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Keeping Food Supply Chain Moving

The FDA is working to update dn protect the nation's food supply chain, reports Supermarket News. 

The Food & Drug Administration today unveiled the New Era of Smarter Food Safety, a strategic blueprint to bolster protection of the nation’s food supply that builds on the nearly decade-old Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

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Global Distribution Network for Vaccine Key

According to the World Economic Forum, while it is critical to find a vaccine for the coronavirus, it is equally important to have a global distribution network in place to deliver the vaccine. 

Finding a coronavirus vaccine is key, but finding a way to distribute it on a global scale will be equally crucial.

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Lexmark Achieves Supply Chain Security Certification

Lexmark, a global imaging solutions leader, today announced it has achieved the ISO 20243 standard, becoming the only printer manufacturer to gain this supply chain security certification.

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FarEye Partners with Blue Yonder to Enhance Logistics Execution, Collaboration, and Visibility

FarEye, the leading predictive logistics SaaS platform to help predict, plan, manage and optimize supply chains, has announced a partnership with Blue Yonder, a leading digital fulfilment platform provider.

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Supply Chains Should Embrace Technology

Supply chains will need to embrace digitization and other technologies in order to grow the logistics sector, reports Financial Express.

As disruption becomes the new normal in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic, leveraging the potential of technology and digitalization will be central to driving the growth of the logistics sector. 

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Companies See Value in AI in Supply Chain

Despite managers viewing artificial intelligence as a tool that could be helpful in their companies supply chain, only 25% actually use artificial intelligence in their chains. 

A high percentage  (43%) of senior decision-makers at mid-market discrete manufacturers identified artificial intelligence (AI) among technologies likely to have the greatest impact on supply chains over the next three years, according to a study by Delaware, a technology solutions company. 

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Radio Frequency Helps Track Vaccine

RFID is playing a part in the fight against Covid-19, reports Supply Chain Dive.

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology made a comeback in recent years, in retail, airline logistics and baggage tracking and in healthcare.

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GS1 US Now Offers Standard Color and Size Codes

GS1 US now manages and maintains the GS1 US Color and Size Codes, a database that allows suppliers, manufacturers and retailers to codify product color and size, enabling more consistent and efficient data exchange in retail. Formerly managed by the National Retail Federation (NRF), the color and size codes are available electronically for either a $250 one-time purchase from GS1 US or via three GS1 US Solution Partners: OpenTextInterTrade and SPS Commerce.

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New Collaboration Bring Blockchain to Seafood Supply

According to ARC, there is a new collaboration between IBM and a Norwegian Seafood company to bring blockchain technology to the seafood industry. 

IBM and Sjømatbedriftene, the Norwegian Seafood Association, announced a new cross-industry collaboration to use blockchain technology to share supply chain data throughout Norway's seafood industry to provide safer, better seafood to consumers worldwide.

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Pandemic Spurs Change to Touchless

The global pandemic is accelerating companies' plans to incorporate touchless technology, reports Warc.

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing a reappraisal of much of the technology we use in public spaces and is also accelerating automation efforts in logistics and the supply chain; a recent report predicts the market for next-generation logistics systems in Japan is set to more than double to ¥651 billion from 2018 to 2025.

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