Consumer Packaged Goods

Amazon Wins Business From Reluctant Brands After Virus Closes Stores

May 6, 2020

Brands and wholesalers assume that many of their retail partners won’t survive the pandemic, and they're moving their products to Amazon.

How Shippers Can Offset Risk During the Pandemic

How CPG Shippers Can Offset COVID-19 Risk

May 1, 2020

Andrew Lynch, SCB Contributor

Consumer goods companies must ensure their supply chains remain in the driver’s seat.

ChainLink 2020: COVID-19 Recovery

April 30, 2020

Transportation Insight LLC

Preparing your supply chain for sustainable business performance in the aftermath of COVID-19 requires awareness of multi-modal transportation trends affecting your ability to manage cost and customer service.

How Digital Solutions Are Creating More Resilient Supply Chains

April 30, 2020

Ashish Rastogi, SCB Contributor

The solutions that have worked in the past — increasing inventory, adding capacity at different locations and diversifying suppliers — are just scratching the surface when it comes to having a truly resilient supply chain.

Battered and Bruised, Supply Chains Shift to Recover-and-Survive Mode

April 29, 2020

Bloomberg

As companies describe how they weathered a quarter most people would like to forget, here are some other examples of how big supply chains are holding up.

2020 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index

April 24, 2020

U.S. Bank

Benchmark your freight performance with the latest national and regional shipping volumes and expenditures.

Will Circular Economies Rise From the Pandemic’s Ashes?

April 21, 2020

Bloomberg

Until the coronavirus started its march across the globe, 2020 looked to be the year when meaningful plastic-use restrictions would finally take hold.

Supply Chain Operations: Strategies for Long-Term Success

April 21, 2020

River Rock Advisors

Supply-chain management consultant River Rock Advisors breaks down four key components of a successful operational strategy: preparation, implementation, execution and measurement.

AI and Analytics: The Importance of Visualization and Data

April 20, 2020

Logility

The strong visualization of meaningful data is also crucial to a business’s success with artificial intelligence and analytics. It creates an engaging user experience that presents information in a highly intuitive way.

The Key to Managing Supply-Chain Risk in Manufacturing

April 7, 2020

Collin Ziemerink, SCB Contributor

Manufacturers and shipping companies worldwide are shifting gears, re-evaluating their strategies and risk profiles, and scrambling to keep up production.

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.