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What’s Good for Consumer Goods Manufacturing?

USC Consulting Group

What’s on the road ahead for consumer goods manufacturing? Although the industry is multifaceted and varied, encompassing everything from household goods to food & beverage to apparel and more, most arms of the consumer goods industry are facing similar challenges. Supply chain woes.

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How Manufacturers Can Take Control of Inventory with RFID Technology

QAD

As I discussed in a recent article in RFID Journal , RFID technology has changed a lot since 2005 and could be the secret to ensuring greater visibility and inventory accuracy this year. RFID tags are one of the best technologies for quickly and accurately tracking goods throughout the value chain. What is RFID Technology?

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Initial Estimates of U.S. Holiday Spending- A Mixed Bag

Supply Chain Matters

An initial estimate of this year’s retail holiday spending indicates a mixed bag, depending on either retail industry, consumer goods producer or logistics and transportation industry perspectives. Consumers were expecting that there would be adequate inventory of goods even up to two days before Christmas.

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5 Reasons to Leave Your 3PL with Shane Hanson

The Logistics of Logistics

Square1 primarily serves clients in the Beauty, Packaged Food, Apparel, and Consumer Goods industries, and currently works with 40 domestic and international clients. Square1 Logistics serves clients across various industries, including food and beverage, consumer goods, and automotive.

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The Micro-Fulfillment Opportunity with Julien Seret

The Logistics of Logistics

He is working with Microsoft, Accenture, and other partners to deliver a multi-tenant supply chain model that leverages data, the cloud, and shared pay-for-use robotics facilities, to allow consumer goods to reach customers next or same-day at the cost of standard delivery. Key Takeaways: The Micro-Fulfillment Opportunity.

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Powering the Sustainable Enterprise with Supply Chain Innovation

Logility

The new release includes reimagined inventory planning and optimization functionality, enhancements to raw materials traceability, enhanced notification capabilities, and a new-look demand forecast view that increases accessibility and readability for all decision-makers. Other Features in this Release.

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Retail Sales and Operations Teams Need to Up Their Game in Inventory Management Agility and Responsiveness

Supply Chain Matters

In this Supply Chain Matters industry specific commentary, we make the observation that retail industry sales and operations planning and demand support teams, given the current state of recent business financial performance, need to up their game in supply network inventory management agility and added responsiveness. .