Oracle SCM

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

It is a horror that no parent wishes to face – but it is also something that consumer goods companies want to avoid at all costs. Gone are the days where we relied on magazine reviews, TV ads or word-of-mouth to find out about the latest must-have toy or beauty product.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The rise of big data in various manufacturing and logistics industries, the development of sophisticated ERP systems, and end-to-end Supply Chain visibility has made it a crucial strategic function for companies looking to get an edge in highly-competitive industries like Consumer Goods, Food Production and Pharma. What’s more?

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JANUARY 15, 2016

There are striking similarities between food retailers and consumer goods retailers when it comes to evolving supply chain strategies and we’re examining the stakes of failure to change with the times. That’s why we read the Fall/Winter issue of Food Shippers of America magazine with great interest.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 23, 2020

Another interesting recent article on this topic from Freight Waves Magazine uses some great case studies to identify the rising need for CSCOs within the Retail industry, but we think this applies to other industries as well, everything from Consumer Goods to Pharmaceutical, High-Tech Manufacturing, Medical and beyond.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

At the same time, consumer-goods producers including Procter & Gamble Co. 2] Marc Levinson, “ The Now-Ubiquitous Shipping Container Was an Idea Before Its Time ,” Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2017. [3] These benefits saw Jim Hagemann Snabe, chairman of the world’s largest shipping line, A.P.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Nowadays, big data is a ubiquitous topic in the business media; everywhere you look, the financial newspapers and magazines are filled with articles telling you how big data can be transformed into valuable insights. Over recent months, big data analytics has started to creep into the supply chain media too.

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E2open

JANUARY 31, 2017

According to E2open’s annual Forecasting Benchmark Study – encompassing more than $250 billion in trade from 17 multinational consumer goods companies and published as a public resource to help companies on their journey to forecast excellence – the average demand planning forecast error for food items is high, at almost 50%.

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E2open

JANUARY 31, 2017

According to E2open’s annual Forecasting Benchmark Study – encompassing more than $250 billion in trade from 17 multinational consumer goods companies and published as a public resource to help companies on their journey to forecast excellence – the average demand planning forecast error for food items is high, at almost 50%.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 6, 2019

Rudin adds, “ The Economist magazine spelled out the problem, ‘Corporations need to rethink how they approach climate risk. Weather disruptions. The Control Risks report states, “Extreme weather and all it brings have never been more significant as a business risk.” … Two things have changed.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 1, 2015

European logistics magazine Supply Chain Movement has collaborated with executive search firm Inspired-Search to compile a list of Europe’s top supply chain executives. At Unilever, he heads a global operation consisting of 270 factories delivering EUR 23 billion of cost of goods sold.

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RFgen

MAY 7, 2015

According to an article in Apparel magazine citing recent research jointly conducted by BSI Supply Chain Solutions and Business Continuity Institute, 35% of companies have expressed high levels of concern about disruption to the global supply chain. Here are three big concerns and potential solutions are driven by mobile data collection : 1.

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RFgen

MAY 7, 2015

According to an article in Apparel magazine citing recent research jointly conducted by BSI Supply Chain Solutions and Business Continuity Institute, 35% of companies have expressed high levels of concern about disruption to the global supply chain. Here are three big concerns and potential solutions are driven by mobile data collection : 1.

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RFgen

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Wired Magazine said businesses have to constantly reevaluate their business practices and product offerings. Food manufacturers create new products based on audience input. Innovation is now standard.

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RFgen

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Wired Magazine said businesses have to constantly reevaluate their business practices and product offerings. Food manufacturers create new products based on audience input. Innovation is now standard.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

It’s exciting to solve a consumer goods need with something that worked for a chemical company. I read multiple magazines and supply chain blogs to keep current. I cover all the major industry categories from food to high tech to industrial manufacturing and healthcare. Try to never get stuck in your functional silo.

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RELEX Solutions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

A large retailer of fast moving consumer goods has found this approach insufficient. Mikko Kärkkäinen is the Group CEO at RELEX and the author of more than thirty papers on logistics and supply chain issues delivered at conferences or published in leading magazines. Subscribe to receive monthly blog updates. Other blog posts.

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BlueYonder

JULY 2, 2013

The consumer goods industry has been working with their retail partners for decades to maximize their store shelf exposure in order to drive increased sales. If this topic interests you, you might also want to read an article I recently wrote titled New Age of Category Management , published in JDA’s Real Results Magazine.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

These includes Food, construction, fashion, fast-moving consumer goods, electronics, automotive, professional services and freight The reports say that only a small proportion of these emissions are produced during final manufacturing and that most are embedded in the supply chain. Your Sales Plan is NOT a Forecast!

