Consumer Packaged Goods

Online Retailers Take Innovative Approach to Supply Chain Management

September 4, 2015

Innovative online retail companies are learning how to compete with well-established companies by creatively managing their supply chain. By combining best practices and technological advancements, these companies are disrupting their competitors while maintaining lean inventories and cutting out the middleman to deliver lower prices to consumers.

As Teens Spend Less, Retailers Have to Remodel Their Marketing Strategy

September 2, 2015

CRM Daily

Teens are shopping like their parents during the back-to-school season, and that's putting a lot of pressure on retailers to change the way they market to them.

AGOA Extension to Benefit African Shippers, U.S. Importers of Continent's Cotton Textiles, Supporters Say

September 2, 2015

Apparel

Recent extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for another decade is expected to give the continent's export of cotton a boost in the arm.

How Extensive Is Employer's Obligation to Provide Workplace Safety?

September 1, 2015

New York Times

It is a nightmare for any employer: what to do with a volatile, constantly aggrieved worker who has had angry, even frightening confrontations with fellow workers - yet has committed no crime.

JDA Integrates Supply-Chain Apps With IBM Commerce

August 31, 2015

JDA Software Group Inc.

JDA Software Group Inc. has integrated its JDA Intelligent Fulfillment and Labor Productivity applications with order-management software from IBM Commerce.

A Same-Day Delivery Provider Drops Out, But the Race Goes On

August 31, 2015

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

In the increasingly frantic race to offer same-delay delivery to online purchasers, one contestant has spun out and hit a wall.

Software Architecture Can Be as Important as Functionality

August 28, 2015

FORTE

Reducing Cycle Time & Increasing Quality

August 28, 2015

Challenge: The shrimp factory we worked with was inefficient in getting shrimp from boat to freezer. There was also inaccuracy in packaging and overall quality.

Motor Coach Manufacture Finds Reliable Service to and Across Canada

August 28, 2015

Challenge: When a motor coach breaks down, time is of the essence in having the right part on hand. But as this Kentucky-based manufacturer learned, establishing an efficient inventory distribution system can be a daunting challenge, especially in the sizeable Canadian market. Shipments were chronically late, and the company's warehouse solution proved incapable of servicing the entire country. And to make matters worse, the company's logistics provider did not seem interested in solving these problems.

360pi Launches E-mail Alert Service for Product Price Changes

August 28, 2015

360pi

360pi, a provider of product intelligence for retailers and consumer brands, has launched 360alerts, an email alert service that tracks product price changes.

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.