Consumer Goods, Demand Planning, Procurement Solutions and Supply Chain Software

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

Logility

AUGUST 31, 2023

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

OptiProERP

MAY 3, 2021

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.

Supply Chain Planning Software

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5 Demand Planning and Forecasting Methods that Accurately Predict Demand

ThroughPut

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Keeping up with demand and market trends challenges most supply chain operators. Accurately forecasting sales with fluctuating demand cycles is difficult to achieve, and yes, there’s a direct impact: the less accurate the sales forecast, the less precise the stocking levels.

Supply and Demand

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What is Demand Planning? [Ultimate 2023 Guide]

Unleashed

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The onset of COVID and the rapidly changing environment of a pandemic-hit world has meant demand planning has become more difficult – and as a result, more critical – than ever. What is demand planning? Demand planning is the process of predicting what customer demand will be for a certain product.

Supply and Demand

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Demand Planning Software: Your Comprehensive Guide

Logility

JULY 20, 2023

Good forecasting leads to good demand planning —and good demand planning means better profitability. That’s why it’s essential to be sure you’re equipping your organization with the right demand planning software. What is demand planning software?

Supply and Demand

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Consumer Packaged Goods Manufacturers and Consumer-centric Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

JANUARY 14, 2022

Lisa Johnston ( @thatljohnston ), Senior Editor at Consumer Goods Technology, writes, “Much has been written about the extreme shifts in consumer behavior patterns.”[2] Stable Consumer Behaviors. Taking the Digital Path to Purchase. Purchasing Out of Necessity. ”[3]. ”[3].

Manufacturing Procurement

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Critical Supply Chain Planning Capabilities Needed to Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic and Future Supply Chain Disruptions

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.

Supply Chain Planning Software

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Data is Essential for CPG Success

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.

Data

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Seeing Supply Chain Visibility through Different Lenses

Bristlecone

JANUARY 19, 2021

Rajesh Mani, Director of Presales, Supply Chain Apps, Bristlecone. Ever since the onset of the COVID-19 disruption, I have come across many organizations and ‘initiatives of the month’ focusing on improving supply chain visibility. Supply chain visibility means different things to different audiences.

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Omnichannel Operations After the Pandemic

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

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Optimized Planning for an Explosive 4th of July

Logility

JULY 4, 2018

Most people don’t think about all the planning that needs to take place in the months leading up to the 4 th to make sure everything is available to make the 4 th a success. Procurement and manufacturing plans need to be created and executed based on these forecasts.

Optimal Sourcing

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Optimized Planning for an Explosive 4th of July

Logility

JULY 3, 2018

Most people don’t think about all the planning that needs to take place in the months leading up to the 4 th to make sure everything is available to make the 4 th a success. Procurement and manufacturing plans need to be created and executed based on these forecasts.

Optimal Sourcing

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Demand Planning. When The Answer To Two Simple Questions Is Not So Simple.

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

The question was, “How can I redefine demand planning processes to use channel data?” ” The next call was with a technology provider. The Company focused primarily on retail planning and wanted to extend its capabilities into a consumer products manufacturing solutions offering.

Supply and Demand

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Trade Promotion Vendors Kick It into High Gear

Supply Chain Insights

AUGUST 11, 2017

The evidence is in; and it appears that consumer products manufacturers now have a wide range of choices for both cloud and on-premise solutions to managing the second largest line item in the company P&L. They will undoubtedly be taxed in their effort to choose the right solution. Cloud and Mobile Technology.

Vendor Strategies

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Retail Sales and Operations Teams Need to Up Their Game in Inventory Management Agility and Responsiveness

Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters industry specific commentary, we make the observation that retail industry sales and operations planning and demand support teams, given the current state of recent business financial performance, need to up their game in supply network inventory management agility and added responsiveness. .

Inventory Management Software

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The “secret ingredient” missing from many consumer goods companies’ demand plans

Alloy

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Demand planning is a process just about every consumer goods company performs to keep their supply chain operation running smoothly. After all, revenue will be lost either because of empty shelves or due to overproduction and excess inventory if demand plans are wildly inaccurate.

Supply and Demand

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What is CPFR? Full Guide to Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, & Replenishment in The Supply Chain

ShipBob

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Supply chain optimization is vital for any ecommerce business that wants to increase its bottom line and improve its efficiency. However, you can’t optimize only some parts of the supply chain and expect great results as problems in one area can easily lead to inefficiency and issues in other stages.

Forecasting

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Seasonal Inventory and 7 Ways to Manage It Effectively

ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 25, 2022

But behind the scenes, demand planners were at work, trying to strike a balance that would help them turn a profit and meet demand without being saddled with rotting pumpkins come November 1. Today the stakes are even higher , with the ever-present ghost of disruption rattling supply chains around the world.

Inventory Reduction

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Primer: Artificial Intelligence for Demand Forecasting

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

MAY 4, 2022

An Abundance of New AI-Based Forecasting Technologies. The last decade has seen a surge in the use of artificial intelligence for demand forecasting (AI). Just about every supply chain software vendor now claims to incorporate AI into their forecasting and planning products. New Generation Software.

Forecasting

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What is Manufacturing ERP?

OptiProERP

JANUARY 25, 2019

We are all familiar with what ERP systems are: One software solution that brings all core business processes into one database and system, eliminating ‘silos of information’ and separate applications for various departments. What do I need to purchase to make it? Automated data collection. Defining Manufacturing ERP.

Manufacturing Procurement

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Consumer Packaged Goods in the Digital Age

Enterra Insights

MARCH 4, 2022

Giusy Buonfantino, Vice President of CPG Industry Solution at Google Cloud, observes, “At heart, the consumer packaged goods business is about brands, and today brands face all kinds of new challenges and opportunities. As Buonfantino noted, one way to generate these options by leveraging digital twin technology.

Packaging

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Supply Chain Brief

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

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

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5 Demand Planning and Forecasting Methods that Accurately Predict Demand

What is Demand Planning? [Ultimate 2023 Guide]

Demand Planning Software: Your Comprehensive Guide

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Consumer Packaged Goods Manufacturers and Consumer-centric Supply Chains

Critical Supply Chain Planning Capabilities Needed to Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic and Future Supply Chain Disruptions

Data is Essential for CPG Success

Seeing Supply Chain Visibility through Different Lenses

Omnichannel Operations After the Pandemic

Optimized Planning for an Explosive 4th of July

Optimized Planning for an Explosive 4th of July

Demand Planning. When The Answer To Two Simple Questions Is Not So Simple.

Trade Promotion Vendors Kick It into High Gear

Retail Sales and Operations Teams Need to Up Their Game in Inventory Management Agility and Responsiveness

The “secret ingredient” missing from many consumer goods companies’ demand plans

What is CPFR? Full Guide to Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, & Replenishment in The Supply Chain

Seasonal Inventory and 7 Ways to Manage It Effectively

Primer: Artificial Intelligence for Demand Forecasting

What is Manufacturing ERP?

Consumer Packaged Goods in the Digital Age

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