Consumer Packaged Goods

Vietnam-Linked Hacking Group Targets Toyota, Other Companies

December 27, 2019

A Vietnam-based hacking group is learning from China’s playbook — using increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks to spy on competitors and help Vietnam catch up to global competitors, according to cybersecurity experts.

Using Shipping Data to Meet E-Commerce Customer Demand

December 5, 2019

Ken Wood, SCB Contributor

Two top components of customer experience are delivery and transparency, according to a recent report.

Supporting Retail Logistics in the Cloud

December 2, 2019

Craig Wilensky, SCB Contributor

To compete in today’s e-commerce landscape, companies need next-gen software applications.

The Struggles of Transportation Technology

November 27, 2019

Helen Atkinson, SCB Contributor

When it comes to transportation technology’s efforts to realize the promise of unmanned vehicles and alternative fuel sources, we’re in a phase comparable to early efforts to lay a trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. Stuff just keeps going wrong.

S&OP: A Springboard for Growth

November 25, 2019

Logility

Advanced sales and operations planning allows you to turn information into actionable insights that fuel your digital supply chain, uncover new opportunity and mitigate risk.

In a Class By Itself: How Target Became the Model in U.S. Retail

November 25, 2019

Bloomberg

The cheap-chic retailer — in distress just five years ago — has morphed into a model for how to avoid the retail apocalypse.

Multinationals Are Still Pouring Cash Into China as Trade War Rages

November 19, 2019

Bloomberg

Companies from Tesla Inc. to Walmart Inc. are expanding operations in the world’s second-biggest economy — helping offset the departure of goods manufacturers that have had to rethink supply chains after U.S. tariffs made their products more expensive.

How Consumer-Products Companies Are Wasting Their Digital Spend

November 18, 2019

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Digital transformation within the supply chain is well underway. But consumer-products companies are lagging many other industries in progressing toward that goal.

Direct Spend Management in the Intelligent Digital Supply Chain

November 13, 2019

SAP Ariba

With greater reliance on trading partners, complex supply networks and customer demands, running an intelligent supply chain has never been more vital. Explore the value of linking direct spend sourcing with design, manufacturing and planning processes to build an intelligent digital supply chain.

In the New World of Returns, Retailers Need to Dig into the Data

November 12, 2019

Inmar

In order to reduce costs and increase customer satisfaction, retailers need to take a more detailed look at why returns happen and what are the options for dealing with them.

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.