Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling revealed plans for a substantial expansion of its operations at its current facility in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. With plans to invest $500 million to transform the facility, Rancho Cucamonga is set to become only the fourth location where Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling manufactures in California.

The delivery cost of beverages is indeed a complex and difficult project when attempting guidelines or benchmarks for accurately evaluating any bottler’s or distributor’s supply chain activity in real time terms.

As today’s warehouses face widespread labor and safety issues, and with workforce shortages expected only to rise, experts note that lift truck technology has become a crucial component to the success of beverage operations.

As functional beverage and clean label trends continue to rise, experts highlight the impact this is having on the use of high-pressure processing (HPP) technology.

As automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are one type of technology to help overcome labor shortages in the warehouse, experts note the technology provides operators a means to fill the resource gap, allowing human labor to be allocated to more complex tasks.

The operating conditions in beverage facilities are important to ensure that products are manufactured under carefully designed physical facilities conducive to safe, sanitary, efficient and effective methods and procedures. 

When it comes to the incorporation of palletizing and depalletizing systems, experts highlight how these operations serve as the bookends in the automation cycle.

Given the changes in processes, packaging, warehousing and distribution the necessity to upgrade personnel has become a major issue in beverage operations.

In today’s business environment, creating and maintaining inventories is a major priority for executing an efficient supply chain.

As beverage operations increasingly need more product storage space, optimized picking processes and loading to accommodate SKU growth, experts note that space constraints, automation, and facility age are just a few factors influencing new facility builds.