QAD

JANUARY 4, 2022

QAD CMO Carter Lloyds described shipping delays, energy issues/sustainability challenges and the Carbon Bubble as three major industry disruptors affecting manufacturers. Lack of real-time communication between the manufacturing enterprise suppliers, third-party logistics providers and consumers. Food and Beverage.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

While consumer products manufacturers previously led the way for sustainable manufacturing practices, a growing number of manufacturers in other sectors are treating sustainability as an important operational objective to increase global competitiveness. The Sustainability Movement in Business and Manufacturing.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Just when manufacturers and distributors thought some semblance of “normal” might be returning, the possibility of a railroad strike has resurfaced. The scenario of a rail strike sheds light on the unsteadiness that has come to define today’s global supply chain, as QAD’s Stephen Dombroski wrote recently in an article in Food Logistics.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The VP of Supply Chain and Logistics at our house (aka my wife) has been out of the country this week. So, while I count the days and hours and minutes until she gets back, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) Activates For Latest Major Hurricane Of 2018.

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PINC

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Manufacturers, retailers, and distributors have been forced to quickly adapt their supply chain networks and processes to new market realities. According to an industry-leading consulting firm, transportation costs range from 60% of total distribution costs for High Tech companies to 88% for Food & Beverage companies.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 14, 2021

In fact, today several leading halal production standards (like the Indonesian and Malaysian halal standards) are already requiring a segregation between halal and non-halal in transport and storage for halal certified manufacturers. Some distributors and logistics might be halal certified; most are not.

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Zipline Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2020

Despite a pandemic that has disrupted many parts of the global supply chain, the freight market has been on a recent tear. Simply put, there is more freight than available trucks, which has severely tightened capacity and driven up rates. What’s Causing Upward Freight Market Trends? What Is Next for the Freight Market? .

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

million and a land area of nearly 4,500 square miles — about half the size of New Jersey — Qatar is about to become an epicenter of global logistics. Consumers will be looking for certain food and beverage brands that make them feel like they’re on their home turf. Logistics excellence from the first mile to the last.

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Freight Plus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

These women are doing remarkable things for their communities, organizations, and teams and are paving the way for future young female leaders to be a part of an industry that’s making a difference,” says Marina Mayer, Editor-in-Chief of Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive and Co-Founder of the Women in Supply Chain Forum.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 25, 2021

The past 12 months have been a year unlike any other for suppliers and providers in the CPG logistics world. Everything from food and beverage products to home improvement items saw a significant consumption bump as buyers, sidelined by pandemic restrictions, diverted their purchasing habits from experiences to consumer goods.

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Zipline Logistics

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Technology is currently being rapidly integrated across every business sector with logistics undoubtedly being no exception.? . Where technological trends have the most significant impact in today’s logistics landscape is pragmatic productivity and performance visibility tools. . Artificial Intelligence in Logistics .

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Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 2, 2023

year-over-year through November, while retail sales (minus non-store, food & beverage, auto and gas sales) increased 8.0% Compared to the same period in 2019, e-commerce, as part of the non-store segment, is up 73.2%, while retail sales (minus non-store, food & beverage, auto, and gas sales) are up 23.4%.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 9, 2024

Included in this full update are the following categories and associated tech providers : IPO’s Lineage Logistics Announced Acquisitions Aptean and Principle Logistics Technologies (PLT) Korber and MercuryGate International Exiger and XSB Equity Funding and Investment UgoWork Alvy’s Pactum Initial Public Offering Lineage IPO Raises $4.4

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Zipline Logistics

APRIL 14, 2020

Food and beverage shippers have a few changes to note in the second round of 2020 NMFC updates. These classification changes are scheduled for the end of the month, as the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) has announced the updates will go into effect April 25. NMFC Updates for Food and Beverage Vendors .

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Food and beverage companies are experiencing double-digit demand. For years Campbells strove to grow the soup category only to lose share in the soup category due to limited manufacturing capacity for the Swanson’s brand. Constrained logistics. Most are capacity constrained. Sales are up 12%. Supply is the challenge.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 1, 2015

Moving on to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week… XPO Logistics to Acquire Norbert Dentressangle SA. Fetch Robotics Unveils Robotics System for Logistics Industry. UPS Freight Adds LNG Tractors. Norbert Dentressangle has leading capabilities in high-growth reverse logistics.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 21, 2015

One of the emails I did keep and read with interest was the first item in this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Infor to Acquire GT Nexus. GEODIS acquires OHL (Ozburn-Hessey Logistics) and enhances its Freight Forwarding and Contract Logistics offering in the US. OHL’s annual revenue is reported at €1.2

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

With more than 100 co-packers specializing in food and beverage products in California alone, how do you find the right partner? Working with a co-packer means you will lose control to a certain degree over your products and how they are manufactured. You also must factor in shipping the products to / from the co-packer.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

