How the industry can avoid future supply chain disruptions through digital transformation.

Understanding the global vegetable oil complex starts with a firm grasp on the fundamentals underpinning prices for different specific oils. 

For locating facilities, operators look for geographical areas with an employable workforce and adequate logistics.

For the second time in as many years, FE’s annual Food Automation and Manufacturing Conference was held quite successfully on line—rather than in person—due to the persistent COVID-19 pandemic.

Recent trends caused mostly by the COVID-19 pandemic have put the squeeze on food processors and the supply chain to get food where it needs to go. Now as some states and cities are “opening up,” restaurants and other food service establishments are beginning to see their business increasing, which will mean a gradual shift in the supply chain—something that most processors and logistics providers will be able to handle, compared to a year ago when supply chains broke everywhere.

A look at how supply chains have been disrupted and affected by the ongoing pandemic, and what processors need to know to adapt.

When Inter-County Bakery Supply, a family-owned bakery supply distributor in Deer Park, N.Y., needed to modernize its process and automate its capabilities, they decided an ERP solution from VAI that would offer the most bang for their buck.