Supply Chain

Let's Tackle the Real Causes of Food Inflation to Feed American Families

While it has been encouraging to see inflation cool in recent months, it’s been equally frustrating that the current political dialogue has lacked an in-depth, meaningful discussion of the economic subtleties and nuances that influence the real cost ...

A Deep Dive into Summer Food Prices

FMI's Andy Harig recently spoke with Dr. Ricky Volpe, professor of agribusiness at Cal Poly, to explore what the data says about the true drivers of food price ...

Progress on Supply Chain Efficiency & Performance

Out-of-stocks are one of the most frustrating experiences for online and in-store shoppers. In some industry verticals, shoppers experience stockouts as frequently as every third shopping ...

Economic Realities and the Promise of Technology in the Supply Chain

The food industry requires strategic investments to boost capacity, agility, visibility and efficiency in a climate of potential softening of consumer ...

The Changing Grocery Supply Chain Landscape

The FMI Supply Chain Forum will explore essential adaptations for success in today's evolving landscape. Improved efficiency is key for stronger supply chains, hinging on collaboration, information sharing and trust among trading ...

What’s Coming Next? Supply Chain Realities in the Never Normal

The food industry continues to grapple with uncertainty, volatility, and change. As we continue to adapt to the "never normal," it's essential to reflect on the valuable lessons learned and explore the current supply chain landscape. At the 2023 FMI ...

Learn How to Lead Through Burnout

Speaker Erin Stafford will discuss the timely and highly relevant topic of burnout at the upcoming FMI Supply Chain Forum during the event's closing keynote ...

The Model Store: How Supply Chain Challenges and Sustainability are Driving Decisions

As the last few years have shown, it’s an ever-evolving operational climate for doing business. Food retailers building new stores or remodeling existing locations are simultaneously dealing with supply chain challenges and the drive toward ...

Benchmarking the Food Industry Supply Chain Ecosystem

FMI, in partnership with the Boston Consulting Group, has released the 2023 Supply Chain Benchmarking report, which report provides key quantitative performance metrics, qualitative industry perspectives and actionable insights to enhance supply ...

Accelerating Technology Transformation

Technology innovation has disrupted traditional supply chain business strategies and operations. Over the next decade, technological investments in supply chain will focus on driving and fulfilling growth while improving business ...

Traveling This Summer: Keep an Eye Out

For many, summertime means travel. I’m reminded on the news daily that there is more congestion on the roads headed to popular vacation destinations, which I can imagine means that there are more people at the rest stops on the way to those ...

Supply Chain Challenges: Finding Light at the End of the Tunnel

The food industry has learned countless supply chain lessons in recent years and companies are putting strategies in place to ease the challenges. The result is that there is some light at the end of the long supply chain ...

Moving Beyond Problem Solving to Supersized Solution Scheming

In this video, FMI President and CEO Leslie G. Sarasin gives a state of the industry address focusing on six imperative issues confronting the food industry and how FMI adds ...

Building an Agile and Resilient Food Industry Supply Chain

The industry continues to experience a supply chain hangover in a never normal environment that continues to challenge the norms that used to work in the past. To address and solve these challenges FMI is convening industry leaders and supply chain ...

The Good News Remains: Both Consumers and Retailers Have Choices

Despite the uncertain economic environment we find ourselves in currently, consumers remain largely resilient and flexible in their purchasing decision-making. While concern over inflation and out-of-stocks continue to be top of mind for shoppers, ...