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Supply Chain Visibility
Visibility Solution to Improve Transparency and Reduce Waste in Fresh Produce Supply Chain
ProducePay announced a new Visibility solution to provide fresh produce marketers and retailers full transparency of produce shipments from farm to fork.
Carbon Footprint
Long-Term Infrastructure Plan to Fuel Zero-Emission Trucks
Cold Chain
Dealer Readiness Program to Advance Decarbonization in Transport Refrigeration Sector
Cold Storage
Rock Stars of the Supply Chain: Ndustrial's Charles Tuck Talks Carbon Neutrality in Cold Storage
Agriculture
How Logistics Data Empowers Next-Gen Farmers
Waste Reduction
Minimizing Perishable Food Spoilage in Supply Chains
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3PL/4PL
Nominations Open for 2024 Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers Award
3PLs and cold storage providers remain a key puzzle piece to building and nurturing partnerships, cultivating resilience and helping companies in the cold food space overcome supply chain disruptions. Submissions close March 22.
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SCN Summit: State of the Supply Chain
June 4, 2024
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Register now to hear from experts about the State of Today’s Supply Chains through topics revolve around Warehouse Automation, Generative AI, Automation, Electrification, Company Culture and more.
Supply Chain Visibility
Rock Stars of the Supply Chain: Disrupting Supply Chain Disruptions
Supply chain rock stars are the backbone of the cold food chain. Meet the winner's of this year's Rock Stars of the Supply Chain award.
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Fuel Efficiency
U.S. Remains World Leader in EV Manufacturing Investments
Two new analyses by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) show strong growth in both electric vehicle (EV) sales and manufacturing investments in the United States.
Agriculture
Conserving Water with Smart Irrigation and Precision Farming Solutions
It is paramount that businesses, particularly those in agriculture, one of the largest water-consuming sectors in the U.S. economy, strive to conserve water.
Risk/Compliance
Shipping Industry Better Prepared for Disruption: Study
The container shipping industry showed resilience in 2023 amid continued waves of disruption, with financial health strengthening even amid declining revenues, revenue pressure, geopolitical strife, and challenging capital markets.
Agriculture
How Biomimicry Technology Can Pave the Way for More Sustainable Agriculture
While there are a lot of benefits to implementing biomimicry solutions in agriculture settings, it is still in its infancy in terms of impact.
Supply Chain Visibility
Economic Uncertainties, Extreme Weather and ESG-Related Risks Among 2023 Supply Chain Disruptions
Data in Sphera's Supply Chain Risk Report shows that supply chains were vulnerable to a broad range of other risks — inflation and rising interest rates, natural hazard events and ESG-related risks.
Material Handling Equipment
4 Forklift Battery Trends to Watch in 2024
To better understand the opportunities and challenges influencing motive power decision-makers in 2024, here are the Top 4 forklift battery trends in 2024.
Clean Energy
CARB’s Zero Emission Forklift Regulation to Cost up to $27B
If CARB’s rule goes into effect, the majority of battery electric forklifts being sold in North America would – out of necessity – need to be sold within California just to keep pace with the implementation phase-in of the rule.
Cold Chain
Tackling Food Wastage with the New Era of Cold Chain
The food wastage epidemic starts and ends with the supply chain, and with staggering losses catalyzing a need for its reinvention, 2024 should be the year companies start to put cold chain technology at the heart of their investment strategy.
Carbon Footprint
Net Zero Pathfinder Tool Helps Accelerate Companies’ Path to a Net-Zero Supply Chain
Sustainable Supply Partners launched Net Zero Pathfinder, a first-of-its-kind sustainable category management solution that enables businesses to accelerate their path to a net-zero supply chain.
Food Safety
Making Great Strides in Removing PFAS in Frozen Food Packaging
Removing PFAS from feedstocks, products and packaging is inconvenient and can be costly, but doing so ensures a PFAS-free future.
Trucking
RK Logistics Acquires On Time Trucking
RK Logistics Group Holdings, Inc. expanded its network with the acquisition of On Time Trucking, which provides regional LTL freight delivery in high-value, local interline services.
Carbon Footprint
TPPL vs. Lithium Forklift Batteries: Which Technology is Winning?
