Since 1932, Stahmanns Pecans has consistently supplied quality bulk pecans for re-bagging, as well as pecans for commercial and industrial markets. Located on a lush 3,200-acre oasis in a southern New Mexico desert, Stahmanns’ pecan tree orchard consists of over 168,000 pecan trees that produce eight to nine million pounds of pecans each year. Read more about inventory management from WithoutWire.

Traceability requirements are costly. The financial risks and costs associated with food safety are increasing due to trade wars and retaliatory uncertainty. The stakes are rising for food suppliers in a landscape of continuously evolving food safety challenges, technologies, and regulations. An increasingly complex food chain with many touch points and value-added products has increased the potential points of contact and opportunities for contamination. It has also increased the complexity of traceability.

Kitting in the manufacturing environment represents a kind of intake process. Logistics kitting organises and even assembles parts used in the manufacturing of a product so they can be delivered to the point of use, saving time on the line. It is often the best example of Lean Manufacturing in practice, eliminating wasted time in production. These two types of kitting are not mutually exclusive as they combine both manufacturing and logistics. The latter is performed in a lower-cost warehouse, such as a third-party logistics providers (3PLs) who manage suppliers’ material, prepare it, and deliver it just-in-time (JIT).