Consumer Packaged Goods

How a Customer Advisory Board Can Drive Innovation

June 26, 2015

Matthew Menner, Transplace and John Brooks, Philips North America

The Evolution of Mexico's Rail Network

June 26, 2015

Carlos Godinez, Mexico Intermodal Director, Celtic International

The Complexities of Cross-Border Delivery

June 25, 2015

SupplyChainBrain

As if domestic delivery weren't tough enough, cross-border shipments entail a whole new set of challenges. Jonathan Matchett, operations director with wnDirect, talks about how service providers are addressing issues of speed, reliability and regulations.

Omnichannel Retailing Needs Omnichannel Home Delivery

June 25, 2015

Chris Jones, VP, Marketing and Services, Descartes Systems Group

The goal of omnichannel retailing is to create a seamless and transparent experience for the customer that enhances the retailer's brand. To date, the omnichannel retailing focus has been largely on the selling experience and not how the retailer gets the goods into the customer's hands. However, customers measure the entire shopping experience, including delivery. Omnichannel selling is making retailers responsible for home delivery, whether they like it or not, and last-mile delivery performance is the last word about the retailer in the customer's mind.

Modern Manufacturing In Its Fourth Major Upheaval

June 25, 2015

McKinsey

Industry 4.0 is more than just a flashy catchphrase. A confluence of trends and technologies promises to reshape the way things are made.

Footwear Manufacturer Increases Fill Rates 10-15% with Supplier Collaboration

June 24, 2015

Challenge: A top-tier athletic footwear brand needed to gain quicker access to supplier information and share purchase order information with several hundred vendors and factories. The company was relying on manually intensive methods, with high error rates and long cycle times.

Li Tong Teams With Microsoft on Trade-In Platform in Hong Kong

June 24, 2015

Li Tong Group

Li Tong Group is partnering with Microsoft Hong Kong to offer consumers a means of trading in mobile phones, laptops, game consoles and tablets for coupons that can be applied toward purchases of all products available at Microsoft's online store.

Supply Chain and the Cloud

June 23, 2015

Michael Wohlwend, Global Head of Cloud Services, Infor

Scaling For 10x Growth and the Complexities of Multimodal Logistics

June 22, 2015

Challenge: Handling multimodal logistics over a period of rapid growth with spreadsheets and whiteboards. That was the challenge that faced an American crude oil logistics company in 2012, when it grew 10-fold in just six months. It needed a planning solution that could handle the complexities of multimodal logistics, and fast.

For Trade Agreement Backers, It's a Slow Path to Fast Track

June 22, 2015

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

On Capitol Hill right now, "fast-track" is the slowest thing going.

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.