food & Beverage

For Brick-and-Mortar Retail to Succeed Against Amazon, IT Must Be Given Free Rein

September 11, 2012

If a retailer really wants to compete with Amazon and the changing realities of today's retail environment, it needs to kill the IT budget, disband the IT Steering Committee and throw away the IT project list. It's time for IT to be moved out from under the CFO's reigns. It's time to let go of the past and start thinking about IT as a business enabler, unleashing its full potential to the organization.

Racing to Success with Vocollect Voice

September 11, 2012

Challenge: The manufacturer of the most recognized and best-selling brand of motocross apparel in the world today needed to accelerate distribution center performance to support company growth and expansion.

Growing Success with Vocollect Voice

September 11, 2012

Challenge: The nation's largest privately-owned wholesaler-distributor of natural and organic products needed to standardize processes to manage growth.

Court Seems to Say Retailers Can Track Shoppers' Movements In and Outside Stores

September 10, 2012

Storefront Backtalk

Retailers wrestling with how far they can legally go with tracking shoppers' movements within their stores and in neighborhoods near their stores have been given an unexpected green light from a federal appeals court.

Jeeves Information Systems Opens North American Headquarters in Chicago

September 10, 2012

Jeeves Information Systems AB

Jeeves Information Systems AB, a developer of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems for small and medium-sized businesses, has established a new headquarters for its North American operations in Chicago.

Trinity Saves the Day For a Leading Pizza Supply Manufacturer

September 10, 2012

Challenge: A hurricane lashed the east coast, flooding our client's premix dough product DC. The storm damaged their supplies, and the client came to Trinity for a quick solution to accommodate their deliveries for a rush replacement to supply one of the nation's leading restaurant chains.

Showpiece Distribution Center for Internet Retailing

September 7, 2012

Challenge: A leading internet electronics retailer's needed to expand its order fulfillment and inventory storage capability to meet continued sales growth. Initial plans were to build a duplicate building on site to double capacity for both.

Wal-Mart to Test System Allowing Customers to Scan Products Before Purchase

September 6, 2012

The Los Angeles Times

Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is testing out a new checkout system that enables shoppers to avoid long lines and scan items in store aisles using their smartphones.

Thrive Technologies Debuts Demand-Forecasting Tool

September 6, 2012

Thrive Technologies Inc.

Thrive Technologies Inc. has released Firstcast, a demand-forecasting service.

Saks to Officially Open DC in Middle Tennessee

September 6, 2012

Saks

Retailer Saks Incorporated is set to celebrate the opening of its new distribution and fulfillment facility in LaVergne, Tenn., this month.

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.