AI is taking the digital transformation industry by storm. Whether it’s by streamlining employee processes, improving quality control, predicting demand and optimizing the supply chain, every aspect of a business has become easier with the help from AI.
For more than 20 years, Lucas Systems has been helping RNDC to optimize its distribution centers by providing warehouse voice picking and adjacent technologies. Utilizing different systems such as Jennifer™ and the Lucas Management Console, RNDC has doubled bottle picking productivity while also improving accuracy to an impressive rate of over 99%.
For the beverage alcohol industry, distribution is the critical bridge between production and consumer — but distributors often face hurdles that range from routing hang-ups to inventory blind spots. These hurdles can significantly hamper delivery times and inflate costs.
Last-mile delivery stands out as the most expensive and time-intensive aspect...
Looking at the world around us, technology is being utilized to improve just about everything. From implementing AI in the consumer shopping experience to data collection to grab-and-go shops, it is quite literally impacting everything that we do.
For decades, technology has been improving warehouse management and driving innovation in...
Everywhere you look, companies are making changes to their business models in order to be more eco-friendly. Sustainability’s importance continues to grow in the industry, especially in the alcohol sector.
A survey conducted by Sanya Carley and Lilian Yahng found that 59% of U.S. beer drinkers would be willing to...
Southern Glazer's announced that it has donated 3,000 backpacks filled with school supplies to Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS), Florida’s largest statewide organization devoted to helping children and families. The backpack drive, sponsored by Southern Glazer’s Florida-based VolunCheers program, drew 130 employee volunteers and guests to packing events across Company locations in Miramar, Lakeland,...
Sales collateral is another responsibility of wholesalers and distributors. Handling these in-store displays, POS material, branded merchandise, shelf hangers, tap handles and case cards takes time and energy.
Recently I spoke with Brian Onufrychuk, VP of commercial capabilities at Breakthru Beverage Group, about how the company deals with sales collateral.
Beverage Wholesaler:...
Glazer's Beer & Beverage is a leading distribution company centered in Texas, and also serves the surrounding states. In December the company broke ground on a new 115,000-square-foot distribution facility on 20 acres in Odessa, Texas. It will employee about 110 people.
I recently spoke with Matt Swilling, Glazer’s Beer...
Due to lax enforcement and a lack of widespread understanding of the law, for years companies have been skirting the interstate wine shipping laws in many states. Recently, those rules have come to the forefront as industry associations, state legislators and shipping companies have begun taking a closer look...
Beverage wholesalers face a slew of regulations and taxes. Many differ from state to state, while others are federally mandated. For a take on how the U.S. government sees its role in this, I recently spoke with Tom Hogue, the Congressional liaison and public and media affairs for the...
