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Consumer Packaged Goods Manufacturers and Consumer-centric Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers and their end-customers constantly engage in a complicated dance that has no choreographed steps. Sometimes CPG manufacturers take the lead and sometimes consumers take the lead. When retailers join in — which is most of the time — dance steps become even more complex. ”[3].

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ERP Sustains Manufacturing during COVID-19

IQMS

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed manufacturers to rapidly shift gears, from addressing work-from-home policies to managing extreme swings in demand and uncertain supply chains. In the process, it has highlighted an aspect of manufacturing ERP that is not as visible in more normal times— business continuity.

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Supply Chains are Critical for a Great Customer Experience

Enterra Insights

Customers don’t want to think about supply chains; they just want great purchasing experiences. Bob Trebilcock, editorial director of Modern Materials Handling , reports Todd Walker, a spokesperson for Amazon, claims, “Everything at Amazon starts with the customer, and we work backwards from there.”[1] ”[2]. .

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Solving the Supply Chain Planning Puzzle

Logility

Competition between brick and mortar and e-commerce retail channels, often within the same company, has led to a proliferation of products and services. I can’t wait to receive my Michigan State themed shoes – GO GREEN , GO WHITE.). What’s next? Products beamed right into your house. Beam me up Scotty!!

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Solving the Supply Chain Planning Puzzle

Logility

Competition between brick and mortar and e-commerce retail channels, often within the same company, has led to a proliferation of products and services. I can’t wait to receive my Michigan State themed shoes — GO GREEN , GO WHITE.). What’s next? Products beamed right into your house. Beam me up Scotty!!

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SCI IMPACT! vs. the Beer Game

Supply Chain Insights

Recently I had the opportunity to go to Llamasoft headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan to play the game they have programmed for Supply Chain Insights around supply chain strategies and inside-out versus outside-in processes, SCI IMPACT! Screenshot of SCI IMPACT! Results Example. the importance of making decisions based on a strategy.

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7 Best Supply Chain Books of All Time

Supply Chain Opz

In short, Nielsen provides the point of sales data from various retail outlets and gross sales quantity will be summarized. Anyway, the access to this database costs an arm and a leg. Therefore, the challenge to establish the ranking method is to find a more economical data source and the unbiased metrics.