Consumer Packaged Goods

Food Inflation Is Coming for Valentine’s Day Sweets

February 11, 2022

The building block for most cookies, cakes, breads and pastries has spiked 10.3% in the past year, the biggest jump since 2011.

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Watch: How Supply Chains Survived the 2021 Holiday Season

February 10, 2022

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Brian Higgins, principal, supply chain and operations leader with KPMG, offers a post mortem on the recently concluded 2021 holiday retail season.

Net-Zero Plans of the Biggest Global Companies Don't Add Up

February 8, 2022

Bloomberg

What do Unilever, Google and Amazon have in common? Their net-zero promises do not add up to net zero, a new report says.

U.S. Labor, Supply ‘Nightmare’ Seen Extending Into Second Half

February 7, 2022

Bloomberg

The helter-skelter playing out on U.S. factory floors from labor and supply shortages, transportation bottlenecks and the coronavirus looks likely to persist into the second half of the year.

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Podcast | Dr. Lisa Williams Is Blazing Paths in Both Supply Chain Academia and the Business World

February 4, 2022

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

You might say that Dr. Lisa Williams had accomplished quite enough in her academic career.

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Watch: Micro-Fulfillment: A Solution to Last-Mile Delivery Obstacles?

January 21, 2022

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Bill Catania, chief executive officer of OneRail, describes the need for, and benefits of, micro-fulfillment centers for ensuring efficient and reliable last-mile delivery.

Tailoring Contract Lifecycle Management for CPG and Retail

January 16, 2022

Phil Barry, SCB Contributor

Supply chain contracts aren't often a focus of operational efficiency or performance. This attitude has led to a litany of challenges so common that many companies consider them inevitable.

The Grocery E-Commerce Surge Is Here to Stay

January 13, 2022

Jake Heldenberg, SCB Contributor

The pandemic has driven a cultural change in consumer behavior that's sticking around.

Chipmakers Seek Steady Growth to End Boom-Bust Era

January 7, 2022

Bloomberg

Semiconductor revenue is poised to top half a trillion dollars in 2022 for the first time ever.

Toxins Found in Household Products Challenge FDA and Brands

January 3, 2022

Bloomberg

When the Food and Drug Administration last month identified the likely sources of a powerful carcinogen that's been found in a myriad of personal-care products, it was the latest development in a year of recalls that has shown the potential dangers of everyday products Americans have long assumed are safe.

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.