Consumer Packaged Goods

Reshoring From China Is a Done Deal - Sort Of

September 21, 2015

Companies shifting manufacturing from China back to the U.S.? That's old news. Given the recent economic setbacks in the Chinese economy, however, you have to wonder whether the trend will continue.

There Could Be Transport Solution Gold in Work Performed by Robot Garbage Man

September 18, 2015

Volvo Group

Imagine a robot that quietly and discreetly enters your neighborhood, collects your refuse bin and empties it into the refuse truck. It is done without waking the sleeping families and without heavy lifting for the refuse truck's driver. This is the purpose of ROAR, a joint project with the aim to develop tomorrow's smart transport solutions.

Consumers Rack Up Retail Sales, Apparently Unconcerned About Volatility in Financial World

September 17, 2015

Business Week

Retail sales in the U.S. climbed for a second straight month, a sign consumers may be looking past recent volatility in financial markets.

Eliminating Waste in Supply Chains

September 15, 2015

Ryder

Growth in Manufacturing Expected to Be Propelled by Construction Supply Chain

September 15, 2015

Manufacturing.net

Economists from the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation expect the construction supply chain to be a primary driver of manufacturing growth over the next two years.

As Holidays Near, Retailers Struggle to Hire Warehouse Labor

September 15, 2015

Marketplace

Retailers are already planning for the busy holiday shopping season, and there could be a complication this year. As the unemployment rate drops, stores are having a hard time finding workers for their warehouses. They've ordered all kinds of new stuff for the holidays, but it's stuck in a bottleneck.

Does Target Finally Have the Right Leader to Fix Its Supply Chain Problems?

September 14, 2015

FierceRetailIT

Target's supply chain woes are coming to a boil. Out-of-stocks and sometimes entirely empty shelves have become all too common, and have come to the attention of the national media.

Retail Imports Are on Rise as Holidays Approach

September 14, 2015

NRF

Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to increase 1.2 percent this month over the same time last year as retailers head toward the holiday season, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

Supplier Compliance Programs: The Gap Between Talk and Walk

September 14, 2015

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Companies say they have effective supplier compliance programs in place. But reality says something quite different.

Blind Spot: How Demand Management and Integrated Business Planning Are Used to Optimize Trade Spend Investment

September 11, 2015

Oliver Wight

Consumer Packaged Goods

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the consumer packaged goods industry. Learn how consumer packaged goods companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.