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Sugar Beet Shortages Could Impact Food and Beverage Manufacturing

QAD

One October, when I was about 10 years old, my family and I traveled from the east coast of the United States to Michigan for a relative’s wedding. My mother, a Michigan native, told me that those were sugar beets and that they were used to make sugar. How Do Beet Sugar Shortages Affect Food and Beverage Manufacturers?

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Logistics and Supply Chain – 1940 to 2040 with Jason Miller

The Logistics of Logistics

Jason is a professor of supply chain at Michigan State University, which is ranked as one of the top supply chain schools in the world. Withrow Endowed Emerging Scholar at Michigan State University’s Eli Broad College of Business. About Michigan State University, Department of Supply Chain Management. About Jason Miller.

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Consumer Packaged Goods Manufacturers and Consumer-centric Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers and their end-customers constantly engage in a complicated dance that has no choreographed steps. Sometimes CPG manufacturers take the lead and sometimes consumers take the lead. Most business consultants today urge CPG manufacturers and retailers to become consumer-centric and demand-driven.

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20 Manufacturing Blogs Every Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Distribution, and Logistics Professional Should Read

GlobalTranz

If you are a regular reader of the Cerasis blog, you know our goal is to educate and inform those in the manufacturing, supply chain, distribution, logistics, and transportation space with best practices, trends, and industry news so that we can create a community of people. 20 Manufacturing Blogs You Need to Be Reading.

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Supply Chain Basics with Jason Miller

The Logistics of Logistics

Jason is a professor of supply chain at Michigan State University, which is ranked as one of the top supply chain schools in the world. Withrow Endowed Emerging Scholar at Michigan State University’s Eli Broad College of Business. About Michigan State University, Department of Supply Chain Management. About Jason Miller.

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Michigan: The New Hub for Battery Manufacturing

3PL Insights

Michigan has become a leader in attracting new battery manufacturing deals. Battery manufacturers are rushing to establish production in Michigan over the next few years. Gotion is a Chinese battery manufacturer that will be investing $2.36 Other Manufacturers. The Gotion Deal. The ONE Deal. This fund of $1.11

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How Locally Grown Products are Disrupting F&B Manufacturing

QAD

There is a developing trend that has been gaining steam in recent years that has the potential to seriously impact and “disrupt” food and beverage manufacturing. Smaller manufacturers are popping up all over the United States, as well as in other countries, to process and produce locally grown food products.