Over the past few decades, the supply chain market and logistics industries have gone through a makeover. It’s had a name change. It’s been recognized as a science and discipline - certainly more than in the past. And it’s risen to the forefront of many C-suites, as leadership can talk to it readily as an integral part of corporate strategy for the operations of many successful companies.

Written by SmartSense | December 3, 2019 | Supply Chain

During the holiday season, Americans throw out 25% more trash than the rest of the year. As you can imagine, Thanksgiving is the holiday triggering the highest percentage of food as part of this waste. If this year mirrors past statistics, we will collectively discard 35% – or 204 million pounds – of edible turkey meat. More than 150 million pounds of potatoes, green beans and other vegetable sides will find their...

Written by SmartSense | November 27, 2019 | Food Safety, Supply Chain

There's probably no greater retail revolution in our lifetime than Amazon’s remarkable ability to offer every product and numerous services you may need. Despite adding its Prime Day delivery and ambitious and aggressive promises, they seem to be holding their word well. But think of the increase in the number of parcels that are delivered to your doorstep every day due to the Amazon effect. Who delivers all those...

Written by SmartSense | November 20, 2019 | Supply Chain

In our previous post about inventory management during Thanksgiving, we touched on the importance of turkey as the key food product most in need of careful advance planning to optimize stock. In this post, we’re taking a deeper dive into the safety issues turkey raises along the cold chain.

Written by SmartSense | November 14, 2019 | Food Safety, HACCP, FSMA, Supply Chain

An often-overlooked function that transportation carriers and operators provide is meal delivery during and after a major disaster. When a hurricane strikes, wildfires consume a region, floods rush in, or an island is nearly devoured by dangerous winds and rains, much of the infrastructure of an area can be wiped out. The food that's available to survivors is either nonexistent or unfit for human consumption.

Written by SmartSense | November 12, 2019

As Thanksgiving Day approaches and grocery stores gear up to provide shoppers with all their holiday favorites – turkey, potatoes, green beans, pumpkins, and cranberries – most consumers don’t think about the immensely complex supply chain that delivers all these goodies to their tables. Come to think of it, many store employees probably aren’t fully aware of just how much is involved: from production on the farm...

Written by SmartSense | November 6, 2019