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Grocery Retail
How Sustainable Modular Solutions Accelerate Growth in Grocery Omnichannel
What was once an ugly word for grocers resistant to change, omnichannel now represents untapped opportunity for growth. For grocers, the promise of the omnichannel is here to stay.
Hiring
Ulta Beauty's Jennifer Kobus Keynote Speaker for 2024 Women in Supply Chain Forum
Trucking
Factors Influencing the Cross-Border Market’s Peak Season
Grocery Retail
Demand for Frozen Food is Increasing. How Can Companies Keep Up?
Expert Columnists
Can AI Tech Attract Gen Z to a Logistics Career?
Cold Chain
The Advantages of Zone Skipping for Temperature-Controlled Freight
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Ocean Ports & Carriers
How Baltimore Bridge Collapse Continues to Impact Shipments
Baltimore is running out of freight to pick up due to the lack of inbound shipments, so the containers at port have been sitting for a while.
Warehousing
Nominations Close June 7 for 2024 Women in Supply Chain Award
This award recognizes female supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments set a foundation for women in all levels of a company’s supply chain network. Submissions close June 7!
Webinars
SCN Summit: State of the Supply Chain
June 4, 2024
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Register now to hear from experts from McKinsey Co., FTR Transportation Intelligence, NetStock and Trailer Bridge talk all things transportation, company culture, Generative AI and more.
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Mentorship Programs
Women in Supply Chain: Manifest's Pam Simon Talks Embracing the Supply Chain Journey
Pam Simon, conference chair and EVP of programming for Manifest, hosted by Connectiv, named one of our 2023 Women in Supply Chain award winners, talks relationships, work-life balance and embracing the journey.
Risk/Compliance
Business Leaders Align New Strategies to Offset Risk
Business leaders across various sectors share positive outlooks, believing that their businesses are strong and that American competitiveness can be fortified through local investment, cross-sector cooperation, and a commitment to sustainable practices.
Trucking
Rate and Performance Benchmarking Tool for Freight Shippers
DAT Freight & Analytics introduced DAT iQ Benchmark, an update to its transportation rate and data analytics service for freight shippers.
Grocery Retail
How Sustainable Modular Solutions Accelerate Growth in Grocery Omnichannel
What was once an ugly word for grocers resistant to change, omnichannel now represents untapped opportunity for growth. For grocers, the promise of the omnichannel is here to stay.
Automation
Automation and Robotics Solve Complex Tasks
Food Logistics talks exclusively with David Latona, president and CEO of Tompkins Solutions, about how companies can now utilize automation and robotics to solve the more complex tasks.
Hiring
Ulta Beauty's Jennifer Kobus Keynote Speaker for 2024 Women in Supply Chain Forum
Jennifer Kobus, SVP, supply chain planning and operations for Ulta Beauty, will serve as Keynote Speaker for this year's Women in Supply Chain Forum.
Featured Videos
Mentorship Programs
Women in Supply Chain: Manifest's Pam Simon Talks Embracing the Supply Chain Journey
Pam Simon, conference chair and EVP of programming for Manifest, hosted by Connectiv, named one of our 2023 Women in Supply Chain award winners, talks relationships, work-life balance and embracing the journey.
FLOG Video Library
Women in Supply Chain: ALOM's Lisa Dolan Challenges Conferences to Make a Stage for Diverse Panelists
Cold Storage
Rock Stars of the Supply Chain: Ndustrial's Charles Tuck Talks Carbon Neutrality in Cold Storage
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Rock Stars of the Supply Chain and Pros to Know: Container Maintenance, Marino Group's David Miller Talks Worker Safety
Food Safety
Rock Stars of the Supply Chain: PLM FLeet's Don Durm Details Food Safety Best Practices
Automation
Rock Stars of the Supply Chain: enVista's Thomas Stretar Talks Warehouse Automation
Supply Chain Visibility
Cyberattacks, Labor Shortages, Oil Prices Top Threats to Supply Chains
According to the new Board 2024 Global Planning Survey, 73% of decision-makers are taking planning more seriously, with the Ukraine War, cost-of-living crisis, and ongoing supply chain disruptions acting as key catalysts.
Trucking
Factors Influencing the Cross-Border Market’s Peak Season
Besides normal seasonality, several factors may influence cross-border demand, supply and rates during this critical period.
Software Solutions
Quloi Streamlines Supply Chain Workflows
Quloi announced a product update designed to improve visibility and streamline collaboration across the supply chain.
Grocery Retail
Demand for Frozen Food is Increasing. How Can Companies Keep Up?
