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Supply Chain

Industry coalition urges President to prevent East Coast port strike

The group hopes to avoid disruptions to the supply chain

Shane O'Halloran

December 20, 2012

The group hopes to avoid disruptions to the supply chain.

Sustainability

Consumer Goods Forum, Sustainability Consortium announce global partnership

Partnership will be aimed at measuring sustainability.

Shane O'Halloran

December 11, 2012

Partnership will be aimed at measuring sustainability.

Does manufacturing still matter?

December 5, 2012

In opening remarks to the media during the recent Rockwell Automation Fair, Craig A. Giffi, Deloitte vice-chairman, US leader, consumer & industrial products, posed the question, “Does manufacturing still matter?”

TECH FLASH

Automating food production in the future

“TrendWatcher” raises eyebrows at Dutch Food Valley Awards

Jaan Koel

November 28, 2012

New food processes will create new products with novel and sometimes strange ingredients, keeping future populations from starving.

TECH FLASH

Adapting the supply chain for tomorrow’s food security

Droughts, lagging productivity and food price volatility threaten food security, and the supply chain must react accordingly.

November 13, 2012

Increases in the number of worldwide middle-class consumers and decreases in the number of companies in the supply chain further complicate worldwide food security.

TECH FLASH

Traceability systems needed to increase trust in food safety

A new study from Canada’s Conference Board says one step forward and one step backward in the supply chain is a simple, robust and cost-effective method of traceability.

November 13, 2012

Recalls in North America and around the world reinforce the need for a robust traceability system.

TECH FLASH

New ERP system improves processor’s operations

When an ERP system needs to be reprogrammed to keep up, a new system can save money in the long run

October 29, 2012

We shape our tools, and thereafter, our tools shape us … for the better.

Houston's high-rise gin

Kevin T. Higgins

October 4, 2012

The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union may be the only organization that has not saluted New Artisan Spirit Inc. for the design and execution of its Roxor gin bottle.

TECH FLASH