Consumer Packaged Goods

COVID-19 Delivers a Wakeup Call for Supply-Chain Risk Management

January 1, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has had a huge impact on global risk-management strategies. Many companies learned in 2020 that their supply chains weren’t prepared for a disruption of such massive scale. Now, they’re determined not to get caught short again.

Robots Eased Pressure on Retailers This Holiday Season

December 30, 2020

Paul Roy, SCB Contributor

It was a year for robots — as will be 2021.

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Podcast | What It Takes to Make Direct-to-Consumer Fulfillment Work

December 11, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Retailers selling over the internet can’t hope to compete without a reliable and effective direct-to-consumer (DTC) model for fulfillment. But setting one up is anything but easy.

Brexit Stockpiling Frenzy Fuels Chaos in Cross-Channel Trade

December 10, 2020

Bloomberg

The split from the European Union is fueling an increasingly frenzied demand for goods, creating traffic snarl-ups at ports and highways on both sides of the English Channel and leading to at least one major factory shutdown.

Consumer Companies Seek Vaccine Access as Absenteeism Rises

December 9, 2020

Bloomberg

A lobbying group that represents consumer-goods companies says the industry’s employees need priority access to a vaccine as rising COVID-19-related absenteeism strains manufacturing capabilities.

Rockies Become Diesel Bright Spot Between West and East Coasts

December 4, 2020

Bloomberg

The boost truck fuel demand is getting from booming consumer goods imports into California is spreading to the Rocky Mountains as the freight heads to the East Coast.

Coping With Black Friday 2020 — and Manufacturers’ ‘Crazy Thursday’

November 25, 2020

Max Versace, SCB Contributor

While Black Friday holiday shopping has always been a stressful time for consumers and manufacturers alike, the 2020 season will have additional challenges brought on by the spread of COVID-19.

Panic Buying Returns on COVID-19 Jump

November 23, 2020

Bloomberg

We’re out of toilet paper again.

The Great Holiday Rewrite: Supply Chain in the COVID Era

November 19, 2020

Transfix

Here's what changing consumer behavior means for the 2020 holiday shipping season.

Brexit Delays Spark Rush for Warehouse Space

November 12, 2020

Bloomberg

British businesses are racing to secure extra storage space as the risk that the country leaves the single market at the end of the year without a trade deal threatens their supply chains.

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.