The COVID-19 crisis has radically altered the largest global retail category, food and beverage, and the post-pandemic market may very well prove to be the historic tipping point in the digital transformation of the grocery sector.

Written by SmartSense | September 20, 2021 | Food Safety, Supply Chain, Grocery

This post is the second in our series about how grocers are dealing with the legacy of COVID-19 in a post-pandemic market. In this post, we look at the issue of sustainability, and how consumers and business remain committed to their goals.

Written by SmartSense | September 14, 2021 | Food Safety, Supply Chain, Grocery

This post is the first in a series of three that look at how the grocery sector is dealing with the legacy of COVID-19 in a post-pandemic market. In this first post, we focus on the broken supply chain and see how the public sector is trying to fix it, in large part by recommending digital technologies.

In the second post, we survey how grocers are committed to sustainability goals despite the ongoing challenges of...

Written by SmartSense | September 2, 2021 | Food Safety, Supply Chain, Grocery

In a previous post, we discussed the importance of each stage of the supply chain doing its part in minimizing food safety risk. The federal government created the Food Safety Modernization Act in 2010 as a culmination of past food safety laws, taking a more proactive approach.

Ten years after its passage, FSMA continues to revolutionize the food industry. For detailed year-by-year updates to the law, you can visit...

Written by SmartSense | June 1, 2021 | Food Safety, FSMA

As the U.S. enters the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the great news is that vaccination programs are now in Phase 2 in most states across the country. Pharmacies, supersites, clinics, hospitals, and community centers are all working overtime to inoculate the population at large and return our lives back to a sense of normalcy. From a business perspective, here at SmartSense, we approached the pandemic as a...

Written by SmartSense | March 26, 2021 | Supply Chain, Pharmacy

Please visit the CDC website for information on when you will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. 

As the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps over the country from coast to coast, the recent news from Pfizer and Moderna of a successful vaccine candidate is the good news we’ve all been waiting to hear. When the pharmaceutical companies get final FDA approval, they will face two enormous challenges:...

Written by SmartSense | November 30, 2020 | Pharmacy