Consumer Packaged Goods

BASF - Value Based Supply Chain Planning

August 8, 2017

Opinion: The Shared Economy Could Kill Global Supply Chains

August 8, 2017

Jonathan Webb, Procurement Leaders researcher, Forbes contributor

After the second World War, companies looked outside their walls and built global supply chains to create the scale they alone could not produce. Now, we are in a next phase of manufacturing, where managers are beginning to explore outside their supply chains to unlock the power of the shared economy.

There's Money to Be Made in Taking Complaints

August 8, 2017

Los Angeles Times

Amy Errett wanted to gauge employee happiness at her e-commerce start-up, but surveys weren't working. Responses were often vague, unhelpful or, worse, deceitful.

Thousands Line Up to Work for Amazon

August 8, 2017

The Washington Post

Amazon's one-day plan to hire 50,000 warehouse workers could shake up the labor market, economists say.

GM Sales Tumble As Cars Stop Fueling U.S. Growth

August 7, 2017

Industryweek

Here's a bad sign for the U.S. economy: Sales at General Motors Co. just plunged by the most in more than a year, and its Detroit rivals aren’t faring much better.

How a Family Manufacturer Pitched U.S.-Made Water Bottles to Wal-Mart

August 4, 2017

Forbes

The common wisdom says that basic manufacturing has left the United States. Ashley Thompson, CEO of 50 Strong, a Lima, Ohio-based plastics manufacturer is trying to prove that common wisdom wrong.

Apple's Forests Can Now Produce the Paper Used in All Packaging

August 4, 2017

Environmental Leader

Apple says that 320,000 acres of working forest in China have been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council and that the company is now protecting and creating enough sustainable working forest to cover the paper use in its packaging for all products.

Cheap Eggs Flood U.S. Grocery Stores

August 4, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

A glut of eggs is putting pressure on suppliers and farmers who are struggling to win back business two years after the worst bout of avian influenza in U.S. history devastated egg-laying flocks.

For Mall Stores, Back-to-School Shopping Can't Come Soon Enough

August 4, 2017

Los Angeles Times

The $84bn back-to-school shopping season is back just in time as far as beleaguered mall merchants are concerned.

Amazon Is Under Investigation for Selling Goods to Iranian Embassy, Others

August 4, 2017

The Washington Post

Amazon.com is under federal investigation for possibly violating U.S. sanctions on Iran, the online giant said in a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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.