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How Locally Grown Products are Disrupting F&B Manufacturing

QAD

It means buying food that is sourced and/or grown within a geographical location that could be considered “local”. Some examples include sugar from Michigan grown sugar beets, cereals from midwest grain producing states, and potato products from Idaho grown potatoes. Is “eating local” the next-generation of the “organic” trend?

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19-23, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Apple in talks with miners to secure cobalt supplies: sources (Reuters). Procuring logistics services is not the same as buying paper clips, yet that’s how many procurement organizations approach it. Procuring logistics services is not the same as buying paper clips, yet that’s how many procurement organizations approach it.