Looking ahead, the price of lithium-ion batteries will decrease with scale, while further engineering advances in TPPL batteries will make them more expensive and less attractive than Li-ion.
Grocery Retail
GrazeCart Acquisition Expands D2C E-Commerce Technology for Farm-to-Fork Suppliers
POS Nation acquired GrazeCart, an e-commerce technology solution built specifically for farmers.
Carbon Footprint
Carbon Tracking Tool Supports Organizational ESG Initiatives
Banyan Technology’s new CarbonTRAX & Offset feature in Banyan’s LIVE Connect software tracks the estimated carbon impact of any shipment using GLEC-compliant and Smart Freight Centre-certified calculations.
Carbon Footprint
3 Energy Storage Supply Chain Trends for 2024
The success of America’s clean energy future hinges on continued collaboration and open lines of communication between energy storage manufacturers, suppliers and policymakers.
Software Solutions
Nominations Open for 2024 Top Supply Chain Projects Award
This award profiles innovative case study-type projects designed to automate, optimize, streamline and improve the supply chain. Submissions close March 29.
Agriculture
Wireless Charging Plants a Sustainable Future for Smart Farming
Wireless power supplies smart farming devices with continuous energy, eliminating the need for frequent battery changes or cord management.
Supply Chain Visibility
Butter Shortage: The Perfect Storm of Climate Change and Inflation
Extreme weather is predicted for the year ahead, and resulting shortages of food commodities will continue to impact consumers on a global scale.
Material Handling Equipment
Critical Turning Point for Lithium-Ion Forklifts
It is expected that by 2030, the global market share of lithium-ion models will exceed 50% in all classes, and Class 3.1 will become the first forklift type to achieve over 50% lithium-ion rate.
Material Handling Equipment
How Automation Can Solve Problems in the Food Supply Chain
Automation allows farmers and food distributors to streamline their supply chains, relying on less labor to get their goods to market.
Material Handling Equipment
Power Sourcing Option Provides Path for Battery Technology Choices
Hyster Company launched Power Cellect, enabling users to easily switch power sources in electric trucks between traditional lead acid and low maintenance battery solutions.
Automation
AIR Wireless Charger for AGVs
EnerSys launched NexSys AIR wireless charger, engineered for a wide range of automated guided vehicles (AGVs), to automate charging and eliminate maintenance.
Agriculture
Rock Stars of the Supply Chain: Blue Diamond Growers' Steve Schult Receives Overall Lifetime Achievement Award
Steve Schult, VP, global supply chain for Blue Diamond Growers, was named an overall winner of the Lifetime Achievement category for this year’s Rock Stars of the Supply Chain award.
Fuel Efficiency
Navigating the Diesel Price Surge
While the scale of food and beverage logistics networks makes diesel prices particularly impactful, exploring cost-competitive alternative fuels can provide network price stability and reduce emissions.
Agriculture
Navigating Sustainable Agriculture: Practical Steps for Food and Beverage Leaders
Many companies are just starting to adopt more sustainable agricultural practices to address their greenhouse gas emissions; however, further recognition of agriculture’s impact on the environment and expanded regulation will drive more change.
Agriculture
4 Issues Impacting Agribusiness in 2024
In 2024, aim to implement active risk management practices, obtain sufficient insurance and improve employee benefits and training to deal with the labor crunch.
Software Solutions
Top 5 Trends in Transportation Logistics and Supply Chain
Whether the market is up or down in 2024, leaders need to continue pushing the boundaries on innovation, connectivity and collaboration to keep the pace of change traveling in the right direction.
Carbon Footprint
End-to-End Carbon Accounting Solution for Enterprise Food Companies
HowGood announced an expanded carbon accounting solution designed to streamline ESG reporting and carbon reduction for the food industry.
Packaging
Alliance for Sustainable Packaging for Foods Aims to Reduce Packaging Waste
The alliance prioritizes engagement with the ongoing interinstitutional negotiations in the EU on the revision of applicable packaging and packaging waste rules, and the P2 and other packaging-related regulatory developments in Canada.
Agriculture
Path to Smarter Energy Can Lead Controlled Environmental Agriculture to Profitability
Controlled environment agriculture offers a promising avenue for sustainable food production. Here are some strategies to address these costs and mitigate issues.