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Keep up to date on what’s going on in the supply chain & logistics industry.
The Friday Report: August 7th, 2020
Food and Beverage Businesses Report that Innovative Partnerships Are Holding Industry Together The ability to be flexible and to notice potential opportunities has helped to forge new relationships and business models in the food industry. Companies that had operated...
The Friday Report: July 31st, 2020
General Mills Ramps Up Production by Outsourcing Supply chain disruptions have made it challenging for food manufacturers to replenish stores, even though production facilities have reopened and are working at full capacity. General Mills has reached out to contract...
The Friday Report: July 17th, 2020
Social Distancing Software in Use at Amazon Warehouses Amazon has put Distance Assistant, an innovative software designed to track if employees are effectively social distancing while at work in some of its warehouses. The new software uses camera footage displayed...
COVID-19 Shifts Grocery Supply Chain to 3PL Outsourcing
If there is one thing that businesses should have learned from the COVID-19 global pandemic is that their companies need to be agile enough to “roll with the punches”. Grocery store retailers have seen the light. Consumers, pushed by the pressure to remain safely at...
How the Grocery Supply Chain Works
Why has the issue of how grocery supply chains work captivated the public? Because during the recent global pandemic, consumers have come face-to-face with this issue on a nearly weekly basis. From shortages of toilet paper and meat to shelf stable favorites,...
The Friday Report: July 10th, 2020
Special Thank You to These U.S. Manufacturers for Stepping Up to Produce Essentials Like PPE and Ventilators Before the coronavirus global pandemic, most personal protective equipment (PPE) was manufactured outside the United States, making these essential goods...
The Friday Report: July 3rd, 2020
New CPG Contactless Delivery Task Force Launched The Consumer Brands Association announced the launch of a major industry effort focused on contactless delivery. The task force includes representation from 23 consumer packaged goods companies and will: Study the...
Onshoring U.S. Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: COVID-19, Congress and Puerto Rico Pharma Hub
With its significant investment in biomedical research, the United States is one of the foremost leaders worldwide in drug discovery, research and development, however, it is no longer as prominent in drug manufacturing. Over the past few decades, drug manufacturers...
The Friday Report: June 26th, 2020
Digital Transformation and Ability to Handle Omnichannel E-commerce Helps Retailers Wreaking havoc throughout the supply chain and retail industries, COVID-19 has rocked the boat for both online sales and brick and mortal retailers. The big box retailers that already...
The Friday Report: June 19th, 2020
Pocket Change Shortage Linked to Coronavirus Chalk this up to the law of unintended consequences. Apparently, there is now a coin shortage in the United States. Not only has COVID-19 disrupted retail supply chains but also the flow and distribution of currency,...