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Ensuring Supply for Restaurant Chain During COVID-19

June 19, 2020

Challenge: Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, a U.S. restaurant chain faced unprecedented factors and unknowns, creating product volatility within its supply chain.

Food Producer Achieves Significant On-Time Delivery Improvements With Red Classic

June 17, 2020

Red Classic

Challenge: A large U.S. food producer was incurring sizable on-time, in-full delivery fines due to late deliveries to a large retailer. The producer’s objective was to contract a dedicated carrier that could provide 97% on-time delivery out of its highest-volume distribution center — moving its overall on-time delivery metric into acceptable range and avoiding costly penalties.

Scaling Up Delivery Operations Safely and Efficiently

June 17, 2020

Kushal Nahata, SCB Contributor

Growing too quickly can cause delayed deliveries, inefficient inventory management, overworked drivers and disappointed customers.

Three Benefits of Collaborative Freight Technology in a Pandemic

June 3, 2020

Nick Darmanchev, SCB Contributor

The COVID-19 crisis is creating a sharp divide between the haves and have-nots of cloud-based logistics management.

The Race to the Freezer: Europe’s Food Glut Has Nowhere to Go

June 1, 2020

Bloomberg

Demand for cold-storage space has surged after bars, restaurants and sports venues closed, leaving their suppliers hunting for new customers or somewhere to store the unsold food. Products like vegetables and meat that are usually sold fresh are now competing with frozen food staples for the same storage space.

FedEx, Microsoft Join Forces Against Amazon for Package Shipping

May 20, 2020

Bloomberg

FedEx and Microsoft are teaming up to provide commercial shipping customers with early warnings of delays from weather, traffic and other mishaps, giving the courier and the software maker another weapon as each competes with Amazon.

How Shippers Can Offset Risk During the Pandemic

How CPG Shippers Can Offset COVID-19 Risk

May 1, 2020

Andrew Lynch, SCB Contributor

Consumer goods companies must ensure their supply chains remain in the driver’s seat.

Business Continuity in the Age of COVID-19

April 23, 2020

Pierbridge

Working from home, employees may be wasting time and money mailing contracts to customers, sending samples to prospects or managing even routine shipments — while businesses quickly lose enterprise visibility. A cloud-based multi-carrier management solution can help maintain centralized control.