Consumer Goods, Global and Inventory

Consumer Goods: A Formula for Service, Speed, & Brand Success

Logility

AUGUST 31, 2023

The consumer goods industry may have experienced tremendous growth, but figuring out what consumers want is an ever-evolving puzzle. From where they shop and how frequently they buy to what price points entice them, consumer behaviors have been challenging to predict over the past year.

Consumer Goods

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What’s Good for Consumer Goods Manufacturing?

USC Consulting Group

MARCH 27, 2023

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. billion this year.

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Digital Supply Chains Change the Game in Consumer Goods, Part 1

BlueYonder

JANUARY 10, 2023

As we have seen over the last 24 months, the disruptions that the global industries and consumers have gone through have made things markedly different now. We at Blue Yonder have the privilege of serving hundreds of consumer goods companies globally. However over this period, companies have also learned to adapt.

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Global Supply Chain Recovery Dependent On A Vaccine

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 30, 2020

The global economy rebound from COVID-19 hinges on the discovery and manufacture of an effective vaccine. The companies are just not good at managing inventories and orchestrating distribution strategies. The industry planning team expertise lags the consumer goods, and hi-tech industries. None called.

Supply Chain Design Software

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Case study: inventory management as a service at a global consumer goods manufacturer

Aioneers

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Today, we're looking at a project in Inventory Management as a Service that we have implemented at one of our customers.

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Three Tips for Building an Agile CPG Supply Chain

ToolsGroup

JULY 27, 2021

On the surface, it seems like the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry performed better than most during the COVID pandemic. Consumer goods e-commerce sales for example increased 91% year over year according to a NielsenIQ analysis. Anticipate Consumer Demand and Supply Chain Uncertainty with Probabilistic Planning.

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With ToolsGroup’s AI-Powered Planning, Legami Delivers Customer-Centric Service While Driving Business Growth

ToolsGroup

JULY 19, 2023

The Italian consumer goods company applies ToolsGroup’s probabilistic forecasting and inventory optimization across its expansive network to enhance customer experience and business value. This automated, AI-powered solution includes Demand Planning & Forecasting and Inventory Optimization.

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November Global PMI Reporting Reflects Some Stabilization

Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides a further global supply chain assessment in the highlights and added insights on reported November 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. the highest value in six months.

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July 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices Indicating Declining Momentum

Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides commentary relative to July’s global manufacturing PMI indices relative to data indicating declining momentum, and some contraction among specific global regions. Global Wide Production Activity. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. slipping 2.3

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October Global PMI Reporting-Continued Production Contraction

Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides a further global supply chain assessment in the highlighting and added insights on reported October 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. down from the 49.2

Procurement Analytics

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Consumer Goods Technology Releases List of Top Supply Chain Companies

Logility

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Consumer Goods Technology recently released its 2012 Consumer Goods Technology Reader’s Choice survey results. " Aggressive competitors, margin erosion, and quickly changing consumer preferences and behaviors pose serious challenges to the consumer goods industry. Success Story: Kraft Foods.

Consumer Goods

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The Coolest Supply Chain Boutique Consultants

Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 11, 2023

For companies looking for a more intimate relationship with their consultant, and a firm that tends to have deeper application-specific domain expertise, boutiques are a good choice. They also tend to be less expensive than the global consulting firms. Clarkston Consulting is focused on the Consumer Goods and Life Sciences industries.

Supply Chain Design Software

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Realties of Declining Global Trade and Transport Rates More Evident

Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights the increasing realities of declining global trade and freight rates that are occurring in the first-half of 2023. Background Global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022. percent decline in global trade.

