Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

From demand planning to manufacturing to trade promotion optimization, data is essential for almost every aspect of consumer packaged goods (CPG) company operations. … With an ever-complex consumer purchasing path, it can be difficult for a brand to know where exactly to adjust their efforts. ”[2].

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Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides a further global supply chain assessment in the highlights and added insights on reported November 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. reported in October.

Procurement Analytics 59

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Here explain what DSI is, how to use it, and why it’s crucial to track this metric in your business – whether you’re a retailer, manufacturer, wholesaler or distributor. The next figure you need to calculate is COGS, which is a metric that relates to the direct costs of a product that a business sells.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides a further global supply chain assessment in the highlighting and added insights on reported October 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. value reported for September.

Procurement Analytics 59

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

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. MSCN solutions provide supply chain visibility, network-based applications, and network analytics across an extended supply chain. Then there is FourKites.

Supply Chain Design Software 157

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 25, 2021

According to data from the Consumer Brands Association (CBA), CPG sales in 2020 grew by 9.4% Everything from food and beverage products to home improvement items saw a significant consumption bump as buyers, sidelined by pandemic restrictions, diverted their purchasing habits from experiences to consumer goods.

Procurement Analytics 69

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 7, 2021

With all generations getting more comfortable on the digital path to purchase, most retailers have adapted to this new reality and are pursuing omnichannel strategies. He writes, “Rising levels of consumer boredom during the COVID-19 pandemic is having an impact on e-commerce shopping habits. ”[3]. ”[5]. ”[6].

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 14, 2022

Today’s consumer picture is even more confusing as a result of low unemployment rates (which generally means higher demand) and rising inflation (which generally means lower demand). Nominal income gains were reported by survey participants, but half of all families anticipated reduced real incomes next year. ”[3].

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 20, 2023

This January the company reported that its annual recurring revenue grew at over 84% year-over-year. Data is stored just like you might sketch ideas on a whiteboard. Those insights are driven from data connections across the vast amounts of data these companies have access to. billion after a funding round.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 4, 2015

In the first post our long tme guest blogger, Chuck Intrieri of The Lean Supply Chai n, gave us 5 core metrics to evaluate supplier performance using supplier quality management and a 4 step process to execute. Consumer Goods. Review of SQM Metrics and Issues Across 5 Core Industries. #1: Trend Metrics Collected per Site.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2023

Organizations then convert those demand forecasts to the associated quantities of raw materials to purchase, goods to be manufactured, or finished products to ship. In consumer goods industries, better forecasting leads to lower fines from retailers for late or incomplete deliveries. This increases sales.

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EcoVadis

MAY 31, 2018

Read on for more details about EcoVadis ratings in this interview (first published on the ING Wholesale Banking site): Rating Sustainability Performance: An Essential Business Metric. Pierre-Francois Thaler, co-founder and co-CEO, explains the company’s business model and why it’s important to get rated. What areas does it cover?

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

.”[1] Most retailers seem to agree with that conclusion and, as a result, they have invested a lot of time and money into bolstering their omnichannel operations in order to serve consumers where and when they shop. The Omnichannel Consumer. ”[2] Yes, consumers can be difficult to figure out. during 2020. ”[3].

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Enterra Insights

JULY 20, 2021

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].

Retail 100

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Enterra Insights

JULY 14, 2020

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.

Omnichannel 100

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

As I reported in Part 1 of this article, Jon Reily ( @jonreily ), an experience and commerce executive at Merkle, wisely suggests the first step when developing a DTC strategy is to determine why your company wants to get into the DTC arena in the first place. ”[1].

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SupplyShift

JUNE 5, 2023

STANDARD ASSESSMENT THESIS for Retailers The Sustainability Insight System (THESIS), created by The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) and powered by SupplyShift, is a science-based performance management system helping retailers transform the consumer goods industry to deliver more sustainable consumer products.

Retail 52

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Alloy

JANUARY 24, 2019

IDC Study: Industry Trends and Why a Demand-Driven Organization is Critical Alloy recently commissioned IDC for a Market Spotlight on the future direction of consumer goods companies, which you can read here. otherwise, they’ll turn elsewhere, and there are many data-savvy, new brands ready to meet their needs.

