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Study Shows Two-Thirds of Companies Yet to Execute Digital Transformation in Supply Chain Planning

ToolsGroup

and HOUSTON, Tex. A North American-based survey of nearly 200 supply chain professionals from top CPG, distribution/wholesale, food and beverage, manufacturing, and retail companies found that 58% of respondents are still in the exploring or evaluating phases of digital transformation. BOSTON, Mass. About ToolsGroup.

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Is It Time to Concentrate on Climate Adaptation?

Enterra Insights

we’d watch places like Houston, San Francisco, and New York City — not to mention the entire state of Florida — slowly disappear into the sea.” East notes, “Sustainability analytics requires a lot of data from many different sources. South America would say goodbye to cities like Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires.

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How Retailers and CPG companies are benefiting from next-gen Control Tower and S&OE

o9 Solutions

For CPG manufacturers changing volumes from modern trade (hyper/supermarkets) to e.g. discounters, e-Commerce. CPG manufacturers are scrambling to strengthen the connect with consumers and in some cases to bypass retailers altogether. Houston – We have a Supply Chain Problem.

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Building the Business to Consumer Superstar: Getting to the Promised Land with Supply Chain Control Towers and S&OE

o9 Solutions

For CPG manufacturers changing volumes from modern trade (hyper/supermarkets) to e.g. discounters, e-Commerce. CPG manufacturers are scrambling to strengthen the connect with consumers and in some cases to bypass retailers altogether. Houston – We have a Supply Chain Problem.

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The Battle for Supply Chain Talent

Logility

First supply chains have become more global and complex requiring a more in-depth blend of business experience and analytic skills to be effective. Analytical abilities continue to be paramount but add to that the need to have well developed skills in negotiation and communication as planning processes become more collaborative.

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Renegade Riposte

Supply Chain Shaman

I wrote a report when I was an AMR Research Analyst in 1996 on the advancement of multi-tier inventory analytics. The supply chain has two buffers: inventory and manufacturing excess capacity. With the redesign of the global multi-national manufacturing company, the design of buffers has increased in importance.

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Seven Thoughts to Build a Customer-Centric Supply Chain Organization

Supply Chain Shaman

A month after completing this strategy session I was doing a series of strategy days with two chemical companies in Houston. A contract manufacturer shares discount pricing based on forecast accuracy of the customer. While the techniques to use Sentiment Analytics are new, they are very promising. They were competitors.