Supply chain visibility (SCV) is the ability of parts, components or products in transit to be tracked from the manufacturer to their final destination. According to TechTarget, the primary objective of SCV is to improve the availability of data...

Most food and beverage companies know they need to evaluate their suppliers on a wide range of supplier behaviors, but for a lot companies, this effort has been historically very labor-intensive. Because it has taken so long to compile...

With the final rules for FSMA quickly approaching, it's important to start prepping your organization now rather than later. And while the prep work involved in becoming fully compliant with FSMA can seem like a mountain to climb, one way to...

Big Data is not a new term, nor is it a new concept for those of us in the business world. By definition, "big data" refers to "data sets that are too large and complex to manipulate or interrogate with standard methods or tools." Like many...

As the TraceGains Customer Conference 2014 enters its second and final day, attendees fill the ballroom, eager to learn from their peers about innovative uses of TraceGains, and to discover some of the new advancements TraceGains has made and...

Throughout the food industry, most, if not all, scorecarding of suppliers is driven by the constraints of purchasing and cost accounting systems. Supplier scorecarding provides valuable insight into the quality and reliability of a supplier and...