Negotiating Skills

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Global PMI Levels in August Remain Sluggish

Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights perspectives and added insights on reported August 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. The August numbers once again signal a continued downturn in global manufacturing conditions as output and new order rates continue to fall. That represented a 2.3

Manufacturing Procurement

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Better Together: Logility and Parker Avery Group Announce Partnership

Logility

AUGUST 30, 2022

a leader in supply chain innovation powering the sustainable and resilient enterprise, and The Parker Avery Group, a leading retail and consumer goods consulting firm, announced that they have formed a strategic partnership. ATLANTA (August 30, 2022) – Logility, Inc., We are very excited about this partnership. “We NASDAQ: AMSWA).

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Unilever’s Relentless Commitment to S-Curve Transformations

Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 31, 2023

Unilever (NYSE: UL) is one of the world’s largest consumer goods companies. Such a large company, they have over 127,000 employees globally, clearly has a massive supply chain. Unilever has applied the idea to global transformations. Almost one day of inventory has been cut from days of inventory outstanding.

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Planning Seasonal Food Production in Uncertain Times

DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 6, 2020

How will demand change now that a global pandemic has forced many bars and restaurants to close for weeks? How will panic buying and shortages of certain basic goods affect seasonal products? Will sales in grocery stores increase drastically because everything else is closed or will people consume less seasonal foods?

Scenario Planning

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Are Global Supply Chains Recovering- One Perspective

Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

In our prior published Supply Chain Matters commentary, we reviewed and provided some added insights on July’s global manufacturing PMI indices which are pointing to declining global supply chain production momentum. A July edition provided two reports that responded to the question- Are Global Supply Chains Recovering ?

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Target’s Acknowledgement and Plan to Address Excess Inventory

Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 10, 2022

In our Supply Chain Matters commentaries focused on online customer fulfillment and especially the 2021 holiday fulfilment period, we cautioned retail and consumer goods supply chain management teams to be watchful for the bullwhip effect in inventory planning and replenishment needs to support expected customer demand.

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Is Inventory Waste or an Asset?

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Next week is the annual Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , and summit preparation is on my agenda for the weekend. We feel so strongly about this that we do not have an inventory planning role.” His feeling was that inventory is an asset to manage. Inventory is both. Inventory management is a complex subject.

Waste Reduction

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Taming Supply Chain Bullwhips with Artificial Intelligence

Logility

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

A turbulent climate for global supply cha in The world has had many more examples of classic supply chain bullwhips in a short time compared to any other time in recent history. There is a similar problem brewing beneath the surface right now, with the over-abundance of global freight containers and slowing demand of freight trucks.

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ToolsGroup Wins Microsoft’s Best ISV Partner Award for the Second Year in a Row

ToolsGroup

JULY 26, 2022

Milan, July 27 , 2022 – ToolsGroup , a global leader in AI-driven retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, is proud to announce it has been awarded Microsoft Italy’s Best Independent Software Vendor Partner Award for the second year in a row. Prestigious award presented by Microsoft at the Inspire event.

ToolsGroup

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The Fog of War in Ukraine Darkens the Global Economic Outlook

MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 14, 2022

The not-so-good news is that the war in Europe could trigger the recession that many observers?—?including have predicted owing to the accumulation of inventory in manufacturing. Moderating forces will prevail Shortages of consumer goods and price hikes were on an upward track before the Russian offensive.

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Is the “Autonomous Supply Chain” a Pipe Dream?

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 3, 2023

The company claims that for one global consumer goods company the solution was making 12,000 recommendations in a month; 74% of those recommendations were auto accepted. If it is the same consumer goods company that I think it is, I saw their vice president of supply chain speak at a planning conference.

Supply Chain Planning Software

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Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Stabilize in February

Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of February 2023 reported global and regional PMI indices which appear to indicate some stabilization within global supply chain networks. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. The reported 50 value for February was up 0.9

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Global Production and Supply Chain Activity Levels Unchanged in April 2023

Supply Chain Matters

MAY 5, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of April 2023 reported global and regional PMI indices which continue to reinforce a state of contraction level stabilization within global supply chain networks. Some good news is that the reported data reinforces that global supply chain wide pressures have eased considerably.

