The movement of food and beverage through the supply chain has never been so closely analyzed. This extra scrutiny has brought into focus a number of stress points within the beverage industry.

As automation becomes a bigger component of warehouse operations, forklifts adjust to this new environment with software solutions.

Noting that truck procurement can be challenging for beverage distributors, Fleet Advantage provides truck and trailer leasing and matching proprietary data-driven IT processes with fleet analytics using the latest eco-efficient clean diesel technology which in turn reduces operating costs.

As the ELD mandate took effect in late 2019, beverage distributors were quick to adopt telematics solutions, which have seen benefits go beyond compliance.

Transportation Insight unveiled its next-generation business intelligence tool: Insight Fusion. The powerful analytics solution brings “real-time” visibility and actionable insights to transform supply chain and logistic programs, the company says.

Fleet video telematics provider Lytx, San Diego, shared new insights about changes in driving risk tied to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated guidelines to help control the spread of the virus.

With the desire for “instant gratification” prevalent throughout the United States and beyond, eCommerce is giving shoppers exactly what they want. Just-in-time delivery is one of the biggest trends in beverage distribution, says Doug Eden, president of IntelliShift, a division of VTS, Commack, N.Y.

The family owned AB InBev distributor has become a force in the South, with a network of distribution facilities that bring with them their own sets of rewards and challenges.

With increasing automation, new technologies and burgeoning SKUs driving the beverage industry, forklifts now are being used to gather data and intelligence on productivity, cost management and output within warehouses.

In the fleet management world, the question no longer is whether beverage companies should implement telematics — it’s how.