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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

Procuring transportation for freight is much different than any other procurement category. Transportation procurement needs to support both customer service and a company’s internal supply chain goals. Simmons Foods Simmons Foods is a farm to fork poultry manufacturer. The freight market is mercurial.

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Navigating The River of Demand

Supply Chain Shaman

This large food manufacturer used a popular technology to forecast monthly using orders as an input. The large food company operated regionally. To fill the time in the agenda, I developed the River of Demand exercise. So, I asked for a break and reorganized the room to facilitate my first river of demand exercise.

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Editor’s Choice: 8 Supply Chain Planning Challenges Retailers Will Face In 2022 And Tips To Overcome Them

Logistics Viewpoints

for toilet paper, pasta, canned food, and disinfectant sprays. Then as we slowly started going out and getting used to the new normal, people realized that public transportation was not the best option because of virus transmissions, which increased the demand for cars. this experience has changed how we dress and exercise.

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The Batch Food Traceability Survival Guide

RFgen

Overview: Food Traceability Is a Growing Compliance Challenge. Calculating the Cost of a Food Recall. Additional Food Traceability Resources. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first exercised new powers granted under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) to shut down processing at the Sunland Inc.

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Russia’s War in Ukraine Impacts the World

Enterra Insights

2] Whether you view the West’s response to Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine as a fight for democracy or an attempt to secure the global food value chain, it’s clear that most Western leaders understand how critical Ukraine’s agricultural sector is to the rest of the world. Grain, like oil, is fungible.

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Supply Chains Finally Get the Attention They Deserve

Enterra Insights

… As the effort continues to mature, DOT will work with the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increase data transparency for containerized shipments of agricultural products in the United States, efforts that can help producers and sellers avoid disruptions that can increase food prices. Creating a smart manufacturing plan.

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The Green Corridor – From Gray to Green – Possible Answers For Our Ocean Plastics Conundrum

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Rubbish found included Styrofoam, food packaging, face masks, plastic bottles, cigarette butts, and many other items that should never have gone into the ocean to begin with. But relying on people to hand-pick ocean trash on weekends is an exercise in futility. Timothy Foote. Founder of SUSYMBIO.

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