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Fancy Food Show 2015 is the largest specialty food trade event in North America and the leading showcase of industry innovation, bringing specialty foods top manufacturers, buyers, and thought leaders together under one roof for three days of delectable discovery, June 28 – 30.  2015 will feature more than 180,000 products, 25,000 buyers, and 2,500… Read more »

Grand Rapids, Michigan based transportation and warehousing provider adds Process Improvement engineer with over 10 years experience to expand upon its continuous improvement program. Columbian Logistics Network, a Grand Rapids, Michigan based provider of transportation and warehousing, is pleased to announce the hiring of Alan Haynes as Process Improvement Engineer. Haynes comes to Columbian with… Read more »

We are members of Food Shippers of America and go to see their May 11, 2015 Newsletter: http://www.naylornetwork.com/fud-nwl/newsletter.asp?issueID=37324    

One recent morning, Ivan Sandul, a 28-year-old truck driver from Sacramento, Calif., found himself wishing there was an app to make his job easier. After driving a load of machine parts more than 3,000 miles from California and dropping it off in Canada, he was up at dawn, working the phone from a parking spot… Read more »

Lee Neal, Director of Transportation Services, M&W Distribution. Lee joined M&W Distribution Services in 2014 and is responsible for all of M&W/Fastway Terminals’ transportation operations. His experience in the logistics industry spans more than 30 years, ranging from OTR trucking operations to managing 3PLs in the food industry. Lee’s talent is his ability to analyze… Read more »

By Can A. Dogan – From Supply Chain Quarterly Companies work hard to reduce inventory and increase order-fill rates, yet many continue to experience erratic, stagnant, or declining inventory performance. The comprehensive approach outlined here can help them achieve the improvements they seek. The supply chain executive was puzzled. “If I were to combine the promised inventory… Read more »

1. What is your company all about? We are the largest 3PL company in Mexico, with 20 years of experience, 21 warehouses in the country, and 1,200 employees. The company is divided into four branches: Freight and Distribution Storage Maquila International Trade 2. What makes your company different than other companies in your industry? We provide… Read more »

Interstate Warehousing and Tippmann Group are pleased to announce a major expansion project at Interstate Warehousing’s largest cold storage warehouse in Indianapolis (Franklin), Indiana. The 309,000 square foot expansion will be the largest expansion at one time that this facility has ever seen, and it will add more than 48,000 pallet positions in order to… Read more »

There are an abundance of terms used when talking about a warehouse management system (WMS). Each of those terms could also have varied definitions based on who you ask.  In order to sort this debacle out, we have listed some key terms that you should know when it comes to Warehouse, Inventory, and Distribution Management…. Read more »

In the rest of the world, transportation infrastructure is about more than getting people from point A to point B: It’s also a tool to stimulate local employment and industry. A longstanding federal policy has kept American transportation agencies from using their construction and procurement programs as spark plugs for local economies. Last month, Transportation… Read more »