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4 Food and Beverage Manufacturing Trends on Tap for 2020

USC Consulting Group

It’s the food and beverage industry’s job to appeal to consumer tastes by keeping tabs on what’s hot and what’s not. What are the major food and beverage manufacturing trends on tap for 2020? Visit our Food & Beverage page to learn more about how we can help you succeed in an industry dominated by trends.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon said the development center in Helsinki will work alongside Amazon staff at the Amazon Scout R&D lab in Seattle, as well as teams in Tubingen, Germany, and Cambridge. The engineers will begin by developing 3D software to emulate the “complexities of real life.”

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Consumers Demand Supply Chain Accountability Down to the Last Straw

Material Handling & Logistics

In the case of Monster beverage, which finished last in the KnowtheChain ranking of companies for supply chain accountability on slavery and human trafficking, 20% of the shareholders voted for a proposal asking the company for transparency on these issues. And in July 2018, Seattle imposed the first U.S. Portland, Ore.,

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2021 Supply Chain Challenges: The Top 5 Lessons Learned + Tips from 11 Industry Experts

ToolsGroup

And having multiple smaller warehouses in strategic locations can enable you to do this – especially in the beverage industry. We then opened a distribution center in Seattle to use their ports up there instead of the ports in Long Beach and Los Angeles, which are extremely backed up.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

The actions, which port employers say include work slowdowns and failure to report to cargo terminals from Southern California to Seattle, have stalled shipments ranging from inbound consumer goods to outbound agricultural commodities since late May. The agreement paused dockworker job actions potentially through the end of this week.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

Panera’s goal for the system is to give employees “more time to devote to other tasks, such as helping customers, and to make sure coffee drinkers enjoy every sip of their beverage.” This will be another interesting trend to watch. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Walmart in the news: Walmart steps up automated store distribution.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 28 – October 2, 2015)

Talking Logistics

enVista Unveils New Direct Store Delivery Solution for the Beverage Industry. Amazon Flex is available now in Seattle. Also this week, enVista announced the release of a new direct store delivery (DSD) system called Stack Sleeve designed to make beverage delivery faster and easier. You can work as much or as little as you want.