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Italian Schools Use RFID Tech to Optimize Meal Distribution

Five public schools in Casamassima, a city in Italy's Apulia region, are using a radio frequency identification solution to identify children as they arrive, and to automate the ordering and payment of each child's lunch. Since the system was taken live in fall 2013, the technology has reduced the amount of labor for school personnel, ensured that food isn't wasted due to over-ordering and enabled parents to make lunch payments online.

Airfreight Industry Moves to Smaller Freighters

In recent years there has been a slimming down, as it were, regarding freighters – a turning away from the jumbo 747s and 777s and toward the squat 737s and svelte 757s. The e-commerce revolution, especially in Asia, requires smaller freighters to make more frequent stops. But because there are no current programs to build narrowbody freighters from the factory, customers must rely on companies providing passenger-to-freighter conversions.

Should You Build Your Own Supply Chain Execution Software or Partner With a Vendor?

The past was a simpler time for distribution operations. Technology was relatively straightforward. The supply chain wasn't "always on." There was no such thing as omnichannel distribution. That's hardly the case now.

Supply-Chain Alignment: Finding Meaning in a Buzzword

What is this thing called supply-chain alignment?

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CVS Quits U.S. Chamber Over Group's Effort to Fight Antismoking Bans Worldwide

The CVS Health Corporation, the parent of the CVS drugstore chain, said on Tuesday that it would resign from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce after revelations that the chamber and its foreign affiliates were undertaking a global lobbying campaign against antismoking laws.

Transportation Top Worry of CPG Supply Chain Execs, Report Finds

Eighty percent of CPG supply chain leaders say transportation is now their greatest worry, according to a report by The Boston Consulting Group and the Grocery Manufacturers Association, A Hard Road: Why CPG Companies Need a Strategic Approach to Transportation.

Great Things Happen When IT Meets the IoT

The Internet of Things goes by many names.

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Amazon to Create Its Own Discount Shopping 'Holiday'

Move over, Black Friday. Here comes Prime Day. Amazon has created its own selling holiday.

Implementation and Consulting Services Can Determine the Success of Software

Challenge: One of the largest privately owned health food distributors was operating with a replenishment system that could not keep up with the growth of the company. They needed a best-of-breed Inventory Optimization system that could create accurate forecasts and manage their highly seasonal product line and could be implemented using their existing systems.

Entegreat Joins EY's Smart Manufacturing Services

Entegreat has joined member firms of EY in the U.S., Canada and Costa Rica.

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Air, Maritime Groups Urged to Advocate Using Drones for Search-and-Rescue Missions

The IMO and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) should encourage cooperation between governments, research centers and companies to develop unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for search and rescue use, says Captain Abdelkhalik Kamal Eldin Soliman Selmy, a lecturer in the nautical department of the Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport in Egypt.

Got (Too Much) Milk? U.S. Dairy Businesses Pour It Out as Glut Threatens Market

There's so much milk flowing out of U.S. cows these days that some is ending up in dirt pits because dairies can't find buyers.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

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