Consumer Packaged Goods

From Minerals to Palm Oil: Another Supply-Chain 'Conflict'

November 9, 2015

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Blood diamonds. Conflict minerals. And now, conflict palm oil.

When Will the Drones Start Flying?

November 6, 2015

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Commercial delivery drones are in our future - or so we're told. What will it take to make them a reality?

Americans - Even Millennials - Prefer Paper Discount Coupons Over Digital, Study Finds

November 5, 2015

CreditCards.com

Despite all of the technology available to today's consumers, Americans still prefer paper coupons, according to a new CreditCards.com report.

Optoro Launches B2B Wholesale Marketplace

November 3, 2015

Optoro

Optoro, a platform for managing returned and excess inventory, has launched BULQ.com, a business-to-business wholesale marketplace.

McKesson Uses Big Data Analytics to Improve Patient Treatments, Business Outcomes

November 2, 2015

Wall Street Journal

Big-data analytics is a huge area for drug distributor McKesson Corp., says Kathy McElligott, the company's chief information officer.

Human-Robot Collaboration Gets Workout in a Test Warehouse

October 30, 2015

Business Week

In a mock warehouse stocked with granola bars, breakfast cereal, sponges, and other household goods, a worker plucks items from shelves and places them in a plastic bin. The bin is set atop a small wheeled robot that follows the employee’s every step like a puppy.

While Digital to Surpass Physical Formats of Recorded Music, Overall Sales Expected to Be Static Through 2020

October 30, 2015

Ovum

Retail sales of recorded music will see little variation in total spending levels in the years to 2020 despite the rising interest in streaming, according to global analyst firm Ovum's latest forecasts. Spending on digital formats and services will overtake physical formats this year and go on to account for almost three-quarters of all sales in just six years.

Walmart Seeks Government OK to Begin Using Drones in Home Deliveries, Warehouse Monitoring

October 30, 2015

FierceRetail

Walmart has been privately testing drones inside facilities and is now seeking permission from federal regulators to test them outdoors for various uses, including home delivery.

Seven Methods that Improve Forecast Accuracy

October 29, 2015

Logility

FusionOps Unveils Predictive Analytics for Supply Chain

October 29, 2015

FusionOps

FusionOps has released an application providing predictive analytics for the supply chain.

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.