Manufacturing Procurement

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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2024

The performance of large global branded companies with extensive IT portfolios shows decline. No company in either the household non-durable (consumer goods) or the food manufacturing group beat their peer group on the balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for 2013-2022.

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SanDisk’s Story of Customer Segmentation Strategies Using Inventory Postponement

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

I find that in this world of the global multi-national that procurement processes have become convoluted and increasingly complex. (In Instead, in the SanDisk journey , they adjusted the speed of response to their customer segments, and actively designing inventory postponement strategies. In fact, the teams ignore the forecast.

Inventory Reduction

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How Much Inventory Should I Stock in a Post-COVID World?

Stord

APRIL 11, 2022

The out-of-stock sticker shock we experienced in the past few years is forcing retailers to take a hard look at how they plan inventory. Product availability was a clear problem during the pandemic: last holiday season, consumers saw over 6 billion out-of-stock messages online , a 253% increase over the 2019 season. in April 2021.

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Global Production Activity Levels Unchanged In May But Provide Added Warning Signs

Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 5, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides our monthly highlights commentary reflecting on May 2023 reported global and regional PMI indices. Once again, the numbers signal a state of stabilization within global supply chain networks. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P.

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o9 Solutions Partners with Columbus Consulting International to Help Companies Accelerate Adoption of a Global Unified Commerce Model

o9 Solutions

JANUARY 18, 2022

18 , 2021 – o9 Solutions , a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, today announced the formation of a strategic alliance with Columbus Consulting International , a boutique consulting firm specializing in solving problems for consumer goods companies and retailers, including grocers. .

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Strong Supply Chains Required For an Economic Rebound: Six Steps To Take

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2020

Then it was the redefinition of the supply chain for the global shutdowns Sick with the virus; I spent my energies writing and moderating podcasts. A Sample Demand Pattern for Consumer Goods. Instead, use demand sensing technologies to detect patterns with minimal latency into inventory requirements. Evaluate Inventory.

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“Why Do I have to Wait?” Supply Chain Disruption Gets Its Day

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Meanwhile, supply shortages and price inflation are getting the front page in consumer-focused publications and plenty of airtime on televised news. Many consumers, including myself, become irritated by the sight of empty store shelves where our favorite consumer goods are typically stored. And rightfully so.

Supply Chain Disruption

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Disruption in China Ripples Across Global Supply Chains in April 2022

Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, we highlight the latest quantitative data related to global manufacturing PMI activity levels for April. Global Manufacturing Output Levels Declined. Global Manufacturing Output Levels Declined. The Global Manufacturing Output sub-index reportedly dropped to a contraction value of 48.5

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Sustainable Product Packaging Impacts Supply Chain Transformation

QAD

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In today’s rapidly evolving consumer landscape, the way products are packaged plays a pivotal role in the success of consumer goods manufacturing and the overall supply chain. The transformation has touched all inventory levels from material sourcing to end product delivery. It still is.

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The Micro-Fulfillment Opportunity with Julien Seret

The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 22, 2022

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. The system is extremely dense and is completely scalable.

Warehousing

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Powering the Sustainable Enterprise with Supply Chain Innovation

Logility

OCTOBER 15, 2021

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.

Supply Chain Planning Software

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Logility to Acquire Network Optimization Provider Starboard Solutions

Logility

JUNE 28, 2022

Accelerating the digital sustainable supply chain, Logility helps companies seize new opportunities, sense and respond to changing market dynamics and more profitably manage their complex global businesses. These factors include, but are not limited to, continuing U.S.

Optimal Sourcing

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

Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2022

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. .

Inventory Management Software

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What is Supply Chain Resiliency?

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

Globally, natural catastrophes are the top concern for businesses in East Asia and the Pacific. Global trade regulations and conflicts, as well as tariff threats as a political tool, could cut off sources and markets and push your business plan into the red. Your supply chain must be capable of adapting to all types of threats.

