Are you losing Money on Chargebacks, Freight Claims and Rejected Loads? Read this article first

1. Introduction

This is a leading supplier of shelf-stable, dairy based food, and beverage products for large CPG companies, emerging beverage brands, and private label retailers nationwide. The Company is the partner of choice in RTD beverage industry for top brands and private label retailers for food and beverage products including RTD coffees and teas, dips, beer, sauces, and snacks. They have the expertise necessary to meet highly demanding consumer and regulatory requirements. Their capabilities include retort thermal processing expertise, in-house formulation resources, clean label, and organic production, and more. Recently, this Food and Beverage Processing Company implemented LoadProof – the centralized enterprise photo documentation system for Food and Beverage products. This document describes the benefits that an effective photo documentation process can bring to avoiding load rejects with retailers.

2. Leading Food and Beverage Processing Company Supply chain – The Big Picture:

А leading food and beverage processing company, manufacture in one area and ship to their DC from where it is distributed to their retailers in the USA. They have one Distribution centre in Illinois, where they handle food products like Coffee beverages and varieties of bottled cheese. In order to provide the highest quality and best tasting products, they have invested extensively in their facilities and operation processes. As products should be distributed to retailers in perfect condition, they are shipping products in trucks with all damage avoiding measures. But still they got 4-6 trailer rejects per week. So they wanted to avoid trailer rejects and improve more supply chain visibility.

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