With more than 100 co-packers specializing in food and beverage products in California alone, how do you find the right partner? Working with a co-packer means you will lose control to a certain degree over your products and how they are manufactured. You also must factor in shipping the products to / from the co-packer.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

With more than 100 co-packers specializing in food and beverage products in California alone, how do you find the right partner? Working with a co-packer means you will lose control to a certain degree over your products and how they are manufactured. You also must factor in shipping the products to / from the co-packer.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

With more than 100 co-packers specializing in food and beverage products in California alone, how do you find the right partner? Working with a co-packer means you will lose control to a certain degree over your products and how they are manufactured. You also must factor in shipping the products to / from the co-packer.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

With more than 100 co-packers specializing in food and beverage products in California alone, how do you find the right partner? Working with a co-packer means you will lose control to a certain degree over your products and how they are manufactured. You also must factor in shipping the products to / from the co-packer.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 14, 2022

Food and beverage manufacturing and distribution companies usually operate on smaller margins than most organizations in other industries. Unfortunately, a significant chunk of food and beverage companies’ raw materials are commodities, whose prices don’t just fluctuate from month to month but can change hour-by-hour.

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3PL Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

23, 2021— Evans Distribution Systems, a provider of third-party logistics and supply chain solutions, welcomed Dawn Harthun, as the new Director of International Solutions. Dawn’s career began in the international transportation business working for Maersk and UPS Freight Solutions. MELVINDALE, Mich., trade compliance.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JULY 22, 2020

With bars, restaurants, sports and concert stadiums all shuttered, beer producers have lost nearly all demand for draft beer in barrels; while at the same time, they’ve experienced overwhelming demand for packaged beverages (in bottles and cans) for the resulting migration to at-home consumption of beer.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2018

The comment caught my attention because later that morning I was going to moderate a discussion with Dan Dershem , General Partner at Supply Chain Ventures, about emerging technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence and machine learning, autonomous trucks, and digital freight. Digital Freight. Blockchain.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2023

T he cascading logistical problems caused by the pandemic and the war in Eastern Europe have made securing a reliable supply chain a national imperative. So, what must manufacturers and policymakers do to ensure that we have secure and resilient supply chains? About Andrew Lynch. Andrew Lynch x Authority Magazine Interview.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The stores also have space for a deeper merchandise assortment, including room for an expanded food and beverage selection, according to Target. The post This Week in Logistics News (November 12 – 18) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. billion in chemicals cargo a week.

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

This removes the ‘storage’ element of warehousing logistics, and saves on costs, warehousing space, time and labour. Cross docking originated in the 1930s, and has evolved over time as logistics and management of goods has become more reliant on technology. The goods are sorted and transported to their final destination.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 10, 2018

Transporting pharmaceuticals is arguably more important than manufacturing them, because it enables these lifesaving medications to make it to where they are needed most. Guarding Against Cargo Theft Cargo theft is one of the largest risks associated with pharmaceutical manufacture and transport. These cargos are also at risk.

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

“All great enterprises are about logistics. Not genius or inspiration or flights of imagination, skill or cunning, but logistics.” — Tom McCarthy. This was majorly due to their inability to understand and adapt to the changing logistics trends. A decade back these developments in logistics might have seemed impossible.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

For shippers, this year’s overly-active hurricane season in the US is raising alarm bells for supply chain logistics operations. All shippers are affected by this – fuel being integral to everything from agricultural production to actual freight movement. gasoline production capacity to drop by 10%.

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Intelligent Audit

AUGUST 17, 2022

Logistics data analytics can help reduce the frequency of OS&D claims and prevent the issues that cause them. We will explore OS&D meaning, tips to follow when filing OS&D freight claims, and how Intelligent Audit can help you leverage your organization’s data to prevent OS&D claims. Details of OS&D Claims.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Source: Machine Learning – A Giant Leap for Supply Chain Forecasting, Material Handling and Logistics Conference (PDF, 28 pp., Reducing freight costs, improving supplier delivery performance, and minimizing supplier risk are three of the many benefits machine learning is providing in collaborative supply chain networks.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 23, 2015

Editor’s Note: This post is a continuation of an ongoing collaborative blog series with Spendrix, a company who was made for procurement teams of all sizes and we currently serve customers in Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Construction, Logistics, and the Food & Beverage industries.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Full-to-bursting warehouses means fewer orders for manufacturers, which translates into lower levels of business activity and, ultimately, weaker growth. The Port of Kahului is fully operational, and interisland freight and transport company Young Brothers noted in an Aug.

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ShipBob

JANUARY 25, 2021

As an ecommerce business, maximizing your company’s revenue by keeping logistics costs down is key to running a successful business. Cigarettes, cigars and alcoholic beverages . By taking appropriate administrative and logistical measures, businesses can transport low-value shipments across the US border for minimal cost.

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