The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 7, 2023

Alexis Mizell-Pleasant and Joe Lynch discuss the next frontier in food logistics. Alexis is Managing Editor at Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive. Food Logistics and sister publication Supply & Demand Chain Executive also operate SCN Summit and Women in Supply Chain Forum.

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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. This reality is compelling F&B companies to rethink their strategies and approach to supply chain optimization and demand planning.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 31, 2024

How should a global manufacturer make a decision? And how can supply chain planning help? In one project, I am interviewing over fifty supply chain leaders on their perceived impact of advanced planning, what makes a good plan, and how effectively they use the technology. What defines a feasible plan?

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Elementum

AUGUST 29, 2022

The global food supply chain has grown exponentially over the last few decades, creating complexity and challenges that translate into empty store shelves and a lack of basic provisions. Today, we will look at the importance of supply chain management in food production and some solutions to prevent further crises.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The holiday season has started and for most cultures, this means enjoying food with family and friends. Food traditions differ a lot across different holidays (e.g. but the meals have one thing in common—there is always excess food and leftovers. Food waste has become a major global problem with real consequences to the planet.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

However, we rely heavily on the agricultural and food service sectors to ensure that the products we put into our bodies are safe to eat. If they’re not safe, they shouldn’t be called food. Food safety is currently a hot topic. ” It should be pointed out that food safety is not just an American challenge. .”

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 6, 2024

As I noted in a previous article, if products aren’t safe, they shouldn’t be called food.[1] 1] To bring attention to this important topic, World Food Safety Day is organized jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) and is celebrated on 7 June each year.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 24, 2024

An unimaginable amount of food is wasted every year. billion tons of food every year.”[1] The RTS staff reports, “The United States discards more food than any other country in the world: nearly 60 million tons — 120 billion pounds — every year. pounds of food waste per person sent for disposal. .”

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QAD

APRIL 4, 2024

Updated: April 4, 2024 Published: July 17, 2021 In today’s competitive food and beverage marketplace, events occur and challenges arise that impact the normal course of business. In essence, today, these are for the most part just part of the normal day to day business of food manufacturing.

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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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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. Background The Council of Supply Chain Resilience met for the first time this month. What is supply chain resilience?

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

This award honors female supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments, mentorship and examples set a foundation for women in all levels of a company’s supply chain network. Every year, this award continues to amaze me.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 14, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic severely exacerbated the shock to the Global economy.Global and Regional Trade and related Supply chains experienced unprecedented disruptions. The pandemic exposed major supply chain vulnerabilities affecting the Manufacturing, Industrial Logistics , Commercial sectors as well as Food Security challenges.

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AB&R

JUNE 11, 2024

They are generally caused by consuming contaminated food or beverages and result from bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances. New Challenges Continue to Emerge: Significant progress has been made in food safety practices and regulations, but other factors are now contributing to the risk of foodborne illness outbreaks.

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Synovos

MARCH 5, 2024

Overhauled MRO Strategy Propels UK Food Manufacturer to Save Millions, Boost Productivity For most companies, the COVID-19 pandemic presented a significant challenge in managing operations. One food manufacturer based in the UK was among those to successfully manoeuvre through the pandemic and beyond.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2024

Goodman titled “ The Supply Chain, Reconfigured.” ” His narrative centers on the evolution of the global supply chain evolving with a focus on labor arbitration ignoring geographic distance and shipping issues. Traditional supply chain practices are no longer best practices. Let me explain.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

According to McKinsey & Company partners, Daniel Aminetzah and Nicolas Denis , the world could be facing a significant food crisis in the near future. Supply chain strains. The world’s food systems are uneven, fragile, and only becoming more fragile with the climate crisis.”[2] They explain, “The pandemic.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 25, 2022

Against an already turbulent backdrop of global inflationary pressures amid rising food and energy prices and disrupted supply chains following the coronavirus pandemic, the war between Russia and Ukraine is exacerbating supply and demand tensions, damaging consumer sentiment, and is threatening global economic growth.”[1]

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Logility

AUGUST 12, 2021

Higher income, less waste, better quality, and improved food security are among the benefits of the farm-to-fork movement growing worldwide. After the COVID-19 pandemic exposed serious vulnerabilities, companies needed to take stock of their existing food systems. million gallons of milk daily. Preparing for Market-Driven Demand.

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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. Plant shutdowns due to outbreaks of COVID-19 and widespread shortages of imported food products have further aggravated an already stressed out F&B supply chain. The F&B Silver Lining.

