DC Velocity - Burris 2020

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4 Complex handling needs?
Here’s what to look for in
an ideal 3PL partner
BY SARA SPECTER

Complicated handling and transportation needs are prompting producers, shippers, and retailers to look for service partners that can help them optimize their supply chains. Here’s what organizations should look for when evaluating potential third-party logistics service providers.

9 Looking to the cloud for
real-time produce visibility
BY JIM MCMAHON

As consumer demand for fresh produce grows, so do the distribution challenges for suppliers and retailers. Third-party logistics specialists with advanced produce monitoring and tracking capabilities can help ease the pain.

12 Infographic: From farm
to plate—A strawberry’s
journey
BY DIANE RAND

A strawberry’s end-to-end supply chain journey might seem simple when production occurs in a home garden—plant, pick, consume. But keeping delicious, quality products in homes year-round is much more complex. It requires a competent and trustworthy partner with the talent, digital infrastructure, and solutions to deliver the goods.

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15 New breed of 3PLs help
frozen-food e-tailers get chill
BY JIM MCMAHON

For e-retailers marketing chilled and frozen food products, speed, quality, and accuracy are just the starting points. They’re now finding it takes highly customized—even personalized—fulfillment service to keep customers happy. A new breed of 3PLs can help them do that.

19 Blockchain and the
fresh-food supply chain
BY JIM MCMAHON

Seven supply chain industry experts weigh in on blockchain, sharing their unique perspectives regarding challenges and adoption, with a focus on the fresh-food supply chain.

27 How prepared is your supply
chain for the unexpected
BY SARA SPECTER

Not all surprises are good ones. Some are downright disruptive to the point of negatively impacting the customer experience—and the bottom line. Here are four steps companies can take to increase supply chain resiliency and better mitigate risk.