Remove Food Remove Israel Remove Manufacturing Procurement Remove Transportation
article thumbnail

How the Food Blockchain is Bringing Tech to the Table

Zipline Logistics

Though it may sound far off, companies in the food and beverage supply chain are rapidly adopting blockchain platforms as a means of creating visibility, traceability, and efficiency. The blockchain is a digital ledger that records information about virtual transaction s like the date, time, dollar amount, and parties involved in purchases.

Food 52
article thumbnail

This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

But in terms of transportation, the impacts won’t just be on fuel prices. FourKites , a provider of real-time transportation visibility solutions, has a big data set around transportation. While rising gas prices drive up the price of transportation, rising natural gas prices also affect global supply chains.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Top 8 Industries Affected by The Red Sea Crisis in January 2024

Resilinc

This disruption affects various industries, including suppliers for global retailers and car manufacturers. The British Retail Consortium warns that higher transportation and shipping insurance costs could lead to delays and price hikes, potentially affecting product availability over the coming months.

article thumbnail

24 supply chain experts & business leaders reveal the #1 challenge of supply chain management (and how to solve it)

6 River Systems

“They have multi-sourced key commodities or strategic components to reduce their reliance on any one supplier, and they had considered inventory strategy to buffer against supply chain disruption.” Also, globalization presents another hydra-headed challenge for your procurement network. How to solve it?

article thumbnail

Q3 Economic Indicators and Statistics

American Global Logistics

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%. Next, the index for all items less food and energy rose 0.3% The all items−less food and energy−index rose 4.1

article thumbnail

Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Revenue data is sourced from the companies’ websites and market research platforms such as Macrotrends. The company has operations in more than 40 countries and specializes in integrating different modes of transport in logistics solutions. Tsukumo Shokai Shipping company was founded transporting passengers from Yokohama to Shanghai.

article thumbnail

How Blockchain Can Transform the Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

It takes days to make a payment between a manufacturer and a supplier, or a customer and a vendor. Whether for industrial equipment, consumer goods, food products, or digital offerings, supply chains have headaches a-plenty. For supply chain, it could be payment, warehousing, transport or delivery. Provenance. Meat traceability.