Consumer Packaged Goods

Wal-Mart and Google Are Plotting to Change Your Shopping Habits

September 1, 2017

The Washington Post

Move over, Alexa. Wal-Mart is going high-tech in its fight against Amazon.com.

Algorithms Meet Avocadoes: Data Science Comes to Retail

September 1, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The success of modern-day retailing depends as much on information as it does on the products being sold.

Bayer Recalled 1M Alka Seltzer Cartons As Sales in Consumer Health Slid

August 30, 2017

FiercePharma

Bayer - already struggling with falling consumer health sales - is also contending with a recall. It has been retrieving more than a million cartons of its Alka-Seltzer Original.

Plastics Stories Help Boost Brands, Research Says

August 30, 2017

Environmental Leader

"Storied plastics" - or plastics that are collected by waste stream, sorted by material type and traced back to the original point of origin - are a good choice of material for use in packaging as companies attempt to improve their sustainability practices, research suggests.

Are You Running Out of Stuff? Here's How to Tell.

August 28, 2017

Environmental Leader

As populations grow and emerging markets industrialize, companies are facing a serious long-term challenge: how to meet surging consumer demand while minimizing environmental damage and sustaining the planet's natural resources.

How to Fight a Giant Like Alibaba? Lots of Friends

August 28, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

Taking on Alibaba is like fighting against Goliath in China's e-commerce market. JD.com at least has friends at its back.

The Moral Voice of Corporate America

August 28, 2017

The New York Times

The nation has split into political tribes. The culture wars are back, waged over transgender rights and immigration. White nationalists are on the march. Amid this turbulence, a surprising group of Americans is testing its moral voice more forcefully than ever: C.E.O.s.

Cargo Handler Implements Virtual Reality Training for New Staff

August 25, 2017

Air Cargo World

Cargo handler Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd. (Hactl) has launched a virtual reality training program, called COSAC-VR, to provide new staff with a virtual experience in ramp handling before they are introduced to the real-life, fast-paced operations.

The Return of American Manufacturing Jobs: A Progress Report

August 25, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Are manufacturing jobs coming back to the U.S.? For that matter, was offshoring the reason for their disappearance in the first place?

Opinion: Supply Chain Visibility Acquisition Market Is Heating Up

August 24, 2017

Paul Martyn, supply chain consultant, Forbes contributor

News of Descartes Systems Group's acquisition of MacroPoint LLC hit me right in the middle of a research effort vetting several of the more notable players that dominate the exact same solution space. I walked into the project wondering why there hadn't been more M&A activity; more specifically, why the market's Transportation Management System (TMS) vendors seemed to have conceded all-things-track-and-trace-related to this booming group of upstart "supply chain visibility" solution providers.

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.