Materials handling & storage and supply chain > Supply chain & traceability (RFID/barcodes)

Americold opens temperature-controlled facility in WA

26 March, 2024

Americold continues its expansion in Australia with the recent opening of its facility in Spearwood, Western Australia.


Meeting tomorrow's demands in the food & beverage industry

19 March, 2024 by David Rubie, Industry Logistics Manager, Dematic

For companies to compete in Australia's $23 billion food and beverage industry, they must understand and overcome many challenges.


Food supply chain thefts rise in 2023

22 February, 2024

Food continues to be the commodity most at risk of theft in the global supply chain, according to BSI's Supply Chain Risk Insights Report 2023.


Schütz Info-ID QR code for IBC labelling plate

24 January, 2024

The Schütz Info-ID gives IBC customers and users direct access to additional product and application-specific information via a QR code.


Driver safety initiative for the dairy industry

11 December, 2023

An Australian road driver safety initiative has been designed by NTI to help reduce dairy tanker rollovers.


Nestlé to move shipping needs to sustainable fuels

07 December, 2023

Nestlé, working with three large shipping companies, will move the equivalent of half its global shipping needs to alternative, lower-emission fuels.


Raising frozen food temperature for decarbonisation

01 December, 2023

Research has suggested that standard frozen food temperatures could be changed by just three degrees, from -18 to -15°C, to save carbon dioxide emissions.


Unilever to share ice cream reformulation patents with industry

10 November, 2023

Unilever has announced it will grant a free licence to the ice cream industry for its ice cream reformulation patents that have been trialled in warmer freezer cabinets.


Manufacturers urged to crack down on food safety

25 July, 2023

LRQA has urged manufacturers to increase focus on change management to ensure supplier approval processes remain effective, following food safety concerns.


Roundtable talk: food industry supply chain challenges

19 July, 2023 by Cameron Greening, Senior Vice President, Sales ANZ, Fortude and Bruce Heaney, Strategic Sales Director, Infor

A recent roundtable discussion among major food and beverage executives emphasised the importance of collaboration to overcome common issues such as the supply chain.


Balluff BVS ID Optical Ident Sensor

11 July, 2023

The Balluff BVS ID Optical Ident Sensor is designed to read barcodes, 2D codes and DMC codes to improve identification tasks.


NCS Australia FreshFocus Enterprise Resource Planning solution

30 June, 2023

FreshFocus is an ERP solution, built on Microsoft technology, tailored to meet the challenges faced by the fresh food supply chain industry.


Aussie eggs made safer with traceability tools

01 June, 2023

A project enabling traceability in the Australian egg industry has concluded, having created resources to help farmers implement on-farm traceability systems.


Use-by dates could be past their use-by date

21 March, 2023

Forget expiration dates, a graduate research student has developed a miniature pH sensor that can tell when food has spoiled in real time.


Food industry bucks the 'inventory crisis' trend

05 December, 2022

A new report of independent Australian food suppliers shows they're profiting from a domestic model of holding less stock, despite previous supply chain woes during the pandemic.


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