Drought Brings Profits

April 15, 2013

The combination of the severe drought in the U.S. last year and the fact that global demand for crop output is at an all time high caused Louis Dreyfus Commodities to reap one of the largest profits this quarter. To read more, click HERE.

Federal Gas Tax Holiday vs. the Highway Trust Fund. What’s Next?

President Biden is calling on Congress to make sure that the gas tax holiday has no negative effect on the Highway Trust Fund. But, critics feel otherwise. Let's discuss.

Many of today's companies are now investing in supply chain technology to improve worker, operator and driver safety.

The Great Reshuffling Puts Frontline Jobs First

The supply chain is now considered to be the pandemic's must-have college degree. Here’s why.

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Moving the Needle in Continued Supply Chain Education

Since The Great Reshuffling pushed many frontline jobs to the forefront, post-pandemic, supply chain jobs are here to stay.

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Americans Blame Grocery Inflation on Supply Chain Inefficiencies

The increase in supply chain costs and constraints as a source of blame for inflation coincides with an uptick in the interest of tackling supply chain problems as a means to ease inflation.

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E-Commerce Pushes Changes in CPG Packaging

In the past, food was never thought of as something to buy online. But now, everything is different which means packaging needs to adapt.

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How to Ensure Operations Follow FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety

Connecting all parties, testing commodities as they pass through the doors and making sure everything is traceable can all move the food safety system in the right direction.

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How Strong Traceability Programs Reduce Risks of Food Recalls

Without a strong traceability program that includes access to real-time data, companies are putting themselves – and the public – at risk.

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Sound Inventory Planning Helps Waylay Pesky Supply Chain Interruptions

Today, integrating inventory planning with financial planning is more critical than ever given the ability accounting has to properly steer planning, ordering, and ultimately profitability.

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Inauro Investment Helps SafetyCulture Improve Workplace Operations

By linking data from sensors, devices and other digital systems used within an organization, Inauro provides teams with a single source of data, streamlining workflows and enabling faster decision making.

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How Standardized Track and Trace Mitigates Risk in Food Transportation

Mitigating the impact of disrupting events requires standardization and digitalization of data and processes to provide universal and continuous access to accurate, real-time data.

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Reusable Transport Item Solution for Farm-to-Store Supply Chains

The IoT Pixels built into the RTI solution’s plastic crate are self-powered, postage stamp-sized computers that communicate wirelessly and can sense a range of physical and environment conditions, such as temperature, location change and more.

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2022 Sees First Price Jump in Containers

After significant lows in prices for containers, research shows the global average of monthly container prices increase for the first time this year.

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SaaS App Provides First-Mile Traceability

The app is equipped with the latest recognition technology to automatically populate data fields from available documents, such as purchase orders or invoices.

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SCN Summit | State of the Supply Chain 2022

June 6, 2022

Register right now for the June 6-9 event, where industry experts from Enable, Movilitas, Oracle, Generix, Blue Sky Capital Strategies, MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics and more come together to discuss the state of the supply chain.

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Biden Administration Announces 46 Railroad Projects, Totaling $368 million

Investment into our nation's rail system is top priority for the current White House. Today, more than $368 million in grant funds were revealed to improve on much needed rail infrastructure in 32 states.

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Disruption as the New Normal?

With disruption quickly becoming the New Normal, how can food businesses strengthen these weaknesses, creating more resilient supply chains that are able to scale and flex in-line with ever-shifting demands and challenges?

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Biden-Harris Executive Order to Strengthen Food Supply Chains

The Executive Order will also promote fair and competitive agricultural markets, prevent abuse of farmers by poultry processors and make prices fairer for farmers and American consumers.

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Smart Energy Management: A Recipe to Improve Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in the Food & Beverage Industry

To reduce energy waste and maximize production performance, leading companies are flocking to new technologies to capture key energy and production data.

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Food Shortages in Wake of Russia-Ukraine War

The food logistics industry is facing shortages stemming from many challenges. But with a pivot to better software, many of these problems can be mitigated moving forward.

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What Characteristics Helped Companies Fare Better During Disruption?

Rapid Ratings International's Eric Evan explains that risk aware, proactive and the ability to react fast are qualities that can help a business better sustain problems in the supply chahin.

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How Enterprise Labeling Can Fix Food and Beverage Industry’s Food Safety Problems

Cloud-based labeling software can integrate directly with critical applications, like warehouse management systems (WMS), enterprise resource planning (ERP) or product lifecycle management (PLM).

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Earthquake Preparedness: How Parametric Insurance Prevents Supply Chain Collapse

Imagine a major earthquake strikes one of our major shipping ports and airports, where essential goods are transported through. How does the supply chain continue on?

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Food and Beverage Industry Experienced Most Frequent Cargo Theft

In North America, prevalence of port congestion and railhead delays are seen as crucial factor.

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Supporting Continuous Improvement Is Key

Karen Lobdell of Thomson Reuters divulges three key points the company looks for at a high level for partners.

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L.I.N.K. | Fleets Need Intelligent Route Optimization to Keep Up

As demand continues to increase in the logistics sector, while a labor shortage and other major supply chain disruptions occur, fleets turn to intelligent ways to optimization their route planning.

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Ukraine War, Trade Disruptions Continue to Challenge International Shipping Industry

Loss of life/vessels, exacerbation of crew crisis, trade disruption, sanctions burden, cost increases and availability of bunker fuel pose increased risk for international supply chains.

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How Carbon Labeling Can Reduce Food Industry's Carbon Footprint

For CPGs, food manufacturers and logistics teams looking to get involved in sustainability but unsure where to start, carbon labeling is a great first step.