BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

A December Labor Department report shows that the price of consumer goods increased by 6.8% According to the National Association of Manufacturers , “CEOs pointed to increased supply chain costs as the greatest current inflation-related stressor for their businesses. in November 2021 from the previous year.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

One tactic major retailers have used to help increase their margins is to offer their own private label branded products as lower-cost alternatives to the consumer goods brands. Consumer goods manufacturers have struggled to combat these private label incursions, with varying degrees of success.

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RFgen

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The food and beverage industry’s future lies in smart manufacturing technologies that will automate operations and drive growth. True success for food companies will occur when smart manufacturing trends are integrated into critical business systems like ERPs. Perfect data collection is required in an age of smart manufacturing.

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RFgen

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The food and beverage industry’s future lies in smart manufacturing technologies that will automate operations and drive growth. True success for food companies will occur when smart manufacturing trends are integrated into critical business systems like ERPs. Perfect data collection is required in an age of smart manufacturing.

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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. Invest in Digital Planning to Stay Abreast of Evolving Consumer Needs.

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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. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. Global Wide Production Activity. The July 2022 J.P.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

It is time to bring Manufacturers, Retailers, and Distributors together with Technology Providers in order to better understand the issues and generate ideas to help build the “network of networks.” Brand owner to contract manufacturer or third-party logistics provider to a retailer.) Industry Held Hostage by ERP Upgrades.

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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.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 13, 2020

Prior to the novel coronavirus outbreak, many pundits believed we were in the midst of a fourth industrial revolution. They write, “Industrial production was transformed by steam power in the nineteenth century, electricity in the early twentieth century, and automation in the 1970s.”[1] He also believes Industry 4.0

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QAD

MARCH 30, 2023

Manufacturers may not think they have much in common with the retail companies beyond producing the products that stock store shelves, but there could be a lot to learn from the latter as the manufacturing headwinds of the last few years carry into 2023. Walmart Has Embraced RFID Technology – Should You?

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 25, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights this week’s reports that the German economy has officially slid into recession, and along with that, ongoing manufacturing recessionary conditions as-well. According to the government agency, consumer spending declined 1.2 percent decline in industrial output in March, compared to February.

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E2open

JULY 11, 2016

Turning Your Consumer Goods Supply Chain Into a Competitive Advantage. Today’s modern supply chains are multi-enterprise, starting with consumers, retailers, distributors; and flowing through an extended network of suppliers, contract manufacturers, and other third parties. Consumer Goods. Demand-driven.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JULY 31, 2023

The food and beverage (F&B) industry has always been highly responsive to changes in consumer behavior, but rising food prices have brought about new challenges—pushing manufacturers to search for new ways to adapt and remain competitive in a rapidly changing market. Solutions to overcome challenges in: 1.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 24, 2021

I have been a ToolsGroup partner since 2015, after working over 10 years at a global consumer goods company, where I started knowing and enjoying the benefits of ToolsGroup Service Optimizer 99+ (SO99+). Overstocks can lead to unacceptable surplus costs and waste; insufficient stock leads to unmet demand and poor service levels.

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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. Learn more about how ToolsGroup’s solutions help consumer goods companies – like Melitta– increase forecast accuracy and profitability HERE.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 26, 2022

ToolsGroup won the award for its deep supply chain planning expertise and cloud-based solutions for retail, manufacturing, distribution, consumer goods, aftermarket parts, and telecom industries. Microsoft also awarded ToolsGroup a Digital Transformation Champ Award for the category Cloud for Industries. “We

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. Morgan Manufacturing PMI® , compiled by S&P Global in association with ISM and IFPSM , halted a consecutive five-months of contraction levels to that of no-change. The S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI® had a February value of 47.3,

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 7, 2022

A recent survey conducted by the International Road Transport Union (IRU) industry association shows that this bottleneck has exacerbated worldwide over the past two years. These lower costs can then reduce the overall cost of consumer goods. which furthermore enables them to lower the costs for consumer goods.

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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. About Logility.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 25, 2015

To meet consumers’ increasing appetite for choice, Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) manufacturers develop a huge amount of Stock Keeping Units (SKUs). This has a direct impact on packaging manufacturers who now need to find ways to cope with more diverse demand. What should change? What to do with the bottlenecks?

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 24, 2016

Much has been said about how omni-channel is transforming the retail industry, but what impact is it having on manufacturers? Which manufacturing industries are being affected the most by omni-channel? The manufacturing C-suite is still behind the eight ball. It is, but it has to become even more so,” he said.

