Food and beverage - Articles - Page 142

Manufacturing Actually Accounts for Third of U.S. GDP, Not One Tenth, Research Suggests

February 19, 2016

Two measures commonly used by the government to measure manufacturing's overall impact on society are badly underestimating the impact of that critical sector. One is the proportion of gross domestic product for which manufacturing accounts. The other is the "multiplier effect," which measures the impact on other industries from an increase in economic activity by a specific industry.

Warehouse Creates Entirely New Revenue Stream and Increases Utilization 40%!

February 18, 2016

Challenge: A respected provider of direct marketing, printing and fulfillment services operates a ten-thousand-rack space warehouse. While their core business generally keeps their warehouse busy, the management team realized they had unused capacity. Their challenge was to find a fast, efficient way to increase their warehouse utilization.

Fifth of Large Food Manufacturers Surveyed Know Little or Nothing About Their Suppliers

February 18, 2016

Achilles

Food manufacturers across the globe have admitted failing to put in place basic safeguards to protect vulnerable workers in their supply chains - almost one year on from laws to stop slavery, child labor and unethical working practices.

Service Parts Operation Delivers: 500 Orders/Day - 40% Less People

February 17, 2016

Challenge: This service parts organization needed to handle over 500 orders per day and 170,000 items in their inventory. They needed to move from a paper-base to automate through system-directed processes, gain real-time visibility and tracking of parts and orders throughout their supply chain.

TMS for Multi-Modal Inbound Logistics and Improved Spot Bidding

February 17, 2016

Challenge: Help a leading protein processor with: Increased demand from vendors seeking customer assistance in securing equipment; Insufficient visibility for auditing spot market spend; Inability to convert frequent spot lanes to routed lanes; Inefficient manual processes prone to error

TPP: A New Era of Trade, or the Monster Spawn of Nafta?

February 16, 2016

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Can we predict the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by examining the track record of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta)? Well, maybe.

Hapag-Lloyd Adds 3,000 Reefer Containers to Fleet

February 16, 2016

Carrier Transicold

Hapag-Lloyd AG has added 3,000 refrigerated containers to its fleet.

Zurich Unveils Mobile App for Rapid Response to HazMat Spills

February 16, 2016

Zurich Insurance Co. Ltd.

Zurich Insurance Co. Ltd. has launched the Zurich Environmental Emergency Response (ZEER) mobile app.

Kroger Plans to Expand Its Online Grocery Option

February 11, 2016

Fierce Retail

Kroger is set to offer a click-and-collection option at 10 Michigan stores by the end of 2016. ClickList, the brand's e-grocery service with curbside pickup, launched at one store in December and expanded to a second store this week.