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Supply Chain Visibility
NetSuite Inc. Acquires IQity’s Cloud Business
Oracle NetSuite
The combined strengths of NetSuite and IQity’s deep domain experience can enable manufacturers to take control of their supply chain processes and improve business value, while reducing operating costs and IT overhead.
NetSuite Inc. has acquired IQity’s cloud business.
Supply Chain Visibility
Featured In Food Logistics: Electronic Freight Security (EFS) – What To Expect
FreightWatch International
The January/February issue of Food Logistics offers a primer for the setup and implementation of an electronic freight security (EFS) program, provided by FreightWatch International, the logistics security division of Sensitech Inc.
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Grocery Retail
Amazon Strikes Distribution Pact With Morrisons Supermarket In The U.K.
Amazon
Enabling the online retail giant to compete with Britain's biggest supermarket stores and smallest local shops, the deal marks Amazon's latest assault on a British market already buckling under the weight of fierce competition and rapid online growth.
Enabling the online retail giant to compete with Britain's biggest supermarket stores and smallest local shops, the deal marks Amazon's latest assault on a British market already buckling under the weight of fierce competition and rapid online growth.
Grocery Retail
European Food Retailers Expand Into Non-Food To Improve E-Commerce
To have a chance of turning a profit in grocery e-commerce, retailers need scale and they are more likely to recoup delivery costs if they can get shoppers to add higher margin non-food items to their shopping cart.
As Amazon encroaches on supermarket territory, traditional European retailers are taking bigger steps to fight the U.S. e-commerce giant by offering more non-food products and using extensive store networks as delivery hubs.
Emerging Technologies
A New Spin On The Familiar
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Automation
Warehouse Automation Shifts Into High Gear
Meeting the demands associated with omni-channel fulfillment, SKU proliferation, and increased efficiency is generating more interest in the benefits of automating the warehouse.
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Automation
Warehouse Software: Innovation Tracks Changing Market Demands
As single-order fulfillment explodes and new regulations arrive, users must scrutinize provider capabilities.
The AFS Technologies' WMS software allows Organically Grown Produce Co. to manage inventory accurately. The single-scan traceability has been a big benefit for the Eugene, Ore. distributor.
Emerging Technologies
Are We Ready For The ‘Internet Of Food’?
There is a range of food apps which can help you track the values of the food you eat, but a group of researchers has argued that these apps have limited scope and varying degrees of accuracy.
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Emerging Technologies
IBM Develops Blockchain Technology To Make Businesses More Efficient, Including Food Supply Chain
IBM
The company is launching what it’s calling “blockchain-as-a-service,” or a set of tools for "creating, deploying, running, and monitoring blockchain applications on the IBM Cloud.”
IBM has announced that it is working to make blockchain technology—which was refined and popularized by the digital currency bitcoin—easier for businesses to use for financial and non-financial purposes, including delivering food.
Grocery Retail
Delivery.com And Foursquare Integrate To Improve Local Food Ordering
The integration, facilitated by the mobile commerce platform Button, provides new consumer experiences for millions of delivery.com and Foursquare users in cities all across the country.
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Transportation
Panera Bread Co. To Expand Delivery Services
The St. Louis-based company expects to have delivery offerings in 200 to 300 of its 1,972 company and franchised units by the end of the year, said Ron Shaich, Panera founder, chairman and CEO.
The St. Louis-based company expects to have delivery offerings in 200 to 300 of its 1,972 company and franchised units by the end of the year, said Ron Shaich, Panera founder, chairman and CEO, in an earnings call with analysts.
Supply Chain Visibility
Hostess Turnaround Story: How Logistics Makes a Difference
LeanLogistics
The Hostess story demonstrates the role that logistics can play in meeting customer needs in a changing market
In the Hostess story, all supply chain players – the manufacturer, its suppliers, its retailer customers and its logistics provider – worked together to rescue a cherished snack brand.
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