Consumer Packaged Goods

Garden Supply B2B Finds Greater Efficiency in Reaching Canadian Market

July 1, 2015

Challenge: When a large U.S. B2B supplier of gardening tools and equipment decided to expand to the Canadian market, it enlisted its U.S.-based logistics provider to service its new Canadian customers, and assumed all would proceed as planned.

IBS Dynaman WMS Reduces 90% Errors, Providing Substantial Cost Savings

July 1, 2015

Challenge: The distribution centers were processing about 150 truckloads per day, 10 truckloads per hour. An automated WMS was needed for expansion into cold store market. Current work flows were not fully automated, causing manual errors. Material flows between product, semi-finished inventory and packaging stages were long and complex. Frozen pallets left the refrigeration system too early, so goods arrived damaged.

What Do Customers Want From Home Delivery?

July 1, 2015

SupplyChainBrain

Ever-rising customer-service expectations are roiling the home-delivery business. Chris Sullens, chief executive officer with Marathon Data Systems, talks about what customers want today, and how service providers are working to shrink the time between order and delivery.

E-Commerce Delivery: What Can Possibly Go Wrong?

June 30, 2015

SupplyChainBrain

The world of e-commerce deliveries is fraught with peril. Will Leong, chief operating officer of TZ, talks about how providers are surmounting the various challenges.

Merchants Ditch Costly, Fixed Point-of-Sale Systems for Mobile POS Tablets

June 30, 2015

FierceRetailIT

Mobile point-of-sale systems are intended to roam free, meeting and checking out customers wherever they may be, but many merchants are anchoring the devices to the counter as a replacement for traditional POS terminals.

The Rise of Trade With Canada and Mexico

June 30, 2015

John Kelly, President, Canadian Division, Transplace

Searching for a Solution to Chassis Management

June 29, 2015

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

It's been about five years since ocean carriers began selling off their chassis in the U.S., forcing shippers to obtain the equipment elsewhere. But the new regime is anything but settled.

Associate Involvement Key to Successful Transition of Retail Cross Dock

June 26, 2015

Challenge: A national retail chain wanted to work with fewer, strategically chosen 3PL partners. For a busy cross-dock facility, the company transitioned the business to Kane Is Able (KANE), which also operates cross docks for the retailer in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Hampshire, and Ohio.

Environmental Defense Fund Offers Green Freight Handbook

June 26, 2015

EDF

The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has released its "Green Freight Handbook."

The World of Heavyweight Home Deliveries

June 26, 2015

SupplyChainBrain

Heavyweight orders require another level of delivery service, to satisfy the demands of buyers. Jim Hourigan, chief operating officer with BuildDirect, discusses some of the challenges that are unique to that sector.

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.