Consumer Packaged Goods

Best Practices in Use of Railcar Fulfillment Systems

August 28, 2015

Gary Neights, Director, Product Management, Elemica

Nearly everything in our lives is impacted by rail, from food products to chemicals and energy. Total U.S. weekly rail freight traffic for one week in January 2015 was 548,055 carloads and intermodal units, up 4.1 percent compared with the same week last year, as reported by the Association of American Railroads.

You Source Product in China. But Do You Really Know Who's Making It?

August 28, 2015

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Multi-tiered manufacturing supply chains can end up in some unexpected places - including prisons.

Are Retailers Figuring Out Logistics of E-commerce

August 27, 2015

The Wall Street Journal

The largest U.S. retailers reported strong online sales in their second-quarter earnings reports recently, extending a trend that has seen e-commerce revenue expand far faster than store sales, and several said they are making strides in delivering goods to consumers more profitably.

Smart Homes, Not-so-Smart Queries, Smart Opportunities

August 26, 2015

CRM Buyer

Growth of the Internet of Things in broadband households extends the life, utility and functionality of all connected solutions in the home. It also puts new pressures on existing support solutions to meet consumers' expectations.

Tradeshift Acquires Product Info-Management Firm Merchantry

August 25, 2015

Tradeshift

Tradeshift, vendor of a software platform for supplier collaboration, has acquired Merchantry, a cloud-based provider of product information-management (PIM) services.

The 'Ticking Time Bomb' of Multichannel Retailing

August 25, 2015

SupplyChainBrain

Tom Enright, research director with Gartner, talks about his recently completed survey on the challenges that are confronting multichannel retailers today, with a particular focus on the issue of returns. He offers his view on what constitutes excellence in the returns process.

LogFire Integrates WMS With Oracle Transportation Management

August 24, 2015

LogFire

LogFire, vendor of cloud-based software for supply-chain fulfillment, has integrated its Warehouse Management System (WMS) with Oracle Transportation Management.

Are You Doing Everything to Make Your Customer's Online Experience a Positive One?

August 21, 2015

MultiChannel Merchant

It's no secret that competition in online retail sales is a cutthroat business.

Closing Gap Between Bricks-and-Mortar Stores, Online Shopping

August 20, 2015

Chain Store Age

Consumers don't see "channels." They are time-starved and information-rich, and use technology that they carry around in their pockets and purses to find the best solutions to their lifestyle needs.

The Number of Employees, Including C-suite Execs, Working From Home Is Rising

August 20, 2015

Business Week

Diebold CEO Andy Mattes can't just stroll down the hall at his company's headquarters in Canton, Ohio, to confer with his top executives over coffee. That's because many don't work there. His chief strategist works and lives 2,100 miles away in San Jose; his chief marketing officer is in Boston.

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.