Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Walmart is not the only big retailer with OTIF requirements, but as the world’s largest retailer, and a company with stringent requirements , Walmart’s OTIF requirements are top of mind for consumer goods companies. These solutions allow companies to prove that their goods arrived on-time.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 10, 2025

The consumer goods manufacturing and grocery vertical was also particularly strong. Some of that was driven by the shift to electric vehicles, and some by changing tariff policies. Both are contributing to a rewiring of the automotive supply chain industry. For the second year in a row, it grew rapidly.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 17, 2023

The consumer good companies are looking at how to carry out digital transformation in a way to minimize risk and learning curve. The post Digital Supply Chains Change the Game in Consumer Goods, Part 2 appeared first on Supply Chain Nation. Digital Transformation. Shri: Of course.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2025

Warehouses in Texas and California are nearly full, as companies stockpile goods in anticipation of continued trade restrictions. Freight rates have surged due to increased demand for ocean and rail transport, particularly for industries like consumer goods and industrial manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Whether you are manufacturing toothpaste or t-shirts, a digital supply chain is essential to keeping the shelves stocked for your customers.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The fourth quarter is typically a busy one for retail and logistics service providers, but as Paul Berger reported on August 29 in the Wall Street Journal, “this year’s peak shipping season is arriving with a whimper as merchants and consumer-goods suppliers continue to burn off excess.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

While electronics, automotive, and consumer goods’ supply chains promote their products, the food supply chain represents a basic human necessity–food. The food supply chain is unlike any other.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 18, 2025

FreightWaves is acknowledged as a leading source of freight market intelligence, having been featured in the FreightTech 25 list, which highlights the most innovative and impactful technology solutions in the freight industry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

And how can consumer goods companies learn from their performance in this pandemic to prepare for the future? They provide these solutions to some of the largest consumer goods and food & beverage companies in the world. For multinational consumer goods and food & beverage companies, service is typically 99%.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 7, 2022

These lower costs can then reduce the overall cost of consumer goods. which furthermore enables them to lower the costs for consumer goods. By some estimates, 65 percent of consumer goods are delivered using trucks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 1, 2025

Here are just a few examples of industries that can benefit from a supply chain data gateway: Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Consumer Packaged Goods (FMCG and CPG) : In FMCG and CPG, the ability to make rapid, data-driven decisions is crucial for staying competitive in a fast-paced market.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2025

A consumer goods company aligned its procurement and logistics teams, resulting in a 15% reduction in working capital. Sustainability Focus : Increasing consumer emphasis on sustainability has elevated its importance in supply chain decisions.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 18, 2025

Why Traditional Demand Forecasting Falls Short in Aftermarket Supply Planning Unlike fast-moving consumer goods with predictable demand patterns, aftermarket parts planning requires highly specialized forecasting approaches. Youre compromising profitability, competitive advantage, and customer loyalty.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 3, 2023

The company claims that for one global consumer goods company the solution was making 12,000 recommendations in a month; 74% of those recommendations were auto accepted. If it is the same consumer goods company that I think it is, I saw their vice president of supply chain speak at a planning conference.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 14, 2025

Why Traditional Demand Forecasting Falls Short in Aftermarket Supply Planning Unlike fast-moving consumer goods with predictable demand patterns, aftermarket parts planning requires highly specialized forecasting approaches. Youre compromising profitability, competitive advantage, and customer loyalty.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2019

There is a lot of discussion today about supply chain transformation, most of it focused on the consumer goods and retail industries, but there are many challenges and opportunities in the Oil and Energy industry too. It’s an industry that has a major impact on the world economy and on our personal lives.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2024

This week, I attended the Consumer Goods Forum in Chicago. On the top of mind for many retail and consumer goods executives is the looming forced upgrade by SAP named RISE. The Consumer Goods Forum follows on the heels of Sapphire. The networking was great. Here I share observations and take aways.

