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The Changing Consumer Packaged Goods Space

Enterra Insights

He writes, “There was a time, going back at least 70 years, when all it took to be successful in business was to make a product of good quality. … As long as you made sure that your product quality was superior to the competition, you were pretty much set.”[2] The Rise of Private Labels.

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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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Digital Manufacturing for the Packaging Industry

QAD

During our next installment of QAD Tomorrow on December 1, 2021, we’ll focus on how manufacturers adopting digital solutions are future proofing their operations. Challenges Facing Packagers. Outdated legacy solutions create stumbling blocks for manufacturers seeking optimal decision-making.

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Advanced Product Quality Planning – The 5 Phases of APQP

QAD

Updated: August 3, 2023 Published: April 1, 2019 Achieving Customer Satisfaction and Competitive Advantage at Lower Costs Understanding and meeting customer expectations is at the heart of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and are key requirements for any business to be successful. What is APQP?

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Keeping Sustainability at the Forefront of Packaging Manufacturing

QAD

No manufacturer would be blamed if they put operational sustainability plans on the back burner during the current environment. Yet it seems sustainability will surely survive this moment, which means manufacturers must stay vigilant. . Tackling sustainability does not need to be a one-manufacturer show.

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Build Digitally Lean Consumer Goods and Home & Lifestyle Manufacturing Teams

DELMIA Quintiq

In the world of consumer goods and home and lifestyle, today’s fast-moving consumer trends demand fast delivery and quality at the lowest possible cost—for which lean programs in manufacturing are paramount. Out with the old. 3DLean is a modern approach to lean and is a quick win for industrial transformation.

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Consumer Packaged Goods Network Optimization: The Key to Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

Why Network Optimization Is the Key to Consumer Packaged Goods Supply Chain Resiliency It has been a few years since the onset of the pandemic exposed the tragic consequences of supply chain fragility within the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry.