Articles Tagged with ''Direct-Store-Delivery (DSD)''

Yale Materials Handling Corp.’s MPB045VG walkie pallet truck - Beverage Industry

Safety fuels carts, handtrucks market

Beverage delivery drivers are turning to powered delivery systems to make work safer and more efficent
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Jennifer Storelli
May 24, 2018
Carts and hand trucks are helping to reduce delivery personnel’s body stress in store, while powered liftgates are supporting these concerns among fleet operations.
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Carts and hand trucks increase maneuverability

New concept delivery vehicle maximizes payload
Barbara Harfmann
Barbara Harfmann
May 15, 2017
Increased SKU counts, tight warehouse and retail spaces, and delivery personnel who manage heavy cases and kegs are driving the proliferation of new mobile carts and hand trucks designed to improve ergonomics and enable warehouse staff to safely stack, retrieve and deliver products.
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DSD solutions boost efficiency, tracking

Advances in mobile technology expands DSD capabilities
Barbara Harfmann
Barbara Harfmann
April 14, 2017
When hurricane season arrives, meteorologists and those living along the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts rely on sophisticated data tracking and expert monitoring to stay informed and keep safe. To keep pace with an explosive number of SKUs, the beverage industry avoids the “eye of the storm” by equipping field staff with handheld technology and streamlined direct store delivery (DSD) solutions to capture data, track vehicle locations and improve productivity.
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Automation driving use of DSD technology solutions

Technology also can aid in marketing capabilities
Jessica Jacobsen
Jessica Jacobsen
April 15, 2016

A plethora of market trends continue to impact the global supply chain including automation. In PwC’s “Global Supply Chain Survey 2013,” the market research firm found that 54 percent of companies surveyed in the retail and consumer goods industries listed automation as high importance with an additional 5 percent listing it as high importance by 2015.


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Benefits of direct-store-delivery

Panasonic System Communications offers insights into today’s DSD solutions
June 22, 2015

Direct-store-delivery (DSD) solutions have been growing in the beverage industry during the past several years. As technology continues to advance, so do the options available for beverage companies and distributors. Mike McMahon, vice president of enterprise sales at Panasonic System Communications Co., Newark, N.J., shares with Beverage Industry his insights about today’s DSD solutions in the beverage industry.


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Salient mobile

DSD solutions allow greater supply chain control

DSD software aids back-office management to increase profitability
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Roy Bigham
April 15, 2015

Direct-store-delivery (DSD) solutions no longer are the clunky order-entry devices of times past, notes David F. Giannetto, senior vice president of performance management for Salient Management Co., Horseheads, N.Y.


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Farmer Bros. Co. to acquire Rae' Launo's DSD and in-room distribution business

Acquisition increases Farmer Bros.’ presence in Southeastern U.S., hospitality sector
November 17, 2014

Torrance, Calif.-based Farmer Bros. Co. announced a definitive agreement to acquire from Tampa, Fla.-based Rae' Launo Corp. (RLC) assets relating to RLC's direct-store delivery (DSD) business that primarily serves convenience stores in the Southeast and its in-room distributor channel that primarily serves the hospitality industry.


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