Procurement Analytics 40

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. Based on reporting from the Wall Street Journal, the company hired Morgan Stanley to shop the company and package it for sale in 2014 with an expected evaluation of 800M$. The largest was the purchase of Lawson in 2011 for 2B$.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 27, 2022

Department of Agriculture (USDA) has raised its 2022 food inflation forecasts again reports Jim Wiesemeyer ( @Jim_Wiesemeyer ).[1] ” If that news isn’t grim enough, the staff at Fetch Rewards insists, “Food inflation [is actually] higher than government data.”[2] ”[4]. Bargain shopping.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

It turned out that, for the most part, consumers were in a buying mood. Justin Swanson ( @ejsnyt ) reports, “Retail sales in the United States jumped nearly 11 percent this season compared with the holiday period in 2019, the year before the pandemic upended the global economy.”[1] Digital Path to Purchase taken more often.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Transmitted perfectly, replicated indefinitely; and with a one-time investment in network infrastructure, a digital task performs well with zero marginal cost. As a result, new data types move quicker and more accurately, with lower levels of investment. The use of social data in supply chain processes is just beginning.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides commentary relative to July’s global manufacturing PMI indices relative to data indicating declining momentum, and some contraction among specific global regions. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. reported for June. Global Wide Production Activity.

Manufacturing Procurement 99

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TransAudit

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Supply chains at a consumer goods company, for example, make up about 80% of the company’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This process also increases resilience, key in today’s uncertain global economy, and provides cost reductions. Work with data solution providers to meet emerging transparency regulations.

Supply Chain Design Software 88

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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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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Consumers reportedly utilized both online and in-store channels throughout the weekend with 121.4 According to the NRF survey report , consumers spent $321.41 on average reported for the 2022 period. According to the NRF survey report , consumers spent $321.41 on average reported for the 2022 period.

Procurement Analytics 52

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Back in April 2021, journalist Ben Popken ( @bpopken ) wrote, “Shoppers had better start budgeting more for their groceries, according to the latest consumer price index [CPI], which shows prices are increasing — and they’re likely to keep going up.”[1] ”[1] His prediction proved accurate. In November, the U.S.

Supply Chain Design Software 130

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Enterra Insights

JULY 19, 2021

D’Innocenzio explains, “The return to store shopping, highlighted in many retailers’ earnings reports in recent days, offers a big relief in part because shoppers return less when they make their purchases at the store — 8% compared with 25% for online, according to Forrester Research. 3] They are: 1.

Retail 130

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 10, 2022

In our Supply Chain Matters commentaries focused on online customer fulfillment and especially the 2021 holiday fulfilment period, we cautioned retail and consumer goods supply chain management teams to be watchful for the bullwhip effect in inventory planning and replenishment needs to support expected customer demand.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The award, based on beating the industry peer group on rate of improvement on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) while outperforming their peer group, is tough to achieve. The orbit chart below illustrates L’Oréal’s performance at the intersection of two metrics.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights perspectives and added insights on reported August 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. The August reported value rose to a three month high of 49.0 reported for July and 48.8 reported for June. reported for July and 48.8 reported for June.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

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Logility

MARCH 30, 2020

For the first time in history, shelves of stores across the globe that sell food, beverage and other fast-moving consumer goods (including toilet paper, hand sanitizer and cleaning products) are nearly empty. Looking back a few months, no one could have predicted the current state of the global supply chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 5, 2022

The technology additionally provides a unique and novel data visualization capability that can optimize for unknown locations that might not be physical in nature. Starboard now has over 1400 users across 70 customers representing Auto, Consumer Goods, Retail, Industrial Products, Consulting, and Real Estate. Added Highlights.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The demand planning process can be extremely complex as it requires the analysis of numerous factors, including historic and current datasets and internal analytics. It also requires the ability to know how to leverage that data and put the learnings into practice. Below are 5 key elements of the demand planning process.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

According to a recent report, the company canceled, closed, or delayed 99 fulfillment facilities, impacting nearly 32.3 The process, called binder jetting, can boost productivity tenfold, while the use of metal powders is more cost-effective than laser-based 3D-printing powder.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2022

Last week’s quarterly financial performance reporting among major U.S. The retailer had reported a big earnings miss as higher inventories and supply chain related costs dragged down expected profitability. This week’s report of Target’s financial performance reflected that action, but operating margins actually declined to 1.2

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