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DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 6, 2020

In any regular year, manufacturers of seasonal foods such as ice cream, beer and BBQ meat have to deal with uncertainty because consumption of their products are highly dependent on food trends and the weather. Demand planning, however, gets even tougher for manufacturers with the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

.” Whether you eat to live or live to eat, one thing you don’t want to eat is tainted food. ” Unfortunately, detecting tainted food is not always as easy as noticing its color. Once a tainted food source is discovered, it’s important to know where it came from and where else it might be found. ”[2].

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 25, 2023

Tomorrow, 26 April 2023, is international Stop Food Waste Day. According the Stop Food Waste Day website , “Stop Food Waste Day is the largest single day of action in the fight against food waste. Food waste only exacerbates the challenge — and it’s everywhere. ” Why all the fuss?

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Synovos

MARCH 11, 2024

The Benefits of Outsourcing MRO Integrated Supply Chain for Food Manufacturers When RS Integrated Supply first started managing Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) for one US food manufacturer, the client was a fledgling company. “I

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 5, 2023

The food and beverage industry faces a complex assortment of challenges today. Manufacturers must ensure adherence to regulatory compliance, strike a balance between efficiency and profitability, maintain unblemished food safety records, and guarantee customer satisfaction.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

There are growing worries about global food security. Earlier this year, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, stated, “This year’s food crisis is about lack of access. Next year’s could be about lack of food.”[1] ”[1] When lack of food is a concern, food waste should also be a concern.

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QAD

JULY 13, 2023

If food manufacturers want to stay ahead of the competition today and into the future, they have to leverage advanced tools and systems that can optimize processes and deliver real-time insights. By migrating to a cloud-based ERP system, food manufacturers can streamline and automate various processes, leading to increased efficiency.

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QAD

JUNE 4, 2020

COVID-19 has disrupted manufacturing operations worldwide. The automotive industry was shut down and many other manufacturing sectors have been severely impacted. The food and beverage industry is no exception as manufacturers have been impacted in a number of areas. Recovering operational stability.

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QAD

JUNE 4, 2020

COVID-19 has disrupted manufacturing operations worldwide. The automotive industry was shut down and many other manufacturing sectors have been severely impacted. The food and beverage industry is no exception as manufacturers have been impacted in a number of areas. Recovering operational stability.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

SSI SCHAEFER On Track to Open Singapore’s Largest Fully Automated Cold Storage at Tee Yih Jia Food Hub in Q1 2022. Spanning more than 100,000 pallet positions of frozen storage racks, TYJ’s food factory and warehouse storage facility sits on a land area of 40,000 m².

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Kuebix

JULY 28, 2020

Food and beverage companies produce and distribute essential products every day. The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in food shoppers buying supplies for a longer period of time (ex. The post Unique Challenges Facing Food & Beverage Supply Chains appeared first on Kuebix. Practicing new skills […].

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QAD

MARCH 26, 2020

How Do Beet Sugar Shortages Affect Food and Beverage Manufacturers? A great deal of beet sugar is used in food and beverage manufacturing. And this decline is impacting food and beverage manufacturing. What Can Food Manufacturers Do During an Ingredient Shortage? Very interesting statistics.

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Synovos

DECEMBER 5, 2023

US Food Mfg. They were a new company that had taken over an existing manufacturing plant and lacked the infrastructure needed to keep the facilities in good working order, whether that was buyers to order parts or an accounts team to manage the purchasing process. What do we need to keep the plant running? Interested in our services?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2023

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York , nearly three years after Covid-19 was declared a pandemic, supply chains are back to normal. Actually, when looking a bit closer at the numbers, supply pressures actually fell below normal. In October of 2019, I wrote about the food supply chain being at risk.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

5 Megatrends Shaping Supply Chain Innovations. In these times of global turmoil, there are five (5) important megatrends shaping supply chain innovations in the coming years, namely in e-fulfillment, sourcing, food and agriculture, labour intensive operations, and halal supply chain management.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 1, 2022

The International Food Information Council (IFIC) staff writes, “As the world begins year three of the COVID-19 pandemic, we find ourselves in a decade that proves the adage, ‘The only constant is change.’ ’ The food system is hardly immune to turmoil.”[2] Food and Beverage Trends. ”[7].

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2024

As vice president of supply chain and procurement, Mr. Wengert was brought in to drive change. Hospital chains’ approach to procurement lagged far behind the practices employed by manufacturers, retailers, and distributors. “We In manufacturing, engineers are typically at the top of the food chain.

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