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Warehousing
Diversity of Thought Breeds Innovation
Embracing the diversity of thought, experiences and perspectives that women bring to the workforce will only hasten the pace of innovation and much-needed change in the industry.
Emerging Technologies
Technology to Solve the Grocery Delivery Paradox
With consumers increasingly eager to buy groceries online, food providers need to elevate their technological offerings to assure that everything the customer buys arrives safely and on time.
Software Solutions
Supply Chain Software Solutions in the Cold Food Chain
The continuing rise of e-commerce presents major opportunities for firms to adapt the way they source, transport, manage and sell their products.
Micro-Fulfillment
Dark Stores and Delighting the Grocery Customer
Here's a few goals that grocers need to bear in mind in order to continue to delight a customer that has become accustomed to new ways of shopping.
3PL/4PL
Orchestrating Success Through Cold Chain Monitoring Technology Advancements
Using advanced monitoring technology to fine-tune efficiencies in production and match consumption trends will accelerate efforts to create more sustainable food systems and life-saving distribution networks.
Agriculture
5 Business Issues Facing Agricultural Commodities Companies
Managing complex supply chains, over-use of spreadsheets, growing amounts of data, analytics and mobility are some of the most common issues affecting agri-commodities companies.
Agriculture
2020 Exposed Vulnerable Food Supply Chain. What's in Store for 2021?
Improved shelf life, taste and pesticide-free growing practices will drive consumer demand for produce grown in controlled environments.
Sanitization
Health Mitigation Measures in the Warehouse
Planning, preparing and implementing health crisis mitigation measures in the workplace will ensure everyone that their health and well-being are priority, while ensuring that the facility is better prepared for the future.
Fleet Management
How Cargo Sensing Technology Helps Fleets Minimize Cargo Damage, Recover Stolen Cargo and Improve Detention Billing
As the technology continues to improve, fleets can use various reporting, dashboarding or alerting tools to visualize and interpret the data, which in turn, helps optimize operational efficiency.
AI/AR
The Promise of AI-Powered Data Analytics in Modern Food and Beverage Logistics and Supply Chain
Artificial intelligence has already empowered the manufacturing spaces to be able to execute lights-out production, and it can empower your supply chain and logistics too.
Risk/Compliance
How the Food and Beverage Industry Can Feed into a Secure, Post-COVID-19 World
In today’s digital-first environment, understanding the cybersecurity threats and gaining full visibility into networks is key to the increasing efficiency and limiting operational disruption.
Risk/Compliance
Attracting Talent When Safety is a Concern
The time may be nearing when COVID-19 safety protocols are no longer necessary to protect employees, but safety will always be a concern when recruiting for manufacturing, shipping and logistics roles.
Cold Chain
Reefer Demand Rising at "Warp Speed"
With the COVID-19 vaccines already being distributed, expect reefer capacity to continue to tighten and spot rates continue to increase in the first half of 2021.
Emerging Technologies
How B2B E-Commerce Technology Advances Support of Food Logistics
With the dramatic increase in B2B e-commerce selling, the food logistics industry can ill-afford slow adoption of technology solutions that efficiently create dynamic workflows, product movement and lot traceability.
Food Safety
Ensuring Food Safety Transparency from Farm to Table
When deployed strategically, modern cloud-based supply chain management systems can dramatically improve supply chain transparency.
Foodservice
Staying Prepared During Rapid Restaurant Re-Openings
Restaurants and suppliers need to work together to diligently stay up to speed with the re-openings and keep customers safe through best practices and social distancing.
Grocery Retail
3 Ways to Create a Contactless Supply Chain
While the transformation of an entire industry is no easy task, shippers, retailers and carriers can implement practices with their top supply chain partners driving the process and technological changes required for pick-up and delivery.
Grocery Retail
How Perishable CPG Supply Chains Augmented by DSD Networks Prevailed During the Pandemic
Contrary to common perception, not all supply chains struggled to meet demand. Perishable CPGs, for example, excelled because they were well positioned to respond to the unique challenges posed by the pandemic.
Emerging Technologies
How the Next Industrial Revolution is Shaping the Supply Chain Industry
2020 will go down in history as the link between the outgoing industrial period and the incoming technological age.
Software Solutions
11 Ways the Blue Wave will Affect Cannabis Supply Chains
Cannabis will change, and the supply chain will evolve with federal legalization. We can only hope that legislation is thoughtful and creates the sort of supply chain that businesses can thrive in while staying compliant.
Design-Build
Evolving Trends Driving Cold Storage Facility Construction
As trends shift from in-store purchasing to online purchasing and consumers seek out more fresh and frozen foods, the demand for cold storage warehousing and distribution will continue to increase.
Last-Mile
How COVID-19 Increased Growing Adoption of Third-Party Food Delivery
The crowdsourced model is a solution that enables expanded delivery capacity to be deployed efficiently and sustainably for businesses, whether they’re located around the block, across town or all over the country.
Cold Chain
How COVID-19 Made Cold Chain Trends More Transformative Than Ever
Recent trends, emerging innovation and nascent cold chain technology will continue to shape the ever-changing requirement for the refrigerated and cold chain markets.