Consumer Packaged Goods

U.S. and China Got Into a Trade War, and Mexico Won

March 28, 2019

Mexico’s bonanza underscores the difficulty in trying to win a trade war where companies can shift production or find new sources to avoid tariffs.

Case Study

True Value Launches $150M Investment in Supply-Chain Improvements

March 28, 2019

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

A big new distribution center in Pennsylvania for True Value Co. is just one part of an ambitious investment to optimize and overhaul the hardware wholesaler’s entire supply chain.

How Maxwell House, Jell-O and Other Kraft Heinz Names Lost Touch

March 26, 2019

Bloomberg

Years before last month's jaw-dropping $15.4bn writedown, the company had been on a mission to make over some of its quintessential products, removing maligned ingredients to better compete with newer, more natural upstarts.

Indonesia Threatens to Ban European Goods as Palm Row Escalates

March 25, 2019

Bloomberg

Indonesia threatened to ban imports of goods from the European Union in retaliation for the bloc’s move to impose stricter limits on how palm oil can be used in green fuels.

The Science of Microbiome Analytics: DNA Detectives Tackle the Supply Chain

March 25, 2019

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The type of forensic techniques that detectives have long deployed to solve crimes can now be used to identify the origin of manufactured goods in the supply chain.

Kuehne & Nagel Case Study: Automating Information to Optimize the Contract Packing Supply Chain Process

March 25, 2019

Nulogy Corporation

Summit Container Case Study

March 20, 2019

Nulogy Corporation

Five Steps Shippers Can Use to Monitor UPS Costs

March 19, 2019

Hariesh Manaadiar, SCB Contributor

After months of contract negotiations between United Parcel Service and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union’s chief negotiator announced that the union had reached a tentative agreement.

U.K. Firms Slam No-Deal Brexit Levies as Too Risky, Too Late

March 14, 2019

Bloomberg

Under the temporary regime announced Wednesday, the U.K. would avoid slapping tariffs on most imported goods, though prices of key European Union products including beef, cheese and cars would rise.

Walmart Toughens Delivery Demands for Suppliers

March 12, 2019

The Wall Street Journal

The retailer wants suppliers that ship full trucks of products to deliver orders within a specified two-day window 87 percent of the time, up from an 85-percent rate it targeted previously.

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.