Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

ERP software for the food industry comes in a range of shapes and sizes, but what should you look for when you’re thinking about using it for your business? Here we cover the 10 most important features to look for in your food manufacturing software so you can achieve product consistency, production efficiency, and regulatory compliance.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 14, 2023

All items, less food and energy “core CPI” came in at 4.8 Over the course of the two-day shopping event, Prime members purchased more than 375 million items worldwide. In the past 10 years, warehousing and distribution centers have experienced tremendous growth with more than 1.9 percent year-over-year.

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As we move forward in the digital age, it’s becoming increasingly important for businesses of all sizes, from mom and pop shops to large corporate entities, to streamline their warehouse order picking practices. This sentiment holds especially true for organizations who rely on warehouse staff or automated equipment to fulfill orders.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Yet one economic sector — food and drink — helps bring people together. “But according to a recent study out of the University of Illinois, even if you have never traveled around the United States, the food you eat (or at least elements of it) certainly has.”[1] Challenges facing the food supply chain. They are: 1.

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ShipBob

JULY 14, 2021

Ecommerce warehousing is more than just storing inventory on shelves. Bureau of Labor Statistics , the transportation and warehousing worker injury rate was 4.4 Unfortunately, warehouse injuries and fatality rates continue to rise. A quick history of warehouse safety guidelines & regulations. Download the Guide.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 26, 2016

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is detailed and complicated. What Is The Food Safety Modernization Act? The Food Safety Modernization Act is the biggest overhaul of food safety oversight in the history of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The goal is to make food safer from farm to fork.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

That includes packaging, warehousing, shipping, and more. The third-party logistics (3PL) industry — those that help businesses efficiently manage logistics across their supply chains (from 3PLs to truckers to warehouse managers) — represents an $800 billion industry on its own.” Logistics can help reduce costs.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 26, 2016

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is detailed and complicated. What Is The Food Safety Modernization Act? The Food Safety Modernization Act is the biggest overhaul of food safety oversight in the history of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The goal is to make food safer from farm to fork.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 26, 2016

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is detailed and complicated. What Is The Food Safety Modernization Act? The Food Safety Modernization Act is the biggest overhaul of food safety oversight in the history of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The goal is to make food safer from farm to fork.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

This system uses giant warehouses, lots of trucks, and even cool robots to move things quickly. We’ll look at their warehouses, their delivery tricks, and even how they use new technology to make things faster. The inner workings of logistics at Amazon are a marvel of efficiency, precision, and constant innovation.

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crisp

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The award recognizes Crisp’s Head of Supply Chain Barry Bradley’s leadership and innovation in the food supply chain – and the achievements throughout his career in retail & CPG that have come to shape it. Food Logistics has named Barry Bradley, Head of Supply Chain at Crisp, as one of their 2023 Rock Stars of the Supply Chain.

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Turvo

JANUARY 20, 2021

Reimagining the Food Supply Chain. While this may be fine for the nuts and bolts, it can pose some serious issues for more delicate products, specifically food. A Lack of Necessary Visibility One of the biggest challenges in the food supply chain is simply knowing where products are being stored.

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ThroughPut

JULY 5, 2023

What started off as toilet paper shortage in 2020 continues to show up in grocery and food retail even three years later. As per an IHL Group study , food retail and groceries are missing almost $1 trillion in sales due to these stockouts. Changing demand due to inflation. And the resultant empty shelves.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 12, 2020

Perhaps in search of a broader narrative, tech bloggers pointed out the general discomfort over food-making robot startups. The celebrated Softbank-funded pizza-making robot Zume ’s pivot to food-truck tech was deemed to be leading the decline, with Easta, CAFEX and other notables following. Labor is changing.

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RFgen

MAY 19, 2020

Food and beverage companies face inventory challenges from public scrutiny over food safety and granular government oversight. Public concern over food quality and safety continues to rise, causing intense government and regulatory oversight. Food habits are changing. Also Read: Got a License Plate for That Pallet? ».

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RFgen

MAY 19, 2020

Food and beverage companies face inventory challenges from public scrutiny over food safety and granular government oversight. Public concern over food quality and safety continues to rise, causing intense government and regulatory oversight. Food habits are changing. Also Read: Got a License Plate for That Pallet? ».

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Total Throughput Divided by Total Labor Cost Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg – Know for Sure and Take Control with a Warehouse Labor Management System. Not the best way to manage a warehouse either. Sitting in meetings, cleaning equipment, changing batteries, traversing the warehouse or taking breaks. Dead reckoning.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 20, 2022

We are seeing it now in terms of truck drivers and warehouse workers, and Walmart is an example of a company that has been trying to get ahead of these shortages by offering higher wages and on-the-job perks. Kroger’s foundation is funding food waste research. Wingcopter to deploy 12,000 drones across Africa.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

If you deal with products that have expiration dates, such as food items, improper inventory management can lead to significant losses. Warehousing expenses are often variable and depend on the amount of inventory stored. Inventory Control Techniques also help prevent issues like dead stock and spoilage.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Longbow Advantage’s main business has been doing warehouse management system (WMS) implementations. A few years ago, Longbow’s customers started to ask them to fix a problem they were having with their warehouse management systems. Warehouse professionals may need to overcome the objections of IT to using Rebus.

