Consumer Packaged Goods

Responsive Trade Promotion Management: Creating a Single Version of the Truth

February 18, 2009

Nari Viswanathan, vice president and principal analyst, Aberdeen Group

Aberdeen's research shows point-of-sale transaction data from retail locations is still a hurdle for 66 percent of manufacturers. The low levels of transaction data sharing cause increased complexities in tracking promotion effectiveness at the store or field level.

Supply Chain Planning Trends for Consumer Goods Companies

February 18, 2009

Lora Cecere, vice president, consumer products, AMR Research

Consumer products companies were early adopters of supply chain planning and supply chain execution. Most implementations are mature; yet in 2009, 24 percent of companies are considering switching supply chain planning vendors.

Culture is Key: Sustaining the Business Eco-system

February 18, 2009

Jhana Senxian, Sustainability & Corp. Responsibility practice leader, Aberdeen

Corporate responsibility agendas revolve around a triple bottom line (TBL) framework geared to benefit: people, planet and profit. A great deal of business-focused, sustainability research emphasizes a transformation of business processes that support the goals of planet and profit and neglects the centrality of people in making it happen.

Is BPM Driving Supply Chain Transformation?

February 18, 2009

Nari Viswanathan, vice president and principal analyst, Aberdeen Group

Multi-party SCM processes for large enterprises cannot be enabled fully through a traditional packaged application approach. There is a need for a comprehensive business process layer that ties existing investments in ERP or APS systems with add-on business components that can fill gaps in capabilities.

Wireless Helps Food & Beverage Sector Control Costs

February 18, 2009

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Financial Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting in Uncertain Times

February 18, 2009

Intelligent Enterprise

Hackett Studies Spending Controls in IT Projects

February 18, 2009

The Hackett Group

Analytics Software Helps Best Buy Chart Financing Strategy

February 18, 2009

CRM Daily

Five Trends That Will Shape Business Technology in 2009

February 18, 2009

From McKinsey Quarterly/Stefan Spang

Succeeding in a Volatile Market: Ten-Year Vision for the Consumer Goods and Retail Industry

February 11, 2009

From Global Commerce Initiative

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.