Food Supply Chain – Coronavirus
The Rise of Robots in Restaurant Kitchens
The utilization of robots in the kitchen is a growing trend, and this is due to an expansion in artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing. As reported by Swamini Kulkarni of Allied Market Research, this shift to kitchen automation is […]
Automation in the Meat Packing Industry is on the Horizon
An article in the Wall Street Journal discussed the emerging technology of automation in the meat packing industry. This is no doubt a harbinger of more automation to come not just in this industry, but in all industries where human […]
The Negative Effects of Shifting Food Supply Chains
By Carson Powell Food suppliers are having to make the tough shift from restaurants to grocery stores as COVID-19 keeps restaurant doors closed. Rob Handfield, executive director of the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative and professor of operations and supply chain management, […]
Rob Handfield Predicts an Impending Meat Supply Hit
Experts are predicting a shortage in the meat supply in the coming weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the conditions in meatpacking plants. Rob Handfield, executive director of the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative and professor of operations and supply chain […]
COVID19: An Update on Chicken, Meat, and Paper Products
Since I last wrote about the subject of shortages of grocery items on WRAL and on our video blogs, there has been considerably more concern about what is happening to the food supply chains. I spent some time discussing this […]
Supply Chain Issues Impacting the Country’s Recovery from the Coronavirus
The current pandemic is beginning to create panic in the general population, and in some cases, it is misplaced. For example, grocery stores have seen massive stock-outs of common items that people are beginning to hoard as a result of […]