Best practices in foodservice supply chain to be developed

The International Foodservice Manufacturers Association (IFMA) will be joining Kinetic12, a food industry management consulting firm, to establish and develop best practices for foodservice supply chain optimization.

This initiative builds off IFMA’s existing collaboration best practice – Operator Collaboration Model (OCM).

IFMA and Kinetic12 will oversee a development board and will work in conjunction with HAVI and Datassential, a research company, to provide a collaborative opportunity for manufacturers and distributors to work directly with operators. The purpose of this new best practice is to solve today’s most pressing supply chain challenges for both core menu and limited time offer (LTO) products, according to IFMA.

Kinetic12 has background in developing other industry best practices in conjunction with IFMA, including the Operator Collaboration Model and Joint Business Planning.

The development board is currently being filled by industry leaders from all areas of the supply chain, with several national chain operators participating, according to IFMA. If you are an industry leader and have interest in developing this best practice, contact Larry Oberkfell at IFMA or Jeff Schroeder of Kinetic12 for more details.