Learn more about how these innovations such as leveraging digital twins, computer vision, and machine learning are overcoming key industry challenges.
Software Solutions
The Future is Warehouse Execution Systems
Food Logistics talks exclusively with Ann Marie Jonkman, senior director, global industry strategies, Blue Yonder, about how having visibility into real-time data from every point of the operation is imperative for enhancing adaptability.
Air Cargo
Air Cargo Posts Fourth Month of Double-Digit Growth
Global cross-border trade and industrial production increased by 1.2% and 1.6%, respectively, in February.
Expert Columnists
Can AI Tech Attract Gen Z to a Logistics Career?
There is hope to make careers in the warehouse a strong fit for Gen Z, but companies must act soon and embracing better technology for their workers should be their first step.
Trucking
Fruition Logistics Debuts New Fleet of Trucks
Fruition Logistics, operating under the name FLEX, launched a fleet of state-of-the-art trucks and trailers.
Cold Chain
The Advantages of Zone Skipping for Temperature-Controlled Freight
Zone skipping for perishable freight offers shippers a way to save money while ensuring their freight gets there faster, safer, and more sustainable.
Trucking
How Business Flexibility and Sophisticated Data are Reshaping Fleet Operations in 2024
Organizations with transportation fleets must adapt financial strategies, budgeting/forecasts, and operational approaches to mitigate the impact of volatility in the economy.
Supply Chain Visibility
Walmart Luminate to Create Data-Driven Supplier Growth
Walmart introduced the Walmart Luminate Insights Activation, a new self-serve integration with Walmart Connect that complements its existing advanced targeting.
Last-Mile
ChargePoint Releases an Enhanced Integrated Charging Experience for Fleets
ChargePoint announces enhancements to its software offering which enables electric and mixed fuel fleets to find, use and pay for charging from a single application.
3PL/4PL
4 Tips All Shippers Should Follow This Produce Season
To help successfully plan for your reefer needs this year, it's important to understand why produce season affects capacity everywhere — not just in produce regions — and for everyone — not just produce shippers.
Risk/Compliance
U.S.-German Partnership Faces Loss of Trust but High Expectations
Declining optimism since 2022 may reflect a sense of disappointment rather than entrenched pessimism, as expectations in the partnership remain very high.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
North American Transborder Freight up 7.5%
Recent data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reveals North American transborder freight was up 7.5% in February 2024 from February 2023.
Agriculture
Online Training Resource to Aid Companies in Achieving Ethical Supply Chain Goals
The Accountability Framework initiative (AFi) launched an online training resource to aid companies in achieving their ethical supply chain goals.
AI/AR
3 GenAI Misconceptions Impacting Supply Chain Talent
Chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) may be overly optimistic about the potential of generative AI (GenAI), and these misconceptions could have a negative impact on their talent strategies, according to Gartner, Inc.
Grocery Retail
U.S. E-Grocery Sales to Grow 3 Times Faster Than In-store Sales Through 2028
Overall grocery sales in the United States are forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.6% through 2028, considerably slower than the 5.6% posted over the five years ending in 2023.
Trucking
Baltimore Bridge Collapse Underscores Critical Importance of Modernizing Interstate Highways
From 2022-2050, freight moved annually in the United States by trucks is expected to increase 93% in value (inflation-adjusted dollars) and 47% by weight. U.S. business logistics costs reached $2.3 trillion in 2022, representing 9.1% of U.S. GDP.
Fleet Management
Alexis Asks: Safer Trucking for Future Drivers
Managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant asks industry experts about various topics developing in the supply chain. Campaigns like Distracted Driver Awareness Month further the importance of staying focused and alert at all times while behind the wheel.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
What Shippers Need to Know: Why Emissions is Key to Sustainability
Measuring and understanding scope 3 emissions takes time and a trusted partner, and reducing emissions tends to require more long-term solutions.
Automation
Loading Dock Communication System
APS Resource introduced the APS&GO 2.0 loading dock communication system.
Regulations
Global E-Invoicing for Businesses Facing European Compliance Challenges
TrueCommerce announced its global e-invoicing and Continuous Transaction Controls (CTC) solution that enables organizations to keep pace with the constantly changing legal requirements across the globe and support compliant electronic invoicing.
Trucking
Transition to BEV for Long-Haul Trucking to Cost $1T: ATRI Research
While both renewable diesel and battery electric vehicle pathways have implementation costs, a new report from ATRI concludes that relying on BEV to decrease CO2 emissions is nearly six times more expensive than RD.