Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 1, 2025

For example, with a data gateway, a supply planner gains accelerated access to customer orders, inventory levels, and transportation schedules, all in one place, to increase the user experience of making the right choice to identify inefficiencies and make better, more informed decisions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

For example, coordinating inventory management systems with demand forecasting tools. • Walmart’s Blockchain for Food Traceability Walmart leverages blockchain technology to enhance food traceability.

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Kinaxis

MAY 16, 2025

What food and beverage companies need to know about tariffs: Lessons from Canada sharkins Fri, 05/16/2025 - 09:53 Tariffs have been a constant threat since the beginning of 2025, but one sector has felt the impact more immediately than most: consumer packaged goods. goods were “ rapidly dropping.”

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 7, 2025

With its recent acquisition of Orderbot, a distributed order management solution, OneRail is integrating inventory and order management capabilities to enable store-shelf-to-doorstep visibility. OneRail’s platform includes order management, inventory management, and real-time visibility.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Beer and food industries are particularly affected by the shortages of aluminum cans as most customers prefer take-home packaging. The post Editor’s Choice: Aluminum Can Shortage Defines a New Normal for Food Packaging appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. To read the full article, click HERE.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2025

Businesses are responding with production shifts, supply chain diversification, inventory stockpiling, and trade route adjustments in efforts to lessen the financial burden and avoid long-term instability. Retailers and e-commerce giants like Amazon are stockpiling key inventory, preparing for potential further trade restrictions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2021

These planograms are used as an input to determine the inventory to be assembled on a pallet that needs to go on the trailer, to be delivered to a certain store, all in the right sequence. The post Efficient Frozen Food Distribution: Inside the Build-out of Two Automated Facilities appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Optimization is peak efficiency, using the perfect balance of inventory and resources to service customer demand without incurring any unnecessary costs or waste. Optimizing is meaningless without an inventory optimization objective. This is a common goal for food and beverage companies. Wait, What?

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Logility

AUGUST 11, 2020

The global food and beverage supply chain has been stressed to the breaking point by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Shelter-at-home and the mandatory closing of non-essential businesses has led to restaurant bankruptcies in record numbers, pouring milk down the drain and fields of rotting produce that were destined for food service businesses.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 26, 2025

Safety Stock: Navigating Supply Chain Volatility Through Strategic Inventory Planning Demand volatility represents a critical challenge for supply chain executives today, with safety stock emerging as a key strategic tool to mitigate market uncertainties. Forecast Inaccuracy Strategically offsets errors in predicting future demand.

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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Fast forward to today and apple picking, hay rides, hearty food, and sipping on drinks with friends have become the perfect way to enjoy the simple pleasures of autumn. How do you keep food plenty and mugs full? This is where inventory meets the supply chain.

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Logility

DECEMBER 15, 2023

From harvest to hands, the food & beverage (F&B) industry leaves no room for guesswork, especially without supply chain optimization software. Otherwise, inventory positions can become misaligned, leading to suboptimal revenue generation and needless waste. The time is ripe to move forward with supply chain transformation.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

For 58 years, food and beverage and consumer goods manufacturers have battled for dominance, from chips and wings to soda, beer, party supplies, and even aluminum foil for food storage and DIY trophies. Since 1967, the fiercest competition on Super Bowl Sunday hasnt been on the fieldits been in the marketplace.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 13, 2025

The food and beverage industry is a dynamic, ever-evolving sector in which manufacturers are continuously seeking ways to optimize production and reduce costs in the face of shifting consumer demand and preferences. Thats a tall order for food and beverage manufacturers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 25, 2024

To make the point, let’s examine the food retail network, as shown in Figure 1, over the last decade. With slim margins and ever-increasing inventories, companies invested less in capital assets. Today, this network operates with less capacity and ballooning inventories. The industries in this value chain lack resilience.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

JUNE 10, 2025

Do Embrace Technology and Data : Use real-time data for demand forecasting, inventory management, and route optimization. Do Set Clear KPIs and Governance Structures : Establish transparent metrics for sales, coverage, and service levels. Regular reviews and joint business planning foster accountability and trust.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JULY 31, 2023

The food and beverage (F&B) industry has always been highly responsive to changes in consumer behavior, but rising food prices have brought about new challenges—pushing manufacturers to search for new ways to adapt and remain competitive in a rapidly changing market. What is an example of sustainable food?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Predictive analytics tools enabled by AI are helping organizations optimize inventory management, reduce downtime, and improve demand forecasting. Walmart has partnered with IBMs Food Trust blockchain network to improve supply chain transparency, reducing food recall times from days to seconds.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 31, 2024

