Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

I thought back to the evolution of the EPC codes and bar codes in the consumer goods industry two decades ago, and I remember the work of Danny Wegman of Wegman’s Supermarkets, Sandy Douglas of Coca-Cola and Tim Smucker of The J.M Smucker Corporation. Let me explain why this is important through an example.

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E2open

AUGUST 30, 2016

While many companies rely on growth through innovation strategies to drive sales, the sad reality is that innovation is driving complexity instead of sales, with a 31% increase in SKUs since 2010 and only a 6% increase in sales. Consumer Electronics. Consumer Goods. It is an exciting time indeed. High Technology.

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E2open

AUGUST 30, 2016

While many companies rely on growth through innovation strategies to drive sales, the sad reality is that innovation is driving complexity instead of sales, with a 31% increase in SKUs since 2010 and only a 6% increase in sales. Consumer Electronics. Consumer Goods. It is an exciting time indeed. High Technology.

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RFgen

OCTOBER 19, 2015

The Journal reported the number of new products introduced between 2010 and 2015 expanded by 32 percent, but sales in that time only increased 4 percent. The Wall Street Journal said numerous corporations lose time and resources to innovation plans they simply aren’t ready for. The cost of new products isn’t always worth the risk.

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RFgen

OCTOBER 19, 2015

The Journal reported the number of new products introduced between 2010 and 2015 expanded by 32 percent, but sales in that time only increased 4 percent. The Wall Street Journal said numerous corporations lose time and resources to innovation plans they simply aren’t ready for. The cost of new products isn’t always worth the risk.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

In 2010, a vendor architecture evolved with Cloudera providing packaged Hadoop solutions and Hortonworks providing Hadoop IT services. As a frequent contributor of supply chain content to the industry, Lora writes by-line monthly columns for SCM Quarterly, Consumer Goods Technology, Supply Chain Movement and Supply Chain Brain.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 1, 2016

To make matters worse, the percentage of IT spending on O&M expenses has risen from 68 percent of the total budget in fiscal year 2010 to a projected 77 percent in fiscal year 2017, while Development, Modernization, and Enhancement investments have decreased $7.3 billion since 2010.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Tim Denman ( @TimDenman ), editor in chief of Consumer Goods Technology, writes, “The supply chain is the lifeblood of the consumer goods industry. 2] Tim Denman, “ The Current State of the Evolving Global Supply Chain ,” Consumer Goods Technology, 31 August 2020. [3] ” Footnotes. [1]

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EcoVadis

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

You represent the Bel Group in the EcoVadis AIM-Progress initiative, which includes seven consumer goods companies. The core activity of the organization is the pooling of on-site audits– from 4000 in 2010, to 21,000 audits in 2018. . What is your objective? . The Bel Group has been a member of AIM-Progress since 2016.

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Elementum

APRIL 18, 2018

Similarly, almost four out of 10 consumers who unwittingly bought fakes complained directly to the brand. Clearly, counterfeits are not just a threat to consumers and a company’s profits — they are an existential threat to brand promise. How can they protect their brand integrity and save consumers from fakes? Consumer Goods.

Pharmaceutical 79

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Elementum

APRIL 18, 2018

Similarly, almost four out of 10 consumers who unwittingly bought fakes complained directly to the brand. Clearly, counterfeits are not just a threat to consumers and a company’s profits — they are an existential threat to brand promise. How can they protect their brand integrity and save consumers from fakes? Consumer Goods.

Pharmaceutical 74

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The Network Effect

JANUARY 12, 2015

Most observers agree that its massive building spree of fulfillment centers (adding 50 new facilities since 2010 alone) is setting the stage for same-day delivery throughout the U.S. Just look at what Amazon, a company famous for focusing on its customers, is doing. They seek out the hidden opportunities that no one else can see.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

VTech drove significant improvement in operating margin through the recession of 2007-2009 and then drove improvement in both inventory margin and operating margin for the period of 2010-2012 with some regression in the period of 2013-2015. I do not think that most companies understand the concept or source of profit leakage.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

Content Summary: Consumer goods producer Colgate-Palmolive has committed to 100% recyclability of its packaging and to have 25% recycled content in its plastic packaging by 2025. As Gartner notes, the company is also close to its goal of halving manufacturing waste from 2010 levels, which it hopes to achieve by 2020.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Proficiency with International commerce terms of sale (Incoterms® 2010). O2O is particularly suitable for the consumer goods, services, and retail industries. Standardized compliance practices worldwide. System visibility, and the ability to track and trace shipments.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

APRIL 24, 2015

I am quite excited to be working on these types of questions, which I think will be good for the industry if we can wrestle some of them to the ground. As some readers may remember, back in 2010 I came up with the top 10 supply chain innovations of all-time. P&G first implemented the approach with Schnuck’s Markets in St.

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Provenance

AUGUST 13, 2018

That is, until 2010 when China publicly announced new quotas reducing REE exports by approximately 40%. Until 2010, prices for REEs were depressed to the point that it was not financially viable to recover materials through recycling (British Geological Survey – Rare Earth Elements, 2017).

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