The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) is the benchmark that food safety programs try to live up to. Several food safety programs are GFSI compliant, including Safe Quality Foods (SQF), British Retail Consortium (BRC), Food Safety System Certification (FSSC 22000) and International Featured Standards (IFS). When designing and building a new distribution or production facility… Read more »

SAFETY FIRST! Keeping the products in your warehouse safe is a top priority in the cold storage industry, and so is employee safety. Interstate Warehousing is proud to have a strong safety record, and it continues to improve. One of the highlights of the last year involves Interstate Warehousing’s Denver facility. IWI Denver received the… Read more »

Our Suffolk and Detroit client – Evans Distribution Systems, a full service third-party logistics provider of warehousing, transportation, staffing and value added services has designated Michael Rushing the Organizations Safety and Compliance Manager.  Rushing was previously working with the Transportation team managing DOT compliance and the Driver recruiting process. Todd Shattuck now assumes Rushing’s previous… Read more »

Hello from D. M.  Bowman, Inc.  and Bowman Logistics.  We are a privately-held, financially sound, asset-based 3PL.  Our experience, handling a wide variety of products allows us to share that expertise with our clients.  We would appreciate the opportunity to participate in any Requests for Proposals (RFP) that involve Warehousing, Distribution, 3PL, Truckload (van, flatbed &… Read more »

Plastics manufacturer PTM developed plastic crates and a plastic pallet for the Latin American soft drink and beer markets. Next stop, North America? What do you do if you’re a plastics manufacturer and your parent company in the soft drink and beer industries is in need of a better plastic crate and pallet? If you’re PTM,… Read more »

When it comes to Sustainable Initiatives many businesses today end up talking the talk.  The industry term for this is Greenwashing. To achieve firm Sustainability, action and results require out of the box thinking. Usually, when IN the box thinking occurs on this subject, the proverbial can gets kicked down the road. Consequently, we can either kick the sides… Read more »

The field of federal government subcontracting is all about the details, follow through, and proper execution of the work.  Subcontracts can be very complex and sometimes require a team of people to work on, evaluate, and manage.  There are six key considerations which prime contractors and subcontractors should look at for every contract. First, consider the terms and conditions of the contract, be… Read more »

Located at 401 Kentile Road, this new facility will be built on the adjacent land prior to the 501, 601, and 701 complex entrance.  This area has already been prepped and cleared for future expansion and will now be the new location for our Restaurant Depot account. At 103,765 square feet this temperature controlled, state… Read more »

The global retailer re-launched in North America and built a new multi-channel supply chain from the ground up with the help of its existing 3PL partner. When Hermes-OTTO International — a global trading and sourcing company specializing in fashion, home living, and leisure products — sought to re-launch its Bombay Company brand in North America,… Read more »

Following its mid-March proposal to mandate usage of electronic logging devices (ELDs) in commercial trucks, which was largely endorsed by large carrier companies and shippers, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today issued a notice of proposed rulemaking, entitled “Electronic Logging Devices and Hours of Service Supporting Documents” in the Federal Register. The notice… Read more »