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From Bad to Worse to Better: How Today’s State of Supply Chains Present Bright Future

Here’s how technology, visibility and the drive to overturn the labor shortage help improve the current state of the supply chain.

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What More Disruptions will 3PLs See in 2022?

After a couple of turbulent years in the cold supply chain, 3PLs plan for a continued rocky 2022.

Food & Beverage Industry: Address Post-Pandemic Impacts

Food & Beverage Industry: Address Post-Pandemic Impacts

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From Bad to Worse to Better: Frozen Foods Dominate Online Grocery Sales

Alison Bodor, president and CEO of American Frozen Food Institute, details the role frozen foods play in the future of the cold food chain

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Averting a Cold Storage Disaster

Understanding the many components, regulations and considerations that go into designing, building and maintaining cold storage facilities is key to selecting a vendor for new or existing facility installation.

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Here's What Products You're Missing During the Supply Chain Crisis

Supply chain disruptions are top of headlines this last year. But what exactly is missing from shelves or costing you extra due to the current crisis?

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L.I.N.K. | How Will Supply Chain Disruptions Affect the Thanksgiving Table?

Anaplan VP of global supply chain solutions Evan Quasney gives insight into how the supply chain disruptions will show up on the Thanksgiving table this year, as managing editor Brielle Jaekel asks him about trends in the industry.

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The Raymond Corporation Unveils Newest Rider Pallet, 8910

The pallet truck features purposeful controls, a spacious operator compartment with enhanced ergonomics and a deadman pedal for easy operation.

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Lineage Logistics Creates Neutral Cold Facility

Lineage Logistics installs clean energy tools at its cold facility in California, product 100% of its energy consumption on site.

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Strengthening Cold Chain Partnerships Through the Control Tower

The control tower allows all cold chain partners—3PLs, distribution centers, carriers, and manufacturers—to act on their aligned goals, thereby mitigating risk and reducing waste.

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Tiger Cool Express Plans Intermodal Ramp with Proposed Acquisition

Tiger Cool Express signs letter of intent to acquire Union Pacific Railroad Cold Connect warehouse to develop an adjacent intermodal ramp.

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Organic Distributor Opens 16th Center

Natural, organic and fresh foods increase in consumer demand. This jump in interest pushes KeHE Distributors to open its 16th distribution center in Arizona.

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Reusable Plastic Container Offers Sustainable Alternative in Seafood Supply Chains

The Seafood 3419 features product insulation, cost-efficiency, the ability to replace 10-down EPS foam boxes and improved stacking capabilities.

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Remote Sensors Help Bakeries Face Higher Demand with Fewer Workers

Wireless sensor networks can help bakeries work more efficiently, maintain product and employee safety, reduce unplanned downtime and meet rising demand even when workers are hard to find.

Automation includes driverless material handling equipment and even software solutions.

Cold Chain Automation is Efficient First and Foremost

Now that automation is prolific and supply chain disruptions are everywhere, the technology becomes more of a “need to have” rather than something that is just nice to have.

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5 Ways to Prepare Your Facility for Winter Pests

Here’s what you need to know about winter pest activity and how to prepare the facility now for smooth operations.

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Warehouse Automation: Unlocking the Full Potential of Vertical Farming

Supply chain automation technology can provide vertical farming operations a scalable, adaptable, cost-effective solution for low-footprint vertically stacked installations.

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Cold Storage Advances in the UK

Lineage Logistics invests further into cold storage as the sector trends upwards with an expansion in the United Kingdom.

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Utilizing the Supply Chain as a Preventive Control Through Real-Time Monitoring

Implementing a real-time supply chain monitoring program that identifies light and other events—and provides actionable insights—can be a preventive control measure within your programs.

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L.I.N.K. | Flexible Warehousing is the Hotel Stay of the Supply Chain Industry

Chunker CEO comes on the podcast to discuss flexible warehousing, why it is important today and why those tapping it need to treat their temporary warehouse like a hotel stay.

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Continued Demand for CPG Products Exacerbates Supply Chain and Labor Challenges

Food manufacturing wage increases were up 4.6% in July over last year — 6% for production and non-supervisory workers — but have not influenced job growth.

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An Overall Facility Layout Helps Bongards Redesign and Reslot Cheese Warehouse

Bongards' Minnesota facility, which picks, packs and ships cheese to customers nationwide, was bursting at the seams. Alpine Supply Chain Solutions conducted an overall facility layout to help move product faster.

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Food Logistics Editors Talk Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers

Food Logistics editors Marina Mayer, Brielle Jaekel and Mackenna Moralez congratulate the winners of the 2021 Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers award.

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Extracting Efficiencies from Improved Warehouse Door Operations

There are valuable efficiencies to be unlocked by optimizing warehouse door operations that will help warehouse managers keep pace as automation assumes tasks previously done manually.

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Why CSCMP Edge2021 is the Must-Attend Event for Global Supply Chain Professionals

Sessions cover everything from order fulfillment and emerging trends to risk management, inventory management, supply chain planning, procurement, warehousing, logistics and talent management.

Maintaining temperature control in the food and beverage space has significantly evolved over the past few years, with new technology emerging to make smarter cooling a reality.

New Innovations in Warehouse Temperature Management

Increased visibility into warehouse operations will reduce costs and assure customers that their product is being safely stored in the 21st century “smart cold storage warehouse” of the future.

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Lineage Logistics Acquires Hanson Logistics

The acquisition of Hanson follows Lineage’s announcement of five other North American acquisitions earlier this year.

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KC SmartPort Announces First Speculative Cold Storage Facility

According to KC SmartPort, Kansas City's growth in the food and beverage space continues at a fast pace. This prompts BCB Development to build a new Class A cold storage industrial speculative building.

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VersaCold Secures Strategic Real Estate Portfolio

VersaCold Logistics Services has completed the acquisition of a strategic portfolio of cold storage warehouse assets from H&R Real Estate Investment Trust and Crestpoint Real Estate Investment.

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Prices Continue to Jump as Shipping Limitations Forecast for Q3

Thomas expects related categories, specifically food contract manufacturing, to see sustained sourcing growth over Q3 of 8-11%.

Traditional neighborhood grocery stores have begun embracing technology advancements to compete, while also re-thinking their physical stores, particularly how their inventory can be multi-channeled out more profitably to contemporary consumers.

Design Strategies for Elevating Grocery Practices

Traditional neighborhood grocery stores have begun embracing technology advancements to compete, while also re-thinking their physical stores, particularly how their inventory can be multi-channeled out more profitably to contemporary consumers.

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Trends That Are Changing the Cold Food Chain

The cold food chain is transforming. Automation, robotics, wearables, micro-fulfillment and sustainability have become key roles in the transformation of the industry. Find out what the future of food logistics looks like and download this free report!