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Women in Supply Chain Award 2025: Nominations Open

This award recognizes female supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments set a foundation for women in all levels of a company’s supply chain network. Deadline for submissions extended to Friday, May 30.

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Warehouse Automation: How Much Automation is Too Much?

When implemented in the right way – and in the right place – warehouse automation can be just right.

In response to rising fuel costs, more ports are adopting propane to power critical equipment like port terminal tractors and forklifts.

State of Ports & Ocean Carriers

How a new administration combined with nearshoring, inflation, worker strikes and more impact the future of U.S. carriers.

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Port and Supply Chain Risk from Future Coastal Floods

Unmitigated, sea level rise will affect ports worldwide and their ability to handle goods in transit throughout the inbound and outbound supply chain network.

Improving cybersecurity within fresh will require collaboration between technology and operations, both internally and with trading partners.

Addressing Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities in Fresh and Cold Supply Chain Amid COVID-19

Digital solutions offer significant promise for improving the safety, freshness and efficiency of temperature-controlled supply chains.

Intermodal powers on throughout COVID-19 pandemic.

How Rail and Intermodal Power on Despite Global Crisis

Rail and intermodal are critical infrastructure that have helped deliver essential goods during shelter-in-place orders.

Functional beverages are poised for 11% over the next four years.

3PLs for Functional Beverages Grow During Global Health Crisis

3PLs will remain an integral part of the distribution process for functional beverage brands looking to scale and get closer to their customers.

MSC introduced a new class of 23,000-plus TEU ships, led by MSC Gülsün, said to be the largest container ship in the world, with the lowest carbon footprint by design.

How Ports Remain Important Ingredient Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Today’s ports and ocean carriers institute business continuity plans to keep product moving in and out of the United States amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Visibility data solutions help identify the contents of a truck and prioritize the most important items, which is especially helpful in meeting demands.

Out of Stock and Delayed—Here’s What’s Going On

Even those with deep experience in food logistics are swimming in uncharted waters.

Few events can devastate a supply chain faster than disastrous weather.

Disasters Happen. Here’s How to Weatherproof Your Supply Chain

Severe weather in one part of the world can affect your supply chain from thousands of miles away. Here’s how to protect your business.

From shippers to truckers to terminal operators, the industry is utilizing digitalization to ensure chilled and frozen commodities are transported with a farm-to-table approach.

How Smart Ports Digitize Today’s Ports for Tomorrow

The Smart Ports concept is becoming more commonplace, as most global terminal operators are adopting forward-thinking strategies to coexist in a 100% digitized processes environment.

Earlier this year, LLamasoft released its new llama.ai platform, a SaaS, AI-powered enterprise-scale decision platform that generates insights, develops predictions and provides smart answers to business users across a company.

Emerging Technologies Will Fill Positions, Not Steal From Humans in the Supply Chain

Technology and automation will not steal jobs away from humans, but instead will fill positions, so employees can focus on more demanding tasks.

While discussions about federal truck driver training regulations have been going on for decades, the now delayed regulations will restrict training of entry-level drivers to only training providers registered with FMCSA.

How Delay in Federal Trucker Training Impacts Trucking Industry

Advanced Training Systems LLC outlines how the delay in standardized rules for commercial trucking could impact the trucking industry.

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Implementing Traceability Programs for Safer Supply Chains

Here’s how an approach to traceability leads to a safer supply chain.

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How a Food-Focused Port Positions for the Future

Owners of perishable cargo need reliability, predictability, capability and capacity in their supply chains.

Using a dynamic supply chain digital twin to visualize the state of a supply chain is a way to monitor and analyze a company’s supply chain operations.

The Digital Supply Chain of 2020

Discover how digital supply chains provide complete visibility, from farm to fork.

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Not All Superheroes Wear Capes

It’s these champions-turned-superheroes that keep the supply chain and logistics industry moving forward.

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Category Partners LLC promotes Cara Ammon

Category Partners has promoted Cara Ammon to senior vice president of research and market intel.

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John Vena Inc. hires new controller

John Vena Inc. has welcomed Omar Ford-Bey as its financial controller.

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New Year, new editor, same quality content

Food Logistics is happy to announce Marina Mayer as its new editor-in-chief.

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Securing the Food Supply Chain: Achieving Traceability and Chain-of-Custody to Minimize Risk

Multi-party networks make recalls more palatable by enabling everyone in the supply chain network to share relevant information in real time and avoid the devastating effects they can have on their customers, brand, and the economy.

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Cognitive Automation Has Arrived

Cognitive automation can speed the farm-to-fork logistics digital journey.

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Top 10 Food Logistics Articles in 2019

Food Logistics has been covering each aspect of the food supply chain this year, allowing readers to have a range of topics to catch up on.

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How Will 5G Affect the Food Industry?

VAI CIO Kevin Beasley on how the emergence of 5G networks will positively impact the food industry.

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IoT is the Key to Unlocking Greater ROI in Food Supply Chains

As the digital economy continues to grow, IoT technology has transitioned from a futuristic idea to a tactical tool nearly any logistics company can implement in their supply chain.

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Food Logistics Honors Top Software & Tech Providers of 2019

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Solid ROI With Temperature Monitoring

Early adopters of temperature monitoring systems in refrigerated trailers often chose the solutions to meet requirements of shippers and receivers.

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Smithfield Foods Raises the Sustainability Bar

Smithfield Foods is always looking for ways to make the path from farm to fork as close as possible.

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Nailing Down the Basics of Food Chain Security

Criminal organizations are your second-most-likely adversary and their attack vector should not surprise you.

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Food Logistics Operators Turn to Advanced DSD Solutions and Mobile Printers as a Game Changer for Supply Chain Visibility

Food logistics operators turn to advanced DSD solutions and mobile printers as a game changer for supply chain visibility.

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Tracking Cold Chain Cargo with Temperature-Monitoring Devices

Accurate, irreversible temperature-monitoring devices are necessary for those looking to improve their cold chain tracking practices and reduce unnecessary waste.

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Company's Success Relies on its Suppliers

Recalls can be detrimental for brands – both financially and for its reputation.

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7 Technologies that Lead to High-Performance Logistics

Technology is available and it’s here to stay.