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3PL/4PL
A Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) Checklist
Many shippers are turning to less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping methods as a creative and flexible solution that provides retailers and supply chain operators with an efficient avenue to get their products into the hands of their customers on time.
Transportation
How Food and Beverage Businesses Can Mitigate the Driver Shortage and Supply Chain Crisis in 2022
COVID-19 showed that many companies are not fully aware of the threats that can arise to their relationships with partners. Fortunately, many modern technologies can increase the transparency of operations throughout the supply chain.
Food Safety
Preventing Delays of Perishable Food Products
To avoid potential delays and spoilage, now would be the time for importers to ensure their Foreign Supplier Verification Program is in place and running.
Packaging
Overcoming Packaging Material Shortages
While the product consumers may want could well be available, it's the packaging materials that may be the disruption in getting product to store shelves. Here's why.
Carbon Footprint
Why Reducing Food’s Environmental Impact is so Critical
Food and beverage supply chain leaders must understand the science, facts and anecdotal evidence of the climate crisis to reduce their companies’ environmental impact and meet consumers’ expectations of sustainable business practices and products.
Packaging
Why Paper Packaging is a Sustainable Alternative to Plastic
Amid consumer expectations that food brands reflect their environmental values, paper fulfills the three Ps of successful food packaging -- protection, preservation and presentation.
Carbon Footprint
Why Most Businesses are Thinking Wrong About Sustainability
Adopting the triple bottom line definition for your sustainability efforts encourages your culture’s ability to select, evaluate and implement better, more sustainable projects for your organization.
3PL/4PL
5 Tips for Finding the Right Temperature-Controlled Logistics Vendor
Addressing logistics can feel like a Herculean task, but it doesn’t have to be with the right 3PL partner.
Fleet Management
How Fleet-Powered Businesses Can Survive the Car Chip Shortage
To survive the chip shortage, fleet managers are removing the expenses of company-provided vehicles by reimbursing employees for the business use of assets that they likely already own.
Food Safety
How FDA’s Proposed Agricultural Water Rule Impacts Food Safety
The new rules for irrigation water will take some planning and adjustment on the part of the operations who must make this shift toward prevention, and holds producers accountable for developing risk assessment and mitigation procedures.
Agriculture
4 Predictions for Food and Agriculture in 2022
Technology and a fresh approach to risk management can help agribusinesses overcome this immense level of endemic risks in the industry. Here are four predictions for the upcoming year and resources expected to play a key role in the industry’s recovery.
3PL/4PL
Supply Chain Cowboys Find Innovative Ways to Save the Day
Marrying the opportunities new technology provides with the skills and industry understanding of the boots on the ground is one important way forward.
Emerging Technologies
How Blockchain is Revolutionizing the Restaurant Experience
From the supplier shipping their products to the restaurant receiving produce to the customer ordering a meal, blockchain revolutionizes how transparency, quality and loyalty in the industry are delivered.
Fleet Management
Building a Better Food Logistics Future for All
Change is difficult, but it's the small innovators, small farmers and small business owners that have also pushed boundaries and helped advance as humanity.
AI/AR
How Technology Can Relieve an Under-Pressure Supply Chain
While some products might not show up until January, U.S. manufacturers should act swiftly and embrace technology such as AI to make sure this crisis will not be repeated in 2022.
Food Safety
How Temperature Control Systems Achieve Freshness in Today’s Food Logistics
Here's how temperature control systems can help advance freshness and drive a better customer experience throughout the entire supply chain.
Software Solutions
Why ERP Innovations are Essential to Delivering on Time and in Full
To keep up with their demand – and in turn, consumer demand – manufacturers need ERP technology designed to help overcome their challenges and build the best supply chain possible.
Material Handling Equipment
4 Trends Inciting Expansion in Global Material Handling Equipment Market
Growing modernization of industrial facilities and infrastructure to uplift the production capabilities is expected to boost material handling equipment industry growth in the coming years.
Food Safety
Protecting Farmers, the Real Heroes of the Food System
The importance of food supply, food safety and food accessibility is rightfully heightened. Let's extend appreciation to the farmers responsible for putting food in stores and on our plates.
Grocery Retail
The 3 Hs That Define Future of Grocery Shopping
The technological side of this revolution in the shopping experience will be defined by three Hs -- heterogeneous, hybrid and human.
Packaging
5 Ways Mobile Barcoding Can Improve the Bottom Line
Modernization and streamlined technologies enable stronger business models and quicker delivery mechanisms.
Trucking
How the Rising CPI Index Impacts Truck Financing
The decision for many fleets comes down to whether or not to structure their agreements through a full-service lease (FSL) or that of an unbundled lease (UBL) agreement.
AI/AR
Key Ingredients to Successfully Navigate a Recall
To ensure forecasts are accurate, companies need to have the right inputs and triggers in place, including scenarios such as out-of-stock products, inflation and other price changes, cross-elasticity and omnichannel strategies.
