Consumer Packaged Goods

Hermes Expands Retail E-Commerce Tools to U.S. Market

March 24, 2016

Hermes, operator of a business-to-consumer (B2C) parcel shop network in Europe, has expanded its retail supply-chain digital services to the U.S. electronic-commerce market.

JDA Releases Connect for Manufacturers Running SAP HANA

March 24, 2016

JDA Software Group Inc.

JDA Software Group, Inc. has released JDA Connect for SAP HANA.

Physical Stores Are Alive, But Are They All That Well?

March 22, 2016

Fierce Retail

Brick-and-mortar shopping isn't dead, but it is certainly on the decline: just 57 percent of urban consumers said they preferred to make discretionary purchases in stores, while 39 percent claim their last such purchase was made online.

Narvar Issues App for Managing Product Returns

March 18, 2016

Narvar

Narvar has developed Narvar Returns, a platform for managing product returns for retailers.

How to Move Production Out of China

March 18, 2016

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The reshoring of manufacturing from China is no longer in question. Whether that work ever makes it back to the U.S., however, is another matter entirely.

ShipHawk Offers Platform for Parcel Shipping, Self-Service

March 16, 2016

ShipHawk

ShipHawk, a provider of applications for shipping intelligence, has launched a new suite of products to support parcel, freight and home delivery by retailers of all sizes.

CPG Companies Without Digital-Specific Strategies 'Face Stagnation and Share Loss'

March 16, 2016

BCG and GMA

Today's consumer packaged goods companies are facing a winner-take-all world in which about half the sales growth - more in certain categories and markets - is coming from digital channels. Companies have to earn their online market positions with new approaches and skills tailored to digital sales, says a report released by The Boston Consulting Group and the Grocery Manufacturers Association.

Four Best Practices to Improve Quality in the Supply Chain

March 14, 2016

Sparta Systems

Dassault Systèmes Unveils New App for CPG Manufacturers

March 14, 2016

Dassault Systemes

Dassault Systèmes, a vendor of product design and lifecycle-management software, has launched Perfect Production.

MIT Creates New Supply-Chain Research Center in China

March 14, 2016

MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Transportation & Logistics is partnering with the government of Ningbo, China to create a global center for supply-chain education and research.

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.