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F.D.A. Warns Whole Foods on Failure to Address Food Safety Problems

Prepared foods are an increasingly important part of the grocery business, delivering fat margins at a time when sales of traditional packaged foods are lackluster. But the strategy also comes with serious risks.

Livingston Facilitates Finely-Tuned Global Shipping For Manufacturer of Acoustical Products.

Challenge: As the market leader in the design, manufacture and installation of custom acoustical ceiling and wall products, our client requires reliable global shipping for its success.

How to Reduce LTL Freight Costs and Improve Service

Challenge: Dock scheduling, warehouse management, visibility and reporting. Client warehouse and co-packing facilities created disruptions thus increasing costs. Shipment release, scheduling conflicts and regular missed pickups. Lack of ability to manage LTL carrier contracts, manual carrier rates and service metric ranking.

Renewed Freight Payment and Audit Relationship Strengthens Supply Chain

Challenge: After working with a large manufacturer to manage their freight bill audit and payment, the client chose to move the business to a logistics provider to support these and other supply chain needs. After a period of time with the company, however; they determined they were not receiving an adequate return on investment for the services.

End-to-End Supply Chain Strategy Drives Significant Business Results

Challenge: A large electronics company tripled in size in part because of more than 100 acquisitions; this company lacked visibility across their hundreds of factories and distribution centers.

As Much as 30 Percent of Inventory Could Be Dead or Obsolete

Quite often, even among well-run businesses, the actual costs of inventory are inaccurate, underestimated and incomplete. While most resellers know they have dead inventory, many are unaware of just how much. Studies show that in even well-run companies, anywhere from 20 to 30 percent of inventory is dead or obsolete.

Administration Faulted on Tracing, Combating Fraud in Seafood Industry

The Obama Administration's proposed traceability rule to address seafood fraud in the United States does not increase transparency for the majority of the seafood sold in the U.S., and it should be expanded to include all seafood and extended through the full supply chain.

Chemical Industry to Be Transformed by Continuous Collection, Analysis of Data - PwC

The advent of continuous data collection and analysis has the potential to change the face of the chemical industry, and will create the need for platforms allowing companies to analyse a material throughout its value chain, consultants at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said.

China Inches Closer to Tougher Oversight on Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

China's efforts in good manufacturing practice certification in 2015 showed a continued shift toward warning letters even as the overall number of reviewed applications fell by more than half.

Investment Urged in Tracking Technologies to Protect Consumers From Food-borne Illnesses

One in six Americans get food-borne diseases each year with 3,000 of those cases resulting in death. Food and beverage retailers are strategizing to avoid such risks for consumers while keeping their profit margins intact. A report from IDC urges them to invest in tracking and other technologies.

Shortage of Truck Drivers Becoming Significant Problem

For the past 15 years, America's trucking industry has periodically dealt with a shortage of truck drivers, but in 2016 this issue has ballooned into a full-blown problem that doesn’t appear to be going away any time soon.

Standard Launched to Measure, Manage Food Waste

Food loss and waste costs businesses billions of dollars each year and it generates about 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for the carbon footprint of food produced and not eaten.

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