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 31, 2016

These leaders all have 20+ years S&OP experience and published books, whitepapers and articles in renowned magazines. Jim : My first involvement with S&OP started in the late 1990’s, while working for a large commercial US bakery, a division of a large multi-brand consumer goods company in Chicago.

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EMERGE App

JULY 11, 2018

It takes place twice a year in Guangzhou and it has just about everything under one roof, including electronics, automobiles, consumer goods and gifts, clothing and medicine. There are also other regional trade fairs that focus on specific categories, such as consumer goods and gifts. As for Zhao? Conclusion.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Deighton notes, “The Consumer Goods Forum, a global trade group, in 2017 … recommended that retailers and food producers go with a quality date for nonperishable items, such as ‘best if used by,’ or an expiration date for perishable items, such as ‘use by.'” That’s unclear.

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Consumer Goods Logistics

MAY 11, 2017

A few years ago, I wrote a commentary published in Transport Topics magazine on the issue of driver delays at retail distribution centers. With the new hours of service regulations in place, my point was that these delays make it even more difficult to keep the dwindling supply of drivers on the road.

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RFgen

MAY 19, 2015

Food and consumer goods manufacturing organizations face numerous challenges. A recent article for Time magazine highlighted the problems food manufacturers can run into when they aren’t completely on top of the status of their assets, like the machinery used to process products.

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RFgen

MAY 19, 2015

Food and consumer goods manufacturing organizations face numerous challenges. A recent article for Time magazine highlighted the problems food manufacturers can run into when they aren’t completely on top of the status of their assets, like the machinery used to process products.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Unilever, a consumer goods company, created a pilot digital twin of a factory in Brazil in 2018 and now plans to implement digital twins of 170 global plants by the end of 2020. According to McKinsey & Company, 65% of consumable goods in the U.S. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – February 2021.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 8, 2020

From the woman director controlling over a half a billion dollars worth of global spend in the fast moving consumer goods industry in the ‘big city,” to the little guy ordering replenishment stock for a small chain of regional tire repair shops in Piqua, Ohio.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

In 2013, The New York legislature signed in a new law that continued the state’s assault weapons ban, limited ammo capacity in magazines and restricted sales to the mentally ill. MassLive detailed how federal discussion of gun restriction regulations caused a recent surge in the firearms market.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

In 2013, The New York legislature signed in a new law that continued the state’s assault weapons ban, limited ammo capacity in magazines and restricted sales to the mentally ill. MassLive detailed how federal discussion of gun restriction regulations caused a recent surge in the firearms market.

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Alloy

APRIL 4, 2019

We are honored to join companies like Google, IBM, Microsoft, and SAP in being named a best-in-class provider in Consumer Goods Technology (CGT) Magazine’s 19th annual awards. For more on the survey methodology and participants, please refer to the February issue of CGT magazine.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Quick adoption of health devices like Fitbit and smart thermostats such as Nest are bringing more and more connections and opportunities into the consumer world. As such many home appliance and consumer goods companies are looking at how they can take advantage of this trend and transform their interaction with their consumers and customers.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 19, 2016

These leaders all have 20+ years S&OP experience and published books, whitepapers and articles in renowned magazines. To get some answers for S&OP practitioners, Niels van Hove founder of Supply Chain Trend, interviewed a group of S&OP leaders. A group, eligible to comment on the current state of S&OP.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

These leaders all have 20+ years S&OP experience and published books, whitepapers and articles in renowned magazines. His industry experience includes Consumer Goods, Chemicals, Life Sciences, Energy, and High Tech among others. A group, eligible to comment on the current state of S&OP.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 6, 2023

Inbound Logistics is the pioneering magazine empowering demand-driven enterprises. 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. “We Access the report here. See bios here.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 13, 2016

These leaders all have 20+ years S&OP experience and published books, whitepapers and articles in renowned magazines. To get some answers for S&OP practitioners, Niels van Hove founder of Supply Chain Trend, interviewed a group of S&OP leaders. A group, eligible to comment on the current state of S&OP.

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6 River Systems

JULY 3, 2020

Likewise, if you’re dealing in fast-moving consumer goods, focus on the smooth functionality, or the frequency of the stock ins and outs, and then design the layout of the warehouse accordingly. Alex Latham @lathamsdoors Alex is the Director of Latham’s Security Doorsets Limited. released in February 2020.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Companies and investors have earned better returns, and everyone has benefited from less expensive consumer goods. Read Guinto’s recent article on supply chain regionalization in NCMA’s Contract Management magazine: Linking up with Neighbors. But we need to look more toward regionalization and diversification.

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