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Kinaxis

JANUARY 23, 2019

Kinaxis is proud to work with Unilever, one of the largest consumer packaged goods companies in the world. An Anglo-Dutch global consumer goods company, Unilever produces some of the world’s best-known brands to all corners of the world.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 6, 2024

With a focus on the complexities of delivering shelf-ready consumer goods and meeting retailers’ demanding requirements, such as OTIF, the podcast covers strategies that companies like Jarrett Logistics employ to ensure on-time delivery and compliance, utilizing advanced technology while prioritizing customer service.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Meanwhile, supply shortages and price inflation are getting the front page in consumer-focused publications and plenty of airtime on televised news. Many consumers, including myself, become irritated by the sight of empty store shelves where our favorite consumer goods are typically stored. And rightfully so.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 8, 2023

Square1 primarily serves clients in the Beauty, Packaged Food, Apparel, and Consumer Goods industries, and currently works with 40 domestic and international clients. Square1 Logistics serves clients across various industries, including food and beverage, consumer goods, and automotive.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 2, 2025

During the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, sectors such as automotive, electronics, and consumer goods experienced severe disruptions due to factory shutdowns and shipping constraints, primarily because of dependence on suppliers concentrated in Asia.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 2, 2021

Kimberly-Clark is public consumer goods company that generated over $19 billion in revenues last year. This consumer goods behemoth has driven ongoing supply chain productivity through their FORCE (Focused On Reducing Costs Everywhere) program. Not surprisingly, many of FourKites’ users work in transportation operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Nulogy, for example, is a platform for collaboration between consumer goods brands and their copacker and comanufacturing partners. Chris Castle, the vice president of product management at Nulogy, said that collaboration in the consumer goods industry was more even handed than in industries like automotive.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2023

In consumer goods industries, better forecasting leads to lower fines from retailers for late or incomplete deliveries. Large consumer goods companies believe that solutions based on a graph database also have real potential. This increases sales.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 1, 2024

Structural Changes in Supply Chains: Example: A consumer goods company decides to near-shore its manufacturing operations to reduce transportation costs and improve responsiveness. They underwent a thorough Network Optimization exercise to identify the roadmap of transitioning to a hybrid offshore/nearshore model.

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DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 6, 2020

Often, consumer goods are produced in wide varieties. As the season progresses, you need to perform a thorough analysis to adjust sales and operational plans when factors change. So, if production capacity bottlenecks for one resource, turn to tactical planning for visibility on alternative solutions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 20, 2023

If you take a big consumer goods company, you don’t need to just model products and customers,” o9’s CEO explained. You need to model the company’s competitors, end consumers, and the demographics of customers in Texas versus New York.” “There’s a lot of flexibility required to model the variations and nuances.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Clarkston Consulting is focused on the Consumer Goods and Life Sciences industries. They assist their clients through the implementation process, incorporating their knowledge into the process as a trusted advisor to their clients.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) presents special supply chain planning challenges for both smaller microbrands (e.g., eyeglass brand Warby Parker or mattress seller Casper) and much larger consumer goods incumbents, but the planning challenges are different depending on which type of company you are.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2022

In a recent FarEye webinar , an executive at Massmart, a Walmart-owned retailer and the second-largest distributor of consumer goods in Africa, talked about how you can’t assume bicycles can deliver across a whole city. There are roads that are safe for bikes, and roads that are not. The bike routes must be carefully mapped.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 11, 2019

But one area that often times goes under the radar is how to re-use consumer goods products that are already out in the market. We’ve touched upon ways that companies are reducing their carbon footprint, re-engineering products to include recyclable materials, and using sustainable energy at their factories.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

The digital consumer often wants to shop online, pick up at the store, and conveniently manage returns. Each year I go to the Consumer Goods and Technology (CGT) conference where speaker-after-speaker talks about retail/supplier collaboration. The ecommerce customer wants convenient delivery to the home.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

Procter & Gamble (P&G) , the American multinational consumer goods corporation, is continuing to invest in digital transformation, focusing specifically on the supply chain, retail execution, and environmental sustainability. The data show Canadian exports to China also reached a historic high of $27.9

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

MAY 5, 2022

There was an excellent article from McKinsey published on 2 March 2022 entitled: “ Autonomous supply chain planning for consumer goods companies ”.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 22, 2022

He is working with Microsoft, Accenture, and other partners to deliver a multi-tenant supply chain model that leverages data, the cloud, and shared pay-for-use robotics facilities, to allow consumer goods to reach customers next or same-day at the cost of standard delivery.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Andrew Lynch is President and co-founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. About Andrew Lynch.

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