Tag: supply chain
2020 Insights: Supply chain challenges
- Produce Blueprints“The produce industry gets more complicated every day and customers want and should expect all of …
Of beer games and bullwhips in supply chain
- Analysis
The Beer Game, although fascinating, is not quite as much fun as it sounds, but it does provide an illustration for produce companies to maximize efficiency.
Chick-fil-A begins deliveries from its first company-owned DC
- General News
Chick-fil-A’s first company-owned distribution center in Georgia made its first delivery to a store this week.
Roundtable: The Evolution of the Produce Supply Chain Part 3
- Produce Blueprints
Without question, future produce supply chains will function differently than today. Solutions to current and pending issues will come from selective adoption of technological innovations.
Roundtable: The Evolution of the Produce Supply Chain Part 2
- Produce Blueprints
While produce companies have made great strides in fulfillment consistency, customer satisfaction, and supply chain safety, supply chain perfection is a never-ending quest. The dynamic nature of the industry means that operational consistency is today’s concern.
Roundtable: The Evolution of the Produce Supply Chain Part 1
- Produce Blueprints
We explored the evolution of overcoming current obstacles while preparing for the future with three experts who share 102 years of collective produce industry experience.
Top 10 Blunders #10 – Overestimating Internal Expertise
- Produce BlueprintsOver time, supplier networks expand to growers in other regions and countries, regulation becomes more cumbersome, …
Top 10 Blunders #9 – Resisting Change
- Produce Blueprints“That’s the way we’ve always done it” and “that will never work” are two perspectives that …
Top 10 Blunders #8 – Haphazardly Implementing Technology
- Produce BlueprintsThere is a dizzying array of technology available to help manage the fresh produce supply chain. …
Top 10 Blunders #7 – Disregarding Transportation Market Realities
- Produce BlueprintsThe current state of the transportation marketplace is unlike anything seen in the last two decades. …