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Affixing IoT devices to pallets prior to shipment is one way carriers can track temperature of products along the way.

IoT-Enabled Pallets for Tracking Perishable Goods

IoT-enabled pallets bring together the latest in sustainable plastic pallets.

Innovation and optimization of end-of-line packaging and logistics operations provides a critical opportunity to benefit the whole supply chain.

How Transit Packaging Technology and Materials Ensure Food Industry Safety

The key to maintaining and ensuring food safety is through the strategic application of technology and advanced materials across complex global supply chains.

Over time, the right food company will experience an 8% decrease in costs with the help of transportation management experts and a 3PL provider partnership, regardless of standard rate volatility.

Combat Reduced Shipping Margins Caused by Freight Volatility

Business intelligence and efficient communication across vendors and internal departments can help facilitate adjustments to reduce margin erosion.

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Why Food Companies Need Mobile Inventory to Survive

Embracing mobile barcoding and data collection can help you prepare for what comes next and move forward with confidence.

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How AI is Fixing Logistics and Freight Procurement’s Data Blindspots

Here's how artificial intelligence helps shippers and carrier close these significant holes in their data operations and intelligence.

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SCN Summit | Procurement

September 9, 2021

Whether it’s implementing e-invoicing or e-procurement, now is the time to future-proof your supply chain.

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SCN Summit | Executive Outlook: Supply Chain Visibility

September 9, 2021

In this session, industry experts provide an in-depth detail on what’s in store for 2022 in terms of supply chain visibility and how data and technology work together to help companies “see” what’s ahead.

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SCN Summit | Data Collection: How to Read It and How to Act on It

September 7, 2021

Industry experts provide a rundown of the different solutions available and why ERP, track-and-trace and other supply chain management software is crucial to the success of your business.

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SCN Summit | E-Commerce Fulfillment

September 8, 2021

Industry experts outline how to achieve the ultimate in e-commerce fulfillment and what’s in store for 2022 and beyond.

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L.I.N.K. Live: Meet This Year's Overall Woman in Supply Chain

Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive editors sit down with the overall winner of this year's Women in Supply Chain award to discuss automation, flexibility and diversity and inclusion in the supply chain.

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L.I.N.K. Live: Supply Chain Trends with Mark Baxa, President & CEO of CSCMP

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L.I.N.K. Live | Supply Chain Visibility

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Food Logistics Editors Talk Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers

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L.I.N.K. Live | Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and What This Means for the Future of Supply Chains

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L.I.N.K. Live | Food Logistics Editors Explain Why Supply Chain Professionals are Holiday Shopping in August

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SCN Summit | Warehouse Automation

September 8, 2021

Industry experts detail the importance of warehouse management systems and how automating your warehouse can provide forecasting, inventory refill, traceability and visibility to help mitigate future supply chain disruptions.

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SCN Summit | Executive Outlook: Industry Trends & Technologies

September 7, 2021

Industry experts provide an in-depth detail on what’s ahead trends- and technology-wise and what the supply chain industry can do now to prepare for tomorrow.

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SCN Summit | Risk Management

September 7, 2021

Discover the ways to implement supply chain risk management, how to get started, what to do next and more.

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SCN Summit | Transportation for the Cold Chain

September 8, 2021

Hear from industry experts detail the ins and outs of the cold chain transportation sector and what this means for the future of food and pharma.

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SCN Summit | Mitigating Supply Chain Disruptions

December 8, 2021

This session uncovers the many ways companies can mitigate supply chain disruptions.

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Grocery E-Commerce Popularity Proves Not as Profitable

A new study shows that despite the popularity growth in digital grocery retail, the profitability is not as high.

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Warehouse Automation to Continue Booming

Due to a sustained increase in order volume surges, emerging technologies in the warehouse will continue to rise throughout 2030.

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Achieving Lights-Out Manufacturing Requires Automation, Robotics

There has been a steady rise in activity and interest in lights-out manufacturing from stakeholders in the past five years because of modern technologies, but it might not be realistic due to significant barriers.

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Keeping it Cool When Delivery Heats Up

As delivery models have matured throughout this extended world crisis, the question now becomes how companies can adapt to varying customer preferences for sometimes in-store, other times curbside.

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Companies Showcase Heightened Attention to Managing Social Responsibility and Environmental Governance

Fewer than 7% of contractors and suppliers actively tracked environmental KPIs in 2020.

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Certain Trucking Segments Ready to Go Electric

If trucks became all electric, then about 100 million metric tons of CO2 would be saved from going into the atmosphere

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Supply Chain Industry Experts Discuss Future of Supply Chains

SCN Summit: State of the Supply Chain Week kicks off Dec. 6 with a discussion on warehouse automation and e-commerce fulfillment, followed by Industry Outlooks, procurement, transportation, procurement, risk management and smart manufacturing.

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The Rise of Crossover Retail Experiences

For grocers, succeeding in this new landscape will require investments in crossover technologies that combine the best shopping experiences in both their online and offline stores.

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Future of “Preighter” Operations

Preighters will continue as an interim solution to extend capacity while cargo yields remain high enough to justify increased operating costs.

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project44 Adds Another Acquisition

Visibility in the supply chain continues forward and consolidates with project44's latest acquisition of Convey.

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L.I.N.K. | Lessons from China in Food Sourcing

Associate editor Brielle Jaekel speaks with Xavier Naville, author of the Lettuce Diaries, to learn from his experience working in China in agriculture. He details how we can attribute lessons he learned there to Western industries.

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Incorporate Predictive Software into Day-to-Day Farming Operations

Here is why you should incorporate predicting software into your dairy or farming business.

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Sustainable, Actively Cooled Tote Delivers Freshness in Last-Mile Grocery Market

One solution solves multiple use cases, including storage; pick-and-pack (manual, semi-automated, automated); curbside pickup; delivery and unassisted delivery; and hub and spoke.

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5 Ways to Prepare Your Facility for Winter Pests

Here’s what you need to know about winter pest activity and how to prepare the facility now for smooth operations.

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How to Capture Tribal Knowledge

Capturing that tribal knowledge must be systemized in order to gain widespread adoption amongst an organization’s workforce.

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Technology Helps Shippers Save on Spot Market

C.H. Robinson teamed up with DAT on Market Rate IQ.

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Warehouse Automation: Unlocking the Full Potential of Vertical Farming

Supply chain automation technology can provide vertical farming operations a scalable, adaptable, cost-effective solution for low-footprint vertically stacked installations.

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Landing on the Doorstep: Achieving Last-Mile Delivery

Top companies are implementing innovative last-mile solutions, allowing for the supply chain to adapt and overcome monumental challenges that the pandemic and other factors presented. Download part three of a 4-part series to read more!

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Brexit Could be Catalyst That Makes UK Self-Sufficient Again

The UK’s focus is on infrastructure projects, how to re-stimulate the economy and get business moving again.