ThroughPut

APRIL 16, 2020

The objective is to meet evolving technology, business, and market requirements more effectively. The relevance of digital transformation in manufacturing. PWC predicts that out of every 2,000 manufacturers, 86% will benefit from cost reductions and revenue gains from their digitization efforts over the next five years.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 16, 2020

The objective is to meet evolving technology, business, and market requirements more effectively. The relevance of digital transformation in manufacturing. PWC predicts that out of every 2,000 manufacturers, 86% will benefit from cost reductions and revenue gains from their digitization efforts over the next five years.

Resource Reduction 52

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ThroughPut

APRIL 16, 2020

The objective is to meet evolving technology, business, and market requirements more effectively. The relevance of digital transformation in manufacturing. PWC predicts that out of every 2,000 manufacturers, 86% will benefit from cost reductions and revenue gains from their digitization efforts over the next five years.

Resource Reduction 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

A large consumer products manufacturer with nine Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) instances and several divisions wanted to discuss forecasting. The Company focused primarily on retail planning and wanted to extend its capabilities into a consumer products manufacturing solutions offering. Granularity also differs.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 7, 2021

OTIF is a key supply chain metric. 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. Suppliers who do not meet the minimum OTIF service level are often fined by the retailer. About Andrew Lynch.

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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. Based in Paris, L’Oréal is a global personal care manufacturing company. Growing Pains.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This enables the company to manufacture and distribute its product in a way that, ideally, efficiently meets consumer demand. The business has the products available to meet the demands of consumers. In a fast-moving industry such as consumer goods, a shorter timeframe may be preferred.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Mars is one of the largest fast moving consumer goods companies in the world. What a Supply Chain Digital Transformation Means Unsurprisingly, a company as large as Mars has a highly complex supply chain involving global sourcing, manufacturing, and distribution. This private, family-owned business is headquartered in the US.

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QAD

JUNE 28, 2022

And, also served as a wake up call across the manufacturing and other industries, not just the textile and garment segment. In the early 2000s, Apple faced massive criticism based on a number of suicides at their Foxconn outsourced manufacturing sites, primarily thought to be driven by poor woking conditions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. To meet the criteria for The Supply Chains to Admire for 2016, companies needed to score better than their peer group average for performance metrics, while driving a higher level of improvement than 2/3 of their industry peer group.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 25, 2021

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. The study analyzed supply chain performance at manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers throughout 2020.

Procurement Analytics 69

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2019

Gary began our discussion by pointing out that the Amazon Effect, which he says had a critical turning point during the 2017 holiday season, has sped up supply chains for retailers and consumer goods manufacturers, causing a greater emphasis on sourcing. There is much more involved now than the perfect order metric.”.

Supply Chain Execution 102

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Logility

JANUARY 22, 2014

This blog post is in response to recent results from the APICS/Logility Survey, Consumer Goods S&OP research, and ChainLink’s end-user research. I recently read a very good survey by Consumer Goods Technology , focused on S&OP. But they just don’t scale.

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Zipline Logistics

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Control of the supply chain has become an increasingly critical competency for modern manufacturers. You also lose vital logistics metrics that are important in finding supply chain efficiencies and consolidation opportunities. . Brands that cannot meet the requirements are subject to hefty fines and fees. .

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 25, 2023

The United Nations, US Government, European Parliament, and global business coalitions such as the Consumer Goods Forum, have all set goals to cut food loss and waste in half by 2030.” billion metric tons of food is wasted on farms each year — that’s nearly twice as much as in previous estimates.”[6]

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 22, 2015

I was moving from a position where I led a manufacturing operation to being a part of a team to design supply chain software to improve planning decisions. I was moving from the world of manufacturing to a new world of software. The technology world moves at a quicker pace than the world of manufacturing and distribution.

Inventory Reduction 150

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Alloy

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The 80/20 effect is particularly salient in consumer goods. Depending on your industry, yearly revenue can be determined by weather or holiday-driven selling seasons, a few key promotions, big product launches or unexpected consumer trends. . Even if not, you have to prepare to meet retailer orders.

Forecasting 52

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Alloy

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Consumer goods companies rely on forecasts to support inventory planning and distribution across their sales channels. Below, we’ll explore two of the top forecasting errors consumer brands commit, along with suggestions for how to avoid these pitfalls.

Forecasting 40

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Learn more: The Ultimate Manufacturing Guide: SME Manufacturing Explained What is mass customisation? It’s a manufacturing process for customising goods at scale while keeping unit costs low – a middle ground between standardisation and personalisation. Consumer electronics is one of the major sectors driving this push.

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ShipBob

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

to meet customer demand while minimizing costs. It involves assessing how the overall supply chain performed, analyzing metrics, and how well you managed exceptions. Developing an agreement – For CPFR to work, manufacturers, retailers, and suppliers should agree on how communication will be carried out. What does CPFR stand for?

Forecasting 52

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BlueYonder

MARCH 7, 2017

The associated, implicit (and sometimes explicit) message is that you can manage your supply chain simply by looking at a couple of key metrics on a dashboard or spreadsheet. Additional recommended resources: How to prepare for future changes in manufacturing planning. What’s wrong with this picture?

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2023

So, what must manufacturers and policymakers do to ensure that we have secure and resilient supply chains? 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.

Supply Chain Software 52

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Today’s consumer goods and retail companies appear to be in a modern-day Chakravyuh themselves; they are engaging in a battle to stay profitable while trying to meet consumers’ ever-changing needs. Consumers expect a unified commerce paradigm enabled by the convergence of connectivity, convenience and choice.

Vendor Strategies 43

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Alloy

JANUARY 6, 2021

In this Q&A with Brian Babbitt , Head of Solutions Consulting at Alloy, we discuss options for consumer goods manufacturers evaluating supply chain management solutions. Next thing I knew, I was in San Francisco meeting with the founders and team. In Alloy, it’s as simple as a few clicks!

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

While traditional forecasting approaches use statistics to model history assuming that historic shipments and order patterns represent future market patterns, in the times of market volatility, especially for manufacturers two-five levels back in the supply chain, traditionally forecasting is not adequate. An order is not an order.

Supply and Demand 150

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Today’s consumer goods and retail companies appear to be in a modern-day Chakravyuh themselves; they are engaging in a battle to stay profitable while trying to meet consumers’ ever-changing needs. Consumers expect a unified commerce paradigm enabled by the convergence of connectivity, convenience and choice.

Vendor Strategies 40

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

SanDisk Corporation designs, develops and manufactures flash memory storage devices and software. The company is the third-largest manufacturer of flash memory in the world. The monthly meetings focused on the customer at SanDisk helps the planning teams to understand the customer.

Inventory Reduction 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 20, 2012

We are trying to understand how supply chain leaders have raised the bar at the intersection of these four sets of metrics on the supply chain effective frontier. I also believe that it is because the organization is not incented to manage cash-to-cash metrics. The results have been eye-opening. There was no accountability.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Within manufacturing companies, with business process outsourcing, as the number of supply chain leaders decreased , power shifted to financial teams. Companies must always align to the right rhythms and cycles to meet the customer order patterns. Figure 2: Focus of Spending in 2016. There is continuous pressure on costs.

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Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

For example, Unilever, a consumer goods company, has a responsible sourcing policy that includes human rights due diligence and requires suppliers to adhere to its human rights principles. This can ensure supply continuity and