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The US FDA’s Phase-Out of Synthetic Food Dyes – Supply Chain Impacts & Challenges

Logistics Viewpoints

From raw material sourcing to logistics and regulatory compliance, stakeholders across the value chain will need to prepare for structural adjustments. Sourcing and Ingredient Availability A central impact of this policy is the need to replace synthetic colorants with natural alternatives.

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Casey’s General Stores Supply Chain Team Contributes to Strong Financial Results

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Headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa, the retailer has over 37,000 employees. Whereas many of their competitors’ source from wholesalers like McLane or Core-Mark, Casey’s supplies their stores with groceries, food, health and beauty aids, and general merchandise from the distribution centers (DCs). Williams explained.

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Technology Alone Won’t Integrate Your Supply Chain with Paul Jensen

The Logistics of Logistics

To have a truly integrated supply chain companies need to have a supply chain partner that will couple the technology with the people and physical assets (trucks, terminals, warehouses, etc.) Paul Jensen is a graduate of Iowa State University earning a Bachelor of Science in Physics. required to be effective and efficient. About Ruan.

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PepsiCo’s Massive, Complex, and Difficult Greenhouse Gas Initiative

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The company is also accelerating deployment of its Geo Box delivery system, which replaces bay delivery trucks with specially designed trailers that are pre-loaded at the warehouse. Scope 1 emissions include direct emissions from the company’s owned and controlled sources. PepsiCo has farmers they directly source from.

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Jaro Caban: “Establishing S&OP is a challenging journey”

Supply Chain Movement

It’s hard to imagine that Cargill began as a grain storage warehouse in Iowa, USA, in 1865. We look at where we need to enhance our technology program, optimize transports and warehousing, segment and increase services to our customers, all within the matrix of improving the global supply chain.

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The Rise of Women in Supply Chain: Career Choice

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Deep knowledge of procurement, sourcing, vendor management, and category management in different categories. She holds a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University and an MBA from the University of Northern Iowa, blending technical acumen with business savvy.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 19 – 25)

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Farmstead serves up online grocery ‘warehouse in a box’. Amazon has announced that it is converting warehouse space in Slovakia, previously used to fulfill customer orders, into a massive humanitarian aid hub to get much-needed supplies to refugees fleeing the war in neighboring Ukraine. And adjust they have. That’s all for this week.