Bar codes have been with us for a while now and their application makes tracking products and processing sales simple. For grocers it has meant the demise of the label gun and the need to update price stickers every time costs changed. But the traditional bar-type label has been supplanted by the higher density QR code that can store much more information in smaller spaces and now a new innovation lets suppliers put code directly on edible products. Read more...

Your supply chain has changed over the last couple years. Chances are that you’ve made technology improvements on your end but even if you haven’t changed a thing, some segments of your chain have changed and while each tech improvement likely made a positive change for the company that implemented it, you may not be getting any of the benefits. Here are the technologies that are creeping into the supply chain and what you should look for so you might be able to leverage those improvements for your own benefit.

The TCJA or Tax Cut Jobs Act of 2017 is in full swing as companies try to first understand its short term and long term implications on their operations and then apply the advantages to their businesses. The Institute for Supply Chain Management (ISCM) conducted a survey of manufacturing and non-manufacturing companies to assess how much executives understood about the TCJA and how they envision its affects on their companies.