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Food Safety
Using AI to Save Workload While Improving Food Chain Sustainability
Almost all corners of the food industry come with hazards that could hurt food businesses and consumers alike. The vast potential of AI and its application in the food industry promises a more sustainable tomorrow.
Software & Technology
Live From Manifest: Automation, Robotics, Wearables and More
Last-Mile
L.I.N.K. | Inside DTC Furniture Sales, Delivery and Reverse Logistics
AI/AR
3 Trends Driving Food Logistics Market in 2022 and Beyond
Software & Technology
Let’s Connect at Manifest in Las Vegas
AI/AR
How Leading CPG Companies Win with AI-Powered Intelligent Order Promising
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Supply Chain Visibility
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.
3PL/4PL
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.
Supply Chain Visibility
Supply Chains in Grim State. What’s Next?
The supply chain is an absolute mess. Wonder what’s in store for 2022. Hopefully a less gloomy outlook and a brighter future for the global food supply chain.
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Last-Mile
Expanded Partnership Aims to Eliminate Delivery Trucks in Downtown LA
AxleHire and URB-E expand their zero-emission partnership to downtown Los Angeles. The last-mile delivery venture hopes to drive zero emissions in delivery.
Food Safety
Using AI to Save Workload While Improving Food Chain Sustainability
Almost all corners of the food industry come with hazards that could hurt food businesses and consumers alike. The vast potential of AI and its application in the food industry promises a more sustainable tomorrow.
Software Solutions
Traceability and Transparency: The Next Wave of Change Coming to Foodservice and Supply Chains in 2022
Challenges ahead necessitate foodservice brands invest in technology-driven supply chain quality management, monitoring and compliance programs to implement requirements.
Software & Technology
Overhaul Now Available on Azure
Overhaul is now available to those using Microsoft's Azure cloud.
Software & Technology
Live From Manifest: Automation, Robotics, Wearables and More
Today, we are live from Manifest in Las Vegas. Head over to the Champagne room at 2:45-3:20 p.m. to watch a presentation on robotics and wearables in the warehouse.
Last-Mile
Transforming Last-Mile Delivery for the Post-Pandemic Economy
To meet customers' expectations and capitalize on new substantial opportunities, wholesale distributors must adapt and find new solutions.
Featured Videos
Robotics
L.I.N.K. Live: Meet This Year's Overall Woman in Supply Chain
Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive editors sit down with the overall winner of this year's Women in Supply Chain award to discuss automation, flexibility and diversity and inclusion in the supply chain.
Transportation
L.I.N.K. Live: Supply Chain Trends with Mark Baxa, President & CEO of CSCMP
Supply Chain Visibility
L.I.N.K. Live | Supply Chain Visibility
3PL/4PL
Food Logistics Editors Talk Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers
Trucking
L.I.N.K. Live | Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and What This Means for the Future of Supply Chains
Micro-Fulfillment
L.I.N.K. Live | Food Logistics Editors Explain Why Supply Chain Professionals are Holiday Shopping in August
Transportation
Ascend Acquires DTS
Another major acquisition takes place in the transportation supply chain sector with Ascend's purchase of Dedicated Transportation Solutions.
AI/AR
3 Trends Driving Food Logistics Market in 2022 and Beyond
While it's sometimes difficult to navigate the food supply chain, here are some trends that have the potential to help food distributors better serve their clients while also improving the efficiency of their operation.
Last-Mile
L.I.N.K. | Inside DTC Furniture Sales, Delivery and Reverse Logistics
Krsitin Toth is president and COO of Fernish, an online furniture retailer that both rents and sells home goods. She comes on the podcast to discuss all the inside details about direct-to-consumer logistics and even reverse logistics.
Transportation
Modernized Payment Process for LTL Carriers
This offering modernizes payment processes in the transportation, logistics and supply chain industries, which are still heavily reliant on cash and checks to conduct day-to-day business.
Risk/Compliance
Food and Beverage Sector Still Vulnerable to Risks in 2022
Sharp increases in commodity and energy prices, labor shortages and transport issues continue to challenge the food and beverage sector.
