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Management software is well-established in the foodservice industry, but it does not typically include supply chain management. As restaurant operators become more cognizant of the need to manage their supply [...]

Vehicle selection has become more complex in the food industry for many reasons: new regulations, more fuel-saving technologies, alternative fuels and a chronic driver shortage. Companies serving urban customers also [...]

The smartphone has upset the apple cart. As retailing goes mobile, no product segment is struggling harder to adapt than food. This year, grocery e-retail sales will hit double digits, [...]

The balancing act between the expansion of the cold chain (with its inherent vulnerabilities) and the industry's commitment to better safety (aided by an array of new tools) continues. One [...]

Food supply chains are rapidly embracing technology as data volumes accelerate. While a host of factors are fueling the data explosion, the newly enacted food safety rules are pressing supply [...]

Today's food supply chain planning and execution tools allow service providers to grasp changing customer needs and respond to them fast enough to guarantee satisfaction, enabling the organization to operate [...]

As players have to manage more information for more uses, ERP enhances visibility. 'Ball of confusion-that's what the world is today.' The Temptations were singing about the turbulence of the [...]

With fresh produce sales increasing, and the dual challenges of limited carrier capacity and new regulations on the horizon, the produce industry isn't sitting still. The majority of growers, shippers [...]

The food supply chain requires more customized pallet solutions. While the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) focuses much attention on sanitation and traceability in the food supply chain, when it [...]

From its beginnings 22 years ago, Chipotle Mexican Grill set out to raise the bar in delivering fresh, sustainable, locally sourced food to U.S. customers. In the course of establishing [...]

Supply chain traceability has taken center stage in the food and beverage (f&b) industry like never before. The near finalization of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) has forced the [...]

Two thousand sixteen promises to be an exciting year for food haulers. No matter what role a company plays on the fleet landscape--carrier, shipper or freight broker--there are opportunities and [...]

As the food and beverage (f&b) supply chain tasks itself with managing inventory with greater speed and accuracy for a host of reasons, warehouse managers need to use the management [...]

As warehouse technology improves, managers are finding new ways to boost productivity. One aspect of warehouse operations that has witnessed major innovation in recent years is lift truck management, propelled [...]

It's dinner time at Jane Q Consumers house. She takes a leftover roasted chicken and vegetables from the refrigerator and sets them on the kitchen table. A camera imbedded in [...]

The growing consumer demand for chilled and frozen food continues to challenge the cold chain as living standards rise worldwide and developing countries acquire a taste for protein. Setbacks, including [...]

The U.S. foodservice industry has a promising future. Americans are increasingly opting for immediate consumption food, which is why traditional food retailers have introduced prepared meals, blurring the lines between [...]

As the global cold chain expands, dock equipment that enables warehouse crews to maintain product temperatures is playing a bigger role. New cold storage facilities employ a variety of tools [...]

Aerodynamics, the study of the way air and gases affect motion around solid objects, has gained interest from the transportation industry as a fuel-saving technology. Research has confirmed that aerodynamic [...]

July 15--Amazon Prime Day--didn't go down as a red letter date in food industry circles. While the event surpassed Amazon's Black Friday records, the sale didn't move a lot of [...]

Are you spending more time trying to organize your time? No matter what your role is in the food and beverage supply chain, there is more data to keep track [...]

The global cold chain continues to expand at a rapid pace, forcing transportation and logistics providers to become experts on the fast-changing field of temperature control technology. In the U.S., [...]

Every day brings a new report about a food product recall. With all of the progress in disease detection and recall management, hasn't the food supply become safer? Is the [...]

The distribution warehouse, a critical cog in the f&b supply chain, has witnessed profound technological innovation, both in material handling systems and management software. Some of the most effective new [...]

Supply chain managers have more software at their disposal today than ever before. Many options provide enterprise-wide solutions that can help improve the efficiency of operations, product quality and order [...]

'Enterprise mobile management' and 'mobile device management' are terms that describe the way businesses are now using smartphones, tablets and PCs to manage their operations. The tools give both managers [...]

What are you doing to be sustainable? It's a question that people have been asking for several years now. And it's an especially important question for the food and beverage [...]

Despite the World Trade Organization's recent lowering of global trade growth estimates for 2015 and 2016, the agricultural sector continues to outperform most other trade segments. U.S. agricultural exports set [...]

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) will change some aspects of how the food supply chain operates. That much can be assumed, based on the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) [...]

Will Foods, a Buffalo. N.Y.-based broadline foodservice distributor, invested more than $1 million in technology this past year under a new ownership team. Much of the investment went to a [...]

When it comes to selecting a 3PL, user priorities run a wide gamut What's important to a multi-national food and beverage producer differs markedly from a startup company looking to [...]

With technology offering new ways to make warehouse operations more efficient, the warehouse can become a competitive advantage for a company that manages food and beverage inventory. While automation offers [...]

Can the warehouse play a bigger role in driving growth and profitability in the food and beverage (f&b) industry? Can investing in the warehouse actually improve a company's ability to [...]

Managing energy in a distribution warehouse has become a highly specialized field in recent years, thanks to the evolution of alternative energy, be it solar power, wind power, and various [...]

E-commerce: it offers so much promise for the food industry, but it remains a promise largely unfulfilled. E-commerce has expanded rapidly in other industries as it offers consumers the ability [...]

Managing the transportation of goods in the food and beverage supply chain has always been a moving target, no pun intended. What's changed in a big way recently is there [...]

Food and beverage warehouse managers stand at a crossroad of challenges and opportunities. Rising costs and heightened public awareness of food safety bear harder than ever on all points of [...]

The challenges facing today's food and beverage warehouse manager are numerous--SKU proliferation, omnichannel order fulfillment, burdensome new government reporting requirements, global trade opportunities, rising competition and more. And they can [...]

Sustainability has become a driving force for nearly every type of business today. For companies in the food/bev sector, taking an active role in promoting sustainability throughout their operations is [...]

The expansion of satellite and cellular networks has unleashed a tidal wave of opportunities for tracking containers in transport. As a result, technology investments have increased from 2014 to 2016, [...]

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) does not specify what methods companies have to use in managing perishable food. But it has generated a wave of interest in cold food [...]

The emergence of advanced analytics, along with new modes of transportation like autonomous vehicles, will bring Internet-like speeds and efficiencies to transportation and logistics, saving time and cost, according to [...]

Food and beverage shippers involved in export trade are required to provide verified container weight information under an International Maritime Organization (IMO) rule that took effect July 1. The full [...]

Robotics and automation are not as widely used in the food and beverage supply chain as in some other industries. But adoption is expected to accelerate given the improved efficiencies [...]

The always-on supply chain is a reality. Enhanced computing power is improving predictive analytics and supplemental tools, such as automation and wearables. Sensors are empowering data collection. These enhancements are [...]

Every year, the food supply chain becomes more sustainable, based on numerous reports that track such initiatives. Food manufacturers, distributors and retailers tout their achievements in annual sustainability reports. While [...]

As technology advances and new regulations arise, fleet managers are seeking solutions that allow them to adapt with the times. Many are finding they need to examine different solutions as [...]

Depressed fuel prices have been one of the bright spots for fleet operations in 2015. But most industry observers don't expect diesel prices to remain where they are indefinitely. Which [...]

Ever since Dole Foods experienced an E.Coli outbreak that sickened 200 people nearly a decade ago, radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has emerged as a promising tool in the food [...]

Because inventory represents one of the biggest costs in the food and beverage supply chain, material handling system providers continue to find ways to manage inventory more efficiently. As SKU [...]