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PINC

OCTOBER 14, 2019

A perennial top industry issue, the driver shortage ranked as the industry’s top concern for the second consecutive year in 2018, according to ATRI. last month (a reading below 50 typically indicates that growth in the manufacturing sector is weakening) as the S. The concern hasn’t waned at all in 2019.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 12, 2023

“Out of the chip pan and into the fire” must be a recurring feeling among manufacturers – across 2022 and into 2023 – as a proposed rebound following the eye of the COVID-19 pandemic storm has been usurped by a host of new and evolving challenges that have hindered both sides of the supply-demand equation.

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SupplyShift

JULY 23, 2021

Industry groups are one of the best ways for companies to put their heads together and solve common issues, helping them achieve net-zero supply chain emissions, drive visibility into sub-tier suppliers, and collaborate on any number of ESG issues.

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SupplyShift

JULY 23, 2021

Industry groups are one of the best ways for companies to put their heads together and solve common issues, helping them achieve net-zero supply chain emissions, drive visibility into sub-tier suppliers, and collaborate on any number of ESG compliance issues. The Consumer Goods Forum (Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative).

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 13, 2021

While the construction industry itself poses some unique challenges in supply chains across the world, cement manufacturing comes with its own diverse set of differentiators like the ones mentioned below: Top unique challenges of cement industry. Rapid Global Urbanization. billion by 2022. AI-Powered Forecasting.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 16, 2020

Digital transformation is the process of using digital technologies across industries to modify or create new business processes, enhanced working culture, and effective end-user experiences. The relevance of digital transformation in manufacturing. As more and more manufacturers adopt digital technologies, industry 4.0

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ThroughPut

APRIL 16, 2020

Digital transformation is the process of using digital technologies across industries to modify or create new business processes, enhanced working culture, and effective end-user experiences. The relevance of digital transformation in manufacturing. As more and more manufacturers adopt digital technologies, industry 4.0

Resource Reduction 52

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ThroughPut

APRIL 16, 2020

Digital transformation is the process of using digital technologies across industries to modify or create new business processes, enhanced working culture, and effective end-user experiences. The relevance of digital transformation in manufacturing. As more and more manufacturers adopt digital technologies, industry 4.0

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QAD

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It was a relatively simple network that started with the food manufacturer sending products to distribution centers, then on to the grocery stores and specialty shops. The evolution of the value chain has been driven by multiple factors; technology, manufacturers and the consumer. Consumers’ tastes have changed.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Christine Barnhart, the vice president of Christine Barnhart at MSCN vendor Nulogy, points out that these networks tend to grow up as solutions for industries and thus have data elements and functionality particularly relevant to that industry. In automotive, the OEM says “jump” and the suppliers asks “how high?”.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 11, 2020

Effective inventory management is crucial to reducing costs in any manufacturing business. This is particularly true in the food manufacturing industry, which characteristically has a high volume of products stored, and an urgent need to fill existing client orders to match ongoing consumer demand.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2024

An analysis of improvement, performance, and value of over 500 public companies in 28 industries over a decade. (I However, writing it is a great time to get into industry patterns and think. ” Compare the results to the industry trends. Look at the industry decline in Figure B. I posted my working summary.)

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Well, how often do you hear industry analysts say they underestimated a market’s growth rate? Also, warehouse automation excludes similar systems such as airport baggage handling, manufacturing-line automation, and manually driven forklifts. Looking back, I estimated the market in 2013 at $6.4 billion in 2019. Well, I am saying it.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 4, 2014

There is no question that consumer demand is now driving the consumer goods and retail industries. But how does it impact industrial manufacturing? To get some Expert Insight on this topic, Supply Chain Nation spoke with Simon Ellis, practice director, supply chain strategies, for IDC Manufacturing Insights.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 30, 2020

The global economy rebound from COVID-19 hinges on the discovery and manufacture of an effective vaccine. However, supply chain leaders well understand that drug discovery, manufacturing, and distribution are all necessary to deliver the vaccine to a willing arm. Supply Chains to Admire Analysis for the Pharmaceutical Industry.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2020

This cross-functional group (sales, procurement, manufacturing, and distribution) is an operational team to manage the day-to-day issues and exceptions in the supply chain. Figure 1 shows a market-by-market planning model by a sinus drug manufacturer. This type of planning needs to be deployed by all consumer manufacturers.

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