Supply Chain Planning Software

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November U.S. Logistics Manager’s Index- Noteworthy Trending

Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The report specifically indicates : “ November’s dip was largely triggered by a decline in Inventory Levels (-9.1) The authors added: “ Essentially, November’s decline seems to have come because firms are selling off inventories quickly. The report authors context these moves as a return to just-in-time inventory management practices.

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ToolsGroup’s Michael Haiber and Stefano Novati Named Supply & Demand Chain Executive “Pros to Know” for 2021

ToolsGroup

MARCH 17, 2021

BOSTON, March 17, 2021 – ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, is proud to announce that ToolsGroup Director of Professional Services for Europe, Michael Haiber, and Vice President of Professional Services, Stefano Novati, were both named 2021 “Pros to Know” by Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine.

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Freight Cost Volatility Impacts on Inflation – An Analysis

Freightos

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The global economy has gone through an incredibly tumultuous time since 2020. The sheer influx in demand, combined with the variety of supply chain stressors, also catapulted global freight to new levels of infamy (although none perhaps as famous as the Suez Canal blockage). Let’s start by taking a look at global ocean freight prices.

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Consumer Goods: A Formula for Service, Speed, & Brand Success

What’s Good for Consumer Goods Manufacturing?

Trending Sources

Digital Supply Chains Change the Game in Consumer Goods, Part 1

Global Supply Chain Recovery Dependent On A Vaccine

Case study: inventory management as a service at a global consumer goods manufacturer

Three Tips for Building an Agile CPG Supply Chain

With ToolsGroup’s AI-Powered Planning, Legami Delivers Customer-Centric Service While Driving Business Growth

November Global PMI Reporting Reflects Some Stabilization

July 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices Indicating Declining Momentum

October Global PMI Reporting-Continued Production Contraction

Consumer Goods Technology Releases List of Top Supply Chain Companies

The Coolest Supply Chain Boutique Consultants

Realties of Declining Global Trade and Transport Rates More Evident

Global PMI Levels in August Remain Sluggish

Better Together: Logility and Parker Avery Group Announce Partnership

Unilever’s Relentless Commitment to S-Curve Transformations

Planning Seasonal Food Production in Uncertain Times

Are Global Supply Chains Recovering- One Perspective

Target’s Acknowledgement and Plan to Address Excess Inventory

Is Inventory Waste or an Asset?

Taming Supply Chain Bullwhips with Artificial Intelligence

ToolsGroup Wins Microsoft’s Best ISV Partner Award for the Second Year in a Row

The Fog of War in Ukraine Darkens the Global Economic Outlook

Is the “Autonomous Supply Chain” a Pipe Dream?

Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Stabilize in February

Global Production and Supply Chain Activity Levels Unchanged in April 2023

Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

SanDisk’s Story of Customer Segmentation Strategies Using Inventory Postponement

How Much Inventory Should I Stock in a Post-COVID World?

Global Production Activity Levels Unchanged In May But Provide Added Warning Signs

o9 Solutions Partners with Columbus Consulting International to Help Companies Accelerate Adoption of a Global Unified Commerce Model

Strong Supply Chains Required For an Economic Rebound: Six Steps To Take

“Why Do I have to Wait?” Supply Chain Disruption Gets Its Day

Disruption in China Ripples Across Global Supply Chains in April 2022

Sustainable Product Packaging Impacts Supply Chain Transformation

The Micro-Fulfillment Opportunity with Julien Seret

Powering the Sustainable Enterprise with Supply Chain Innovation

Top 15 Logistics Stories of 2022

Logility to Acquire Network Optimization Provider Starboard Solutions

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

What is Supply Chain Resiliency?

November U.S. Logistics Manager’s Index- Noteworthy Trending

ToolsGroup’s Michael Haiber and Stefano Novati Named Supply & Demand Chain Executive “Pros to Know” for 2021

Freight Cost Volatility Impacts on Inflation – An Analysis

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