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The Philippines can significantly reduce post-harvest losses and improve food security by bringing cold storage and order fulfillment facilities closer to agricultural production areas and adopting shared cold chain models that make modern logistics more accessible to farmers and agribusinesses, according to a cold chain expert. During the 2026 Mid-Year Food and Agribusiness E-Conference organized...

The Philippine food and agribusiness sector is entering a period of heightened uncertainty as global geopolitical tensions, climate-related disruptions, and agro-logistics and supply chain vulnerabilities reshape the operating environment. These challenges and the strategies needed to address them were among the key discussions during the 2026 Mid-Year Food and Agribusiness E-Conference organized by the University...

Warehousing solutions in the Philippines include dry warehousing, cold chain warehousing, variable (on-demand) warehousing, dedicated warehousing, third-party logistics (3PL) warehousing, and distribution centers.  Each solution is designed to meet different storage, inventory management, and distribution requirements depending on products, business size, and growth plans. Warehousing is the process of storing, organizing, tracking, and managing inventory...

The main types of freight service in the Philippines are inland freight (trucking or road freight), RoRo shipping, air freight, sea freight, multimodal freight, and motorcycle courier services. Each mode serves a different purpose depending on your cargo type, shipment size, delivery timeline, destination, and budget.  In the Philippines, freight services by logistics providers are...

Toll manufacturing is an outsourcing arrangement where a company provides its own raw materials or semi-finished goods to a third-party provider. The third party uses its specialized facilities, equipment, and labor to process, assemble, package, or prepare the products according to the client’s specifications. In the context of logistics and supply chain management, toll manufacturing...

FAST Logistics Group, the Philippines’ leading third-party logistics (3PL) provider, participated in the Abante Logistics: 2nd Annual Stakeholders Summit organized by the United Portusers Confederation of the Philippines (UPC) on Thursday, June 25, at The Heritage Hotel Manila in Pasay City. With the theme, “From Vulnerability to Resilience: Response to Shocks and Supply Chain Disruptions,”...