USC Consulting Group

JUNE 3, 2020

This includes food and beverage suppliers, packers, and manufacturers. Indeed, the pandemic and resulting economic downturn have impacted several major organizations, and as a result, led to a domino effect resulting in back orders and food shortages. “The food and beverage industry is ramping up efforts to adjust and adapt.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

Chad and I discussed the widespread labor constraints impacting warehouse operations across North America and Europe. In the warehouse context, a digital twin can be created to represent the physical layout, inventory, equipment, and workflows of a warehouse.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 25, 2021

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. Retail sales, including food services, increased 9.8% sequentially in March.

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 21, 2020

What does best-in-class forecasting and inventory management look like? Now in its ninth year, E2open’s 2019 Forecasting and Inventory Benchmark Study is the most consistent, comprehensive and useful study of its kind.

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Stord

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The partnership includes a multi-facility, nationwide fulfillment footprint, equipped with automation, robotics, and Stord’s proprietary inventory and order management software (OMS), to best serve Athletic Greens and its customers as the company grows.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 3, 2023

In creating the white paper, Reuters Events talked to leading companies – including Arla Food, AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Estee Lauder, and Fender – about how they’re building resilience into their global operations. This could be activating alternative sources, increasing inventory for contingency, or finding extra labor,” he notes.

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Synovos

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

I have spent a great deal of time talking to engineers, maintenance and procurement professionals involved in MRO,” says Will Brummett, Vice President of Sales, North America, for RS Integrated Supply. “I Calculate Total Cost of Ownership 68% said managed inventory services provided better visibility of stock and spend.

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Logility

MARCH 13, 2020

A retail industry analyst said the clients he is speaking with are scrambling around focused on near-term tactics to find inventory to place on shelves and serve consumer needs. Where will you place that inventory? The responses vary quite a bit. Just look at the long lines and empty shelves at grocery stores and big box retailers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2018

There is an active group in Europe and North America. 90% of companies are unable to drive improvement at the intersection of inventory management, operating margin and customer service.). B tons of food away a year. July 16th in North America (current thinking is Charlotte or Chicago. The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 18, 2018

The concept of the Effective Frontier is that best in class companies align functional metrics to balance growth, cost, inventory and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) performance while balancing customer service metrics. The cash-to-cash definition is: Cash-to-cash= Days of Receivables+ Days of Inventory-Days of Payables.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

This trend spawned chains like Trader Joes, Walmart, Whole Foods, etc. As the bricks and mortar retailer is attacked by eCommerce pure plays—Amazon in North America, Alibaba in China, and Flipcart in India—assortment and excitement in the store become paramount to lure customers. Current State of Perpetual Inventory.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 11, 2023

When Gema Verdin from Ajinomoto Foods North America was told that men don’t like smart women, she saw it not as something to overcome but something to reach past. Gema jumped on career-growing opportunities every chance she could so she could learn and improve her skills. Q: Tell us how you got to where you are today.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

In addition, retailers are struggling to move inventory initially ordered in the first quarter of 2022 to make way for back-to-school and holiday merchandise. Now, it’s also important to realize that produce grown in North America may not be subject to lockdowns in Shanghai, but there’s another factor at play.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Nigel Batchem , Senior Director of Planning at Amy’s Kitchen, a family-owned company that aims to serve food with the best quality ingredients, detailed the company’s supply chain planning puzzle and how its journey with Quintiq became a success. Pay attention to the Quintiq website over the next few months for more details.

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Vinculum

APRIL 8, 2020

When seller brands dream of penetrating the international e-commerce markets, they usually picture North America – and they have justifiable reasons for this: As of 2018, the average revenue per online shopper is the highest for the United States. Food & Drinks. The land of e-commerce. The United States ranks no.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

In the last five years, consumer products and food/beverage leaders faced different challenges. Overall, in the industry, there is more forward momentum in consumer products sector than the food/beverage peer groups. The race for excellence will be won on other continents than North America and mainland Europe.

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RFgen

JULY 6, 2014

Ascent Healthcare Solutions, an independent medical device reprocessor for many hospitals and healthcare providers in North America, clearly demonstrates the need for automation in the medical device industry. The post Why Medical Device Manufacturers Need Inventory Management appeared first on RFgen. At the same time, the U.S.

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RFgen

JULY 6, 2014

Ascent Healthcare Solutions, an independent medical device reprocessor for many hospitals and healthcare providers in North America, clearly demonstrates the need for automation in the medical device industry. The post Why Medical Device Manufacturers Need Inventory Management appeared first on RFgen. At the same time, the U.S.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Supply Chain Nation recently interviewed Gartner Research Vice President, Mike Griswold, on the current trends in food retailing. food retailers have been behind their European counterparts in implementing e-commerce strategies such as “click-and-collect.” That puts a number of pressures on food retailers. Should they pilot?

