Consumer Packaged Goods

No More Traditional LTLs

March 10, 2010

Brad Morris, Vice President, Marketing, AAA Cooper

Sales & Operations Planning: The Evolution of S&OP

March 4, 2010

Simon Ellis, Practice Dir., SC Strategies, IDC Manufacturing Insights

Analyst Insight: S&OP can provide a powerful way to drive better functional coordination and synchronization, particularly in the current uncertain business climate. Yet, it is a process that has had a hard time withstanding the test of time and is subject to repeated re-designs and re-imagining.

CPG: Consumer Products Companies, Are You Ready For 2010?

March 3, 2010

Bruce Tompkins, Principal, Tompkins Associates

Analyst Insight: 2009 painfully taught organizations the value of having a flexible, modular, agile supply chain - from planning through to execution. Companies learned that being prepared for uncertainty with the right people, processes and technology can be the key to business survival. CPG companies that have maintained and developed their talent, redefined their processes and strengthened their supply chain capabilities can look forward to a rewarding, yet challenging, 2010.

CPG Logistics: Five Strategies to Help Mid-Sized Manufacturers Compete and Win

March 2, 2010

Alex Stark, Marketing Director of CPG Logistics, Kane Is Able

Environmental: Successful Businesses (Not Governments) Lead the Green Charge

March 2, 2010

Bill McBeath, chief research officer, ChainLink Research

Analyst Insight: Don't be fooled by the dismal lack of progress in government venues on climate-change agreements or environmental legislation. The smartest companies are already pushing the frontier to bigger and bolder green agendas to gain competitive advantage, with the added benefit of enhancing their reputations for true corporate responsibility.

Supply Management Costs Are Increasing, According to Benchmarking Report

March 1, 2010

CAPS Research

Inventory Planning & Optimization: Mid-Tier Collaboration Between Planning and Product Development

February 25, 2010

Ralph Cox, Principal, Tompkins Associates

Analyst Insight: Maturation of inventory management in organizations often follows a somewhat linear path from the technical basics of planning to the organizational issues encountered in sales and operations planning (S&OP). Coordination between product development and planning may not be the last hurdle, but it has been a major stumbling block that many mid-sized firms are increasingly overcoming.

Poor Planning Undermines Logistics Support and Profitability of CPG Promotions

February 18, 2010

Mike Marlowe, Vice President, Kane Is Able

How 3PLs Are Coping With Multi-Channel Supply Chains

February 17, 2010

David Tu, President, DCL

Cost-to-Serve 2.0 in CPG & Retail

February 16, 2010

Ron Wilson, Director, Business Development, CPG/Retail, River Logic

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.