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Food Chain Workers Alliance Slams Walmart’s Supply Chain Practices

The FWCA contends that Walmart’s supply chain strategy “leads it to source disproportionately from places with lax local environmental and labor regulations.”

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Automated Guided Vehicles Set To Soar Through 2019

The growing industrial pressure to produce more, in less time is creating awareness about the benefits of using AGVs for material handling and is a major factor driving the market growth.

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Tesla Motors Co-Founder Seeks to Electrify Commercial Trucks

Even though investors and auto critics love Tesla, Ian Wright argues that for ordinary drivers, electric vehicles still don’t make economic sense, because the savings on fuel don’t recoup the high upfront costs.

Wrightspeed CEO Ian Wright explains the technology behind a electric-powered engine which will be used for FedEx delivery trucks at the company''s headquarters, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, in San Jose , Calif. Wright helped bring electric cars to market when he co-founded Tesla Motors a decade ago. Now he''s targeting trucks that deliver packages, haul trash and make frequent stops on city streets. His company, Wrightspeed, makes electric powertrains that can be installed on commercial trucks, making them more energy-efficient.

Coca Cola Co. Unveils PET Bottle Entirely Made From Plant Material

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PlantBottle packaging uses patented technology that converts natural sugars found in plants into the ingredients for making fully recyclable PET plastic bottles.

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Walmart Tests Robotic Collection System For E-Commmerce

The collection point is fully automated with robots that dispense the orders which are loaded by the drivers who bring the orders from the nearby stores.

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Software Solutions

3D Printed Meat On The Way – And It Will Be Disruptive, Say American Specialists

3D printed meat production will become technically feasible and could create competition for traditional meat producers as consumers will ultimately be able to print their own meat products – although much research and development still remains.

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'Buyable Pins' Allow Merchants To Sell On Pinterest

Shopify is currently the only way for small and medium-sized businesses to sell using Buyable Pins on Pinterest.

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Emerging Technologies

New Platform For Supply Chain Transparency: Bitcoin Blockchain?

As a shared, secure record of exchange, block chains can track what went into a product and who handled it along the way, breaking supply chain data out of silos, and revealing the provenance of a product to everyone involved from originator to end user.

Amazon Expands Into Private Label Food

Amazon has approached some private-label food manufacturers seeking a partner in preparation to broadly expand its fledgling lineup of private-label brands to include an array of grocery items such as milk, cereal, and baby food.

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HighJump Acquires E-Commerce Provider Nexternal

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Nexternal's omnichannel commerce platform serves manufacturers, distributors and retailers and includes an order management system that captures both business-to-business and business-to-consumer orders, via standard and mobile web browsers.

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Featured In Food Logistics: Benchmark Study Finds Improvement Needed In Food Transport Safety

One of the survey’s key findings was the cost of temperature violations, as respondents ranked temperature violations as the top non-conformance issue they are facing.

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PeopleNet Acquires Cadec Global Inc.

The addition of Cadec will further extend the fleet mobility technology and transportation solutions of PeopleNet in the foodservice and private fleet industries to enable greater levels of safety, compliance, cost reduction and customer service.

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