Consumer Packaged Goods

Supply Chain Robots in a Post-Pandemic World: E-Book of the Year

July 16, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has caused a seismic shift in a drastically underprepared logistics industry.

Building, Not Breaking, the Supply-Chain Backbone

July 15, 2020

Supply chains are having a moment. It took a major transformative event to highlight the importance and fragility of the global and interdependent supply-chain network.

Supply-Chain Planning Transformation: A Practitioner’s Roadmap

July 7, 2020

Logility

Four questions to help guide this multi-dimensional journey.

Top 6 Challenges to Establishing an Ethical Supply Chain

Top Six Challenges to Establishing an Ethical Supply Chain

June 29, 2020

OpenText

An ethical supply chain is only as good as its partners' ability to collaborate — and anticipate future challenges.

Alloy Introduces New Supply Chain Solution

June 24, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

Alloy, a sales and supply chain platform for consumer goods brands, announced the introduction of the Alloy for Supply Chain solution.

Kinks Linger in America’s Food System With Pigs Still Piling Up

June 24, 2020

Bloomberg

The obvious obstacles in America’s food-supply chain — from shuttered meat plants to restocking delays and panic buying — have largely dissipated. But shock waves remain.

A Digital Transformation Guide for Supply-Chain Disruptions

June 23, 2020

Logility

Consider these eight tips to prepare for future disruptions.

EDITOR'S Q&A

How the Pandemic Will Bring Permanent Change to Retail

June 23, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The coronavirus pandemic is wreaking change throughout the retail landscape, especially as it affects the balance between online purchases and traditional brick-and-mortar sales.

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Watch: Are Factories Back Up to Speed?

June 22, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Ray Huang, head of Asia and principal engineer with Exponent, provides an update on the progress of factories in Asia and elsewhere in resuming full operations — and discusses the obstacles that might stand in the way.

Food Producer Achieves Significant On-Time Delivery Improvements With Red Classic

June 17, 2020

Red Classic

Challenge: A large U.S. food producer was incurring sizable on-time, in-full delivery fines due to late deliveries to a large retailer. The producer’s objective was to contract a dedicated carrier that could provide 97% on-time delivery out of its highest-volume distribution center — moving its overall on-time delivery metric into acceptable range and avoiding costly penalties.

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.