Consumer Packaged Goods

The Cloud Makes Cities Smarter, Enables Cost-Effective Delivery of Services

April 14, 2016

Last June, Kansas City struck up a nearly $16bn partnership with Cisco Systems and Sprint to help make that city a lot smarter. How so? By tapping into digital technologies to improve such vital city services as energy, water and transportation.

It's No Game: For Some Retailers, Virtual Reality Is Serious Business

April 14, 2016

CRM Daily

The next thing you try on at the mall might be a virtual reality headset. No longer relegated to video gamers, VR is coming to amusement parks, movie theaters and classrooms. But the technology presents a major opportunity for retailers as they try to lure fickle shoppers into their stores, particularly as consumers shift more of their buying habits online.

Demand Planning

April 14, 2016

Russell Goodman, Editor in Chief, SupplyChainBrain

Unlocking Productivity in R&D in Pharmaceutical Industry

April 13, 2016

BCG

During the long downturn in R&D productivity, a handful of biopharmaceutical companies have consistently bucked the trend. How did they manage it? After all, they have experienced the same industry pressures as their peers - pressures such as lengthier R&D cycle times, higher costs of failure, and sharper regulatory scrutiny.

Asian Manufacturer Cuts Costs, Increases Transaction Efficiency Through Cloud-Based Platform

April 12, 2016

Challenge: An Asia-based manufacturer of sports shoes struggled with manual handling of buyers' PO requests, invoicing, and packing lists. Vast amounts of data were stored on cumbersome Excel spreadsheets. It resulted in a heavy workload, inefficiency, and frequent errors.

Challenges for Retail in the Age of the Omnichannel

April 12, 2016

SupplyChainBrain

A conversation with retail industry experts on how the coming of the omnichannel is radically altering customers' expectations of service - and how retailers are being forced to respond.

Three Ways That Technology Is Changing the Face of Retail

April 12, 2016

SupplyChainBrain

An annual study of consumer attitudes toward online retailing technology zeroes in on the growing acceptance of delivery drones, mobile payments and virtual reality.

Shotfarm Releases Enhancements for Workflow Management

April 8, 2016

Shotfarm

Shotfarm, vendor of a cloud-based application for managing and exchanging product information, has released a pair of enhancements to its user apps, the Dashboard and Plugin Store.

In Electronics Industry, IoT Quickly Losing Status as Buzzword

April 8, 2016

EBN

As much as IoT is the buzzword of consumer electronics, it will quickly become a critical part of the electronics supply chain as companies use sensors to maximize efficiency of various business tasks and integrate that information into a strategic advantage.

Have Oil, Gas Companies Done Enough to Guard Against Cybersecurity Risk?

April 7, 2016

BCG Perspectives

Across industries, companies have been intensifying their focus on cybersecurity. This is a direct consequence of the expanding role that digitization is playing in their business and operating models and the demonstrated potential for significant damage resulting from a successful cyberattack.

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.