There was once a large grocery chain with over 1,000 retail locations who wanted to improve its business. Competition was growing, labor costs were increasing, and they needed to operate more intelligently than they had previously. Leadership was frustrated with the limited visibility they had into store operations. Management was frustrated with the time employees spent on routine, non-customer facing activities....

Written by SmartSense | September 25, 2019 | Pharmacy Safety, Food Safety, Connected Facility, Supply Chain

Continuing our celebration of Food Safety Education Month, we honor Harvey Wiley, an American chemist best known for his leadership in the passage of the landmark Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. He was also the first commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration, and the pioneer food safety champion who paved the way for today’s leading consumer advocates.

Written by SmartSense | September 19, 2019 | Food Safety

Continuing our celebration of Food Safety Education Month, in this post we honor Upton Sinclair (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968), the Pulitzer-prize winning author of more than 100 books. The novel that brought him the most fame, The Jungle, provided a fictionalized account of the horrific conditions at Chicago’s “Packingtown,” the center of the U.S. meatpacking industry at the turn of the 20th century. It...

Written by SmartSense | September 11, 2019 | Food Safety

September is National Food Safety Education Month! In honor of all those who help develop the food safety supply chain, we’re posting a 3-part series profiling three heroes who made history with their enormous contributions to food safety. We begin with Louis Pasteur, the namesake of pasteurization. He discovered a process that we take for granted today but saved untold lives since its introduction to food...

Written by SmartSense | September 3, 2019 | Food Safety

In the IoT revolution for supply chains, visibility has become the eighth wonder of the world. Visibility enables shippers, carriers, and anyone delivering goods to know where they are and how they are performing at any given time. In the past, such visibility has been delayed – and in some cases it still is. But we are entering the age where supply chain monitoring is done in real-time, continuously, for single...

Written by SmartSense | August 20, 2019 | Food Safety, Supply Chain

Every year since 1993, FRUIT LOGISTICA has hosted a global trade show serving the international fresh produce market. The show covers every sector of the fresh produce business to provide a comprehensive view of the innovations, products, and services along the international supply chain. The company also provides a trends report, often with a central theme. In 2019, this theme was "Surprises in the Store."

Written by SmartSense | August 14, 2019 | Food Safety, Supply Chain