In our work with Georgia Tech using data from 1982-2023, we find that the R² of the Regression analysis of Cost-of-Goods Sold/Inventory Turns when compared to correlations of Operating Margin/Inventory turns to Market Capitalization/employee is 40-65% lower. For additional insights check out our presentation at Informs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Nearly eight in 10 (78%) consumers consider food waste, likely out of a desire to minimize spending. Lower-income consumers and those using food assistance programs care the most about food waste as a purchase driver—again, suggesting it is a response to higher prices.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 19, 2022

Grocery trade group prepares for 2023 launch of stricter food tracing regulations. billion in inventory that “if we could just wave a magic wand, we’d make it go away today,” said chief financial officer John David Rainey. Walmart estimates that inventory is still 15 percent above optimal levels. Kinaxis acquires MPO.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2021

COVID-19 triggered an unprecedented surge in panic buying of food, beverages, hand sanitizer, toilet paper, and other essentials. The demand caught off-guard those retailers and suppliers who relied on just-in-time inventory practices. COVID-19 exposed vulnerabilities in food supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

NYC passes bill to cap food delivery fees. Toy makers fear that although the demand for toys will be there this holiday season, the physical inventory will not. Food delivery has soared since the beginning of the Covid pandemic. The measure is part of a package of bills aimed at regulating the food-delivery industry.

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RFgen

JANUARY 16, 2025

That’s where manufacturing inventory management software comes in. In this ultimate guide, we’ll break down everything you need to know about manufacturing inventory management software. Its your single source of truth for inventory, constantly updated and readily available.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2023

In October of 2019, I wrote about the food supply chain being at risk. I wrote that a major threat to the global food supply chain is the risk of airborne pathogens. In 2023, the food supply chain is still facing a number of issues and supply chain disruptions are limiting product availability and driving up prices.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 4, 2023

By land, by air, by sea – transit organizations know the competition is fierce for retaining customer loyalty, requiring inventory management strategies that balance consumer needs with sustainability initiatives and business goals. These companies understand that one bad experience could jeopardize future sales.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 13, 2025

Operates a modern, technologically advanced fleet of 150 tractors and 900 food grade dry vans, providing dependable support to logistics and pallet divisions. .: Offers national pallet management services, acting as a single source for pallet supply, retrieval, and tracking. Bettaway Beverage Distributors, Inc.: Bettaway West, Inc.:

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Technology Integration : Use of technology in logistics, inventory management, and supply chain tracking has helped improve efficiency and transparency. Sustainability : Amul focuses on sustainable practices, promoting eco-friendly methods among farmers and minimizing waste throughout the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2023

I am currently doing research on inventory management. In the research, I ask inventory planners to define resilience. Of the twenty companies interviewed, only one can answer the question, “Do you have a good inventory plan?” No technology in the market measures inventory health. Today, this is not the case.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Let’s Start With a Discussion on Inventory. When we look at table 1, we see burgeoning inventories in some industries and extreme shortages in others. We are not good at inventory management. Inventory Levels Over the Quarters of the Pandemic. Companies struggle to have the right inventories. The end result?

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DELMIA Quintiq

JULY 7, 2021

Fast forward from that time when an “ice cream-like food” originated in China in 618-97 AD to today. A key challenge is to not over-produce and stock up on excessive inventory while at the same time be ready for summer by securing on-shelf availability and fulfillment. Want to know more about that sweet treat? Here’s the scoop.

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ThroughPut

MAY 23, 2025

Leveraging powerful tools like Inventory Management Software , todays COOs gain real-time visibility, streamline operations, and make faster, smarter decisions that keep their businesses ahead of constant change. Invest in scenario analysis and ecosystem collaboration to anticipate and adapt to geopolitical shifts.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2021

Supply shortages, low inventory to sales ratios, and hiring lags are noted as factors at play. Data as recent as the end of June 2021 show that inventories remain below 1.3 Census Bureau announced the advance monthly sales for retail and food services sales for July. This Summer’s Sales, Prices, and Supply Chain Performance.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In addition, many companies are facing challenges with volatile demand requirements, short lead times, an inventory comprised of hundreds of brands and thousands of SKUs, etc. Many companies operating in industries such as retail, 3PLs, food and grocery, and healthcare have particularly demanding application requirements.

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My Office Apps

JANUARY 27, 2025

What is Inventory? A Comprehensive Guide to Types and Uses Inventory is a critical component of any business that deals with goods, as it forms the backbone of a company’s ability to operate efficiently and profitably. What is Inventory? Reduce excess stock and associated carrying costs.

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crisp

MARCH 27, 2025

The acquisition enhances Crisps analytics and food waste reduction capabilities and fuels expansion into fresh supply chains. “Integrating Shelf Engine’s comprehensive demand data into our platform will empower retailers and suppliers to make real-time inventory decisions that directly impact their bottom line.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Only four percent of companies compared to their peer groups improved balance sheet performance of growth, operating margin, and inventory turns. When compared to pre-recession years, we ended the decade with twenty more days of inventory. Days of Inventory Comparison. The first story is about a large regional food manufacturer.

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