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Every warehouse strives for efficient order fulfillment. There are many factors that can impact costs, from warehouse replenishment practices to the warehouse equipment deployed to support the fulfillment process. ” Meet Our Panel of Warehouse Pros: Nate Masterson. Dave Masterson. Nate Masterson. MapleHolistics.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Amazon is already well underway with developing a two-hour delivery option for Prime members shopping at Whole Foods, asserts Dennis Green via Business Insider. This reincarnation of the Amazon Effect is forcing e-commerce fulfillment centers and warehouses to evolve in kind. GET YOUR COPY HERE.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

By contrast, the third-party logistics model is where a manufacturer retains oversight of its supply chain but outsources such processes as warehousing, shipping, packing, and distribution to a 3PL provider. The market is also growing across a wide range of commercial sectors, including the following: 1) Food and Perishables.

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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. In a cross docking system, goods are not stored onsite – making it different from warehousing Cross docking vs warehousing – what’s the difference? Why is cross docking used?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2024

In the past five years, companies have 5-10X the number of AGVs in their warehouses, but 40-60% more planners in corporate. We have successfully reduced warehouse labor, but planning is more labor intensive today, and less effective. This is what we will do in our upcoming course on building outside-in planning competencies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

PepsiCo is a very big company, the second largest food and beverage company in the world. PepsiCo generated $79 billion in net revenue in 2021, with 23 food and beverage brands that generate more than $1 billion each in retail sales. Those brands include Pepsi, of course, but also Lay’s, Quaker, Doritos, Cheetos, and Gatorade.

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American Global Logistics

OCTOBER 25, 2023

That’s why it’s important to steer your business on a steady course. Specifically, the index for all items less food and energy rose 0.3% The food index increased 0.2% The index for food at home increased 0.1% over the month, and the food away from home index rose 0.4%. And the food index increased 3.7

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RFgen

JUNE 8, 2017

Consumers are finding food choices difficult due to conflicting health information, according to recent polling. Though this is a task of grocery store managers, it starts early on in the food distribution process. 15 Million Americans Have Food Allergies. Food allergies are rather common these days.

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RFgen

JUNE 8, 2017

Consumers are finding food choices difficult due to conflicting health information, according to recent polling. Though this is a task of grocery store managers, it starts early on in the food distribution process. 15 Million Americans Have Food Allergies. Food allergies are rather common these days.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 4, 2024

Of course, returns fraud and abuse isn’t the only way retailers are losing money. Even Amazon has made some tiny adjustments in its famously returns-friendly policies, charging customers $1 for dropping off packages at a UPS store if they forgo drop-off at a Whole Foods or Amazon Fresh location closer to them.”[5]

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 28, 2022

He changed the course of the 2013 playoffs with his game-tying grand slam against the Tigers that sent Tori Hunter tumbling over the right field wall and into the Red Sox bullpen. The produce industry is warning that the US could experience similar disruptions based on the sheer volume of food imported from Mexico during the winter months.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Recent studies have shown that among the challenges frustrating warehouse and distribution centre managers this year, rising energy and labour costs are two of the most often cited. We hope the tips and ideas in this article will help you make inroads into warehouse energy and labour cost reduction.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Warehouse Management. Warehouse management of the IoT is built the same principles of overall IoT-based supply chain management. Meanwhile, the same technology for monitoring can be deployed to indicate potential problems in the warehouse, such as injured workers or damaged or contaminated food contents.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

During a normal Olympics, millions of spectators flock to venues to watch over 300 events unfold over the course of two-plus weeks. According to Mark Schurman, a spokesperson for Gordon Food Service: “there are also constraints in transportation, with real capacity challenges in moving product, whether in ports or overland trucking.”.

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Kanban Logistics

MAY 26, 2023

Product integrity means everything to producers of food and pharmaceutical products, so it needs to be equally important to providers of food and pharmaceutical storage facilities. Food and pharmaceutical products are sensitive items that don’t always play nice with others. What Is Cross Contact? Education of Associates.

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RFgen

JANUARY 16, 2019

As inventory volumes increase, warehouses still using traditional manual-entry processes are at risk of becoming overwhelmed. Too many warehouses continue to use outdated inventory management processes for handling large quantities of material. Of course, not all scenarios will be that extreme.).

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

They provide these solutions to some of the largest consumer goods and food & beverage companies in the world. For multinational consumer goods and food & beverage companies, service is typically 99%. The math is simple, a 13% reduction in service over the course of a year translates to a 13% drop in sales.

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