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

Logility

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.

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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

Procuring transportation for freight is much different than any other procurement category. There are different tools, goals, and market dynamics. Transportation procurement needs to support both customer service and a company’s internal supply chain goals. One master of freight procurement is Kyle Masters.

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6 Things to Consider in ERP Software Selection for Supply Chain Management

OptiProERP

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions are now a dime a dozen. It’s for this reason that careful attention is needed when selecting the right ERP software for your specific business requirements. There are several options of software solutions to meet your supply chain management needs.

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Metcalf’s Law Does Not Apply to Supply Chain Management

Logistics Viewpoints

But there is a type of solution known as multi-enterprise supply chain networks (MSCN). A MSCN is a collaborative solution for supply chain processes built on a many-to-many architecture which supports a community of trading partners and third-party data feeds. Contrast The solution from Nulogy with the MSCN solution from TraceGains.

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Growing Interest in Direct-to-Consumer Sales, Part 2

Enterra Insights

Due to the pandemic, e-commerce growth accelerated and manufacturers’ interest in direct-to-consumer (DTC) consumer sales also increased. The cold hard truth for many brands is that consumers are not going to purchase their products via the internet without a compelling value proposition.”

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Retail After Covid, Part 2: How Retail Is Changing

Enterra Insights

The staff at Consumer Goods Technology (CGT) explains, “If 2020 was a Dickens novel about consumer goods, it might be called a tale of two categories: essential and non-essential. The former saw the better of times in which the belief in their products gave consumers hope. on a two-year basis. ”[3].

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Omnichannel Operations After the Pandemic

Enterra Insights

Consumer behavior, even before the pandemic, was moving steadily towards the digital path to purchase. The pandemic forced many consumers to make purchases online that they normally would have completed in stores. ” That doesn’t mean they aren’t using the digital path to purchase — because they are.