Sustainability Still Has a High Price

Costs still the driving force behind objectives and behaviors

August 13, 2013

A survey of supply chain executives by AlixPartners shows that costs continue to drive their decision making when it comes to their company's sustainability strategies. To read more, click HERE.

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Slow Coronavirus Vaccine Rollout Leaves Many Essential Workers in the Lurch

Just one month after Wisconsin began dishing out the COVID-19 vaccine, only 5% of residents have received doses.

2020—the Year of Upended Supply Chains, Fast-Tracked Technology & Quarantine Hair

Editor-in-chief Marina Mayer recaps the many supply chain disruptions from 2020 and details what's in store for readers come the New Year.

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Processors Palette: McLane and Trimble Partnership Transforms Supply Chain for the Better

With the Coronavirus pandemic only expected to get worse before it gets better, McLane and Trimble MAPS partnered together to implement Appian, strengthening the supply chain.

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Unsung Heroes: Trimble MAPS' Brian Larwig Talks How COVID-19 has Changed the Logistics Space

Unsung Heroes is a “feel-good” series of interviews with frontline workers, professors and more to discuss the effects of the pandemic and how these unsung heroes are turning challenges into opportunities.

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3 Most Important Components of a Successful Food Recall Strategy

Grocery brands should consider investing in technology to automate the recall management process as part of their overall commitment to providing an exceptional shopping experience.

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How E-Signatures Helped USDA Digitize Processes in Record Time

USDA’s Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) agencies joined OneSpan to detail what it took to ensure government workers had the tools needed to deliver essential services to farmers and ranchers at unprecedented speeds.

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Maersk Becomes Latest to Experience Cargo Loss From Heavy Seas

Maersk's loss totals 750 containers that went overboard halfway through its trip from China to Los Angeles.

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Tightening the Screws on Cargo Security? Be Just as Vigilant About Cybersecurity.

Your transportation business doesn’t need to play a role in COVID-19 vaccine distribution to be a target.

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L.I.N.K. Live | Food Logistics Editors Discuss President Joe Biden's Inauguration

Marina, Brielle and Mackenna discuss President Joe Biden's inauguration and what the 17 executive orders he is signing on his first day of office will mean for the supply chain.

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3 Ways a Digital Food Safety System Can Drive Operational Efficiencies

Whichever digital food safety solution you choose, your organization will be more efficient and one step closer to a more reliable, safer operation.

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How to Protect Supply Chain Employees from Contracting COVID-19 this Winter

There are measures to implement today to ensure companies are taking all possible precautions to keep essential workers safe for tomorrow.

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Exoskeletons are Here to Stay for Food Logistics Operations

Exosuits and exoskeletons have moved beyond science fiction and into reality, helping facilities combat worker fatigue, strain and other risks that lead to musculoskeletal disorders.

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L.I.N.K. Live | Food Logistics Editors Give Their 2021 Predictions

Marina, Brielle and Mackenna reunite for the first episode of L.I.N.K. Live in 2021 and give their new year predictions.

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How Today’s Food and Beverage Landscape Presents Urgent Problem for Blockchain to Solve

For now, we need to tackle the hard work of establishing standards that enable blockchain for the food and beverage industry.

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Mitigating Cargo Theft in the Cold Chain

Food Logistics sits down with Scott Cornell, transportation lead and crime and theft specialist for Travelers, to discuss the current landscape of cargo theft in the cold chain.

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The Best of Link Live 2020

2020 brought Link Live, a new Facebook Live video series where Food Logistics' editors have a roundtable discussion on all things happening in the industry. Here are some of our favorites.

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Bridging the Data Gap in Driver Training

Fleets may have all the latest technology on their trucks and many modern systems to assist with safety, but when it comes to driver training, very few have changed their processes in the past decades.

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Top 10 Most Read Food Logistics Articles of 2020

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

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Top 10 Pest Vulnerable Zones of Food Distribution Centers and Warehouses

Here is a list of some of the 10 most common areas of pest activity by product type, structural design and practices.

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IFDA Stresses Importance of Vaccine for Foodservice Distribution Workers

IFDA says that distributors are critical to keeping America’s hospitals running and provide an essential service and believes that these workers should have priority for the COVID-19 vaccine.

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American Bakers Association Unveils Frontline Workforce Landscape

ABA’s recent Baking Industry Frontline Workforce Landscape study found that at least one in every four frontline leaders were promoted from within the company.

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Report Highlights Need for Continued Driver and Technician Training

Among the findings is that the number of crashes involving large trucks, particularly Class 7 and 8 vehicles, continued to climb.

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FSNS Merges with Cierto Y Seguro S.A. De C.V. Laboratory in Mexico

This laboratory offers traditional microbiology methods, rapid molecular microbiology methods, microbiology sampling, and physiochemistry, as well as temperature- and humidity-controlled shelf life studies.

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BSI Assessment Details Global Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns to Supply Chains

Cargo thefts increased, and the goods targeted shifted to match the newly high-demand products like PPE and medical devices and supplies.

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L.I.N.K. Live | Food Logistics Editors Recap 2020, Featuring Our Dogs

Food Logistics editors put 2020 to bed by recapping the year during this week's #LINKLIVE.

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Global Food Safety Testing Market Estimated to Reach $30.4B by 2027

Growing concern regarding the outbreak of foodborne diseases has led to stringent food safety regulations by various food authorizes, which is further expected to drive the food safety testing market growth.

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L.I.N.K. | Safe Catch Modernizes Mercury Testing

Associate editor Brielle Jaekel interviews the chief operating officer of Safe Catch on modern ways of testing for mercury in seafood and what the future holds for this type of technology.