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 28, 2013

As part of our Expert Insights series, Supply Chain Nation recently sat down with Mike Griswold, Research VP at Gartner, to discuss current and future trends in the food retailing industry. SCN: What are the biggest challenges facing food retailers today? There are a lot of ramifications for inventory.

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 21, 2023

The plot revolves around an investigative murder against a backdrop of the devastation caused by the greenhouse effect—pollution, food shortages, depleted resources, poverty, and overpopulation—not much different from the issues we’re facing today. It featured a nightmarish tagline— Soylent Green is people.

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Synovos

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Look at the pay rates now being offered in places such as fast-food restaurants, he continues: “That’s what factories are competing with now, so labor rates are going through the roof.” People have an outdated vision,” observes Peter Olejniczak, General Manager for Operations in North America at RS Integrated Supply.

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Synovos

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Look at the pay rates now being offered in places such as fast-food restaurants, he continues: “That’s what factories are competing with now, so labor rates are going through the roof.” People have an outdated vision,” observes Peter Olejniczak, General Manager for Operations in North America at RS Integrated Supply.

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Locus

DECEMBER 14, 2021

What would Thanksgiving be without any fresh food and turkeys? If there is a special acknowledgement, it should definitely go to the field agents who delivered turkeys and fresh food before that special day. Inventories of frozen whole turkeys and turkey parts were 24 percent lower than 3-year average volumes.

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RELEX Solutions

MARCH 27, 2019

For the last year, RELEX has been working closely with Hannaford and Food Lion, local brands of Ahold Delhaize USA , on a pilot to improve forecasting and replenishment for fresh products. We’re of course focused on the numbers — accurately forecasting demand, increasing availability and optimizing inventory levels,” she said.

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RFgen

JANUARY 2, 2019

Discrete manufacturers use these solutions to better manage inventory and reduce costs. Process manufacturing mixes different elements to create products, such as plastics, pharmaceuticals, and food. Inventory errors often impact revenue, since they can lead to problems in accurate, timely order fulfillment.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Note that neither company is making progress at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. Performance of BMS and Merck at the Intersection of Inventory Turns and Operating Margin. Orbit Chart for Novo Nordisk at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns for the period of 2006-2015.

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Turvo

OCTOBER 14, 2021

There are various reasons for the high driver churn rate faced by the trucking industry in North America: Uncertain work hours : Drivers are expected to work for long hours depending on delivery schedules and timelines. One of the top ten issues raised by transportation CEOs in the poll was driver retention.

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RELEX Solutions

MARCH 20, 2017

Delhaize America has selected RELEX Solutions’ supply chain planning solutions to forecast and replenish perishable categories within its distribution centers, which service its supermarket brands Food Lion, with more than 1,000 stores in the Southeastern United States, and Hannaford, with 181 stores across New England and New York.

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ShipBob

JANUARY 23, 2023

Same-day delivery and last-mile logistics in North America is estimated to grow by $62.71 For growing brands like Ample Foods, partnering with a 3PL can alleviate the pressures of working directly with carriers. billion between 2023-2027. Stephanie Lee, COO at PetLab Co.

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RELEX Solutions

JANUARY 14, 2017

Ontario’s fastest growing fresh food retailer today announced that they have gone live with the RELEX supply chain management system helping to offer a superior shopping experience to its customers while reducing food waste. Farm Boy Inc. If a replenishment planning system can do that it can do almost anything.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2023

Andrew Lynch is President and Co-Founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. He works alongside clients ranging from some of the largest food and beverage businesses in the world to the brightest up-and-coming CPG brands in North America.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 20, 2020

Due to current marketplace disruptions and changing consumer demands, major retailers continue to adjust inventory requirements, adding even more complexity. Orders should be optimized based on your weekly freight mix, whether it’s frozen or refrigerated food, perishables, or confectionery shipments. Additionally, C.H.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 21, 2020

Due to current marketplace disruptions and changing consumer demands, major retailers continue to adjust inventory requirements, adding even more complexity. Orders should be optimized based on your weekly freight mix, whether it’s frozen or refrigerated food, perishables, or confectionery shipments. Additionally, C.H.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

These women are amazing in so many ways,” says Marina Mayer, editor-in-chief of Supply & Demand Chain Executive and Food Logistics magazines. Her team works with the commercial division to increase forecast accuracy, build strong supplier relationships and manage inventory at optimal levels. ATLANTA – Sept.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 6, 2017

and South America, collects, cleanses and commercializes logistics trade data from over 50 nations across 5 continents, including key markets in North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the European Union. According to the press release: Datamyne, primarily operating in the U.S.

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RELEX Solutions

JANUARY 23, 2019

Those included the ongoing price war, e-tail getting a bigger share of the market, the importance of fresh food management and more. Freshness, convenience, and ready-made foods. Convenience, takeaway food, meal kits, and ready meals are also a growing trend together with online grocery shopping.

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