Software & Technology
Let’s Connect at Manifest in Las Vegas
Manifest 2022 kicks off this week, Jan. 25-27 in Las Vegas, and yours truly will be walking the halls, looking to meet, greet, network, learn and more. Just look for our Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive masks!
AI/AR
How Leading CPG Companies Win with AI-Powered Intelligent Order Promising
CPG companies should learn how to predict changes in purchase orders and what new promotions, marketing initiatives or store growth will impact orders. AI-driven technology can answer these questions. It’s time to evolve to intelligent order promising.
Automation
Autonomous Delivery Can Now Verify Age for Restricted Items
Veriff and Starship Technologies work together to allow age verification for restricted items, which could help push autonomous delivery forward.
Home
Data That Delivers
Oversight Cargo Services provides easy and convenient solutions to the problems of tracking shipments, getting accurate temperature data, ensuring compliance, and other challenges that have plagued the transport industry for decades.
Supply Chain Visibility
Global Supply Chain Activity Stabilizing
The recovery in activity across U.S. supply chains continues to track at a significantly higher level than the rest of the world.
Packaging
Keeping it Eco-Friendly: Packaging Industry Pioneers Sustainability
Leveraging sustainability to mitigate packaging waste will be the key area of focus among global packaging leaders.
Warehousing
The Untapped ROI of Automated Guided Vehicles
Do you know how long an AGV will take to break even? Learn the untapped ROI benefits many food and beverage manufacturers are missing, and evaluate how to calculate a deep-cost analysis to find the right balance between price and performance.
Cold Storage
What Should You Look for in a Refrigerated Warehouse Company?
Interstate Cold Storage offers a wide variety of cold storage solutions such as quick-freezing, tempering, USDA regulation services and rail access.
Design-Build
Rebounding Economy, E-Commerce Boom Create Uptick in Warehouse Leasing Market
General retail and wholesale claimed the largest share of the 100 leases, followed by e-commerce-only occupiers and food and beverage users.
Hiring
Implementing Worker-First Orientation for Sustained Supply Chain Recovery
The availability and interest of the contingent workforce is, however, a persisting bottleneck. An inability to recover those workers poses a real threat to sector activity.
Rail & Intermodal
Interline Rail Schedule Solution Improves Freight Visibility
This solution provides current real-time schedules for all major North American railroads, which allows shippers and intermodal marketing companies to easily synchronize shipments across different railroads.
Robotics
75% of Large Enterprises to Adopt Smart Intralogistics Robots by 2026
These solutions address the need to automate certain processes by adding intelligence, guidance and sensory awareness, allowing them to operate independently from and/or around humans.
Professional Development
2022: The Year of the Great Reshuffling
Since the New Year, my LinkedIn feed has been filled with announcements of new job postings and new job announcements, showing signs of what I call, the Great Reshuffling, with people moving around in order to find the perfect company/job to call home.
Transportation
How to Prepare for Global Logistics in 2022
Shippers have had to become increasingly nimble and informed over the past year, and going into 2022, it’s critical to remain agile, open to alternative solutions and stay informed on the latest market insights.
3PL/4PL
Inventory, Risk Management Most Important Factors for 3PL
A new report from 3PL Central emphasizes the importance of inventory and risk management for greater demand planning throughout 2022.
Trucking
Virtual Reality Simulation Helps Train Heavy Goods Drivers
The VR simulations have been designed to make it easier for candidates to learn and practice some of the core skills required to acquire their HGV license.
Risk/Compliance
Port Congestion, Idle Trucks Present Rise in Cargo Theft
The largest rise in the methods and locations for cargo theft was from facilities, such as traditional warehouses and depots where containers and trailers are being held awaiting collection.
Trucking
Anticipate Increased Shipping Volumes in 2022
37% of all respondents struggled with capacity challenges within their supply chain in 2021 compared to 25% that reported issues in 2020, and over half experienced delays with truckload shipments in 2021 compared to 42% in 2020.
Risk/Compliance
Ocean Freight Bottlenecks, Increased Regulations Pose as Top Supply Chain Risks for 2022
Worldwide water instability ranked as the No. 1 supply chain risk, with two-thirds of the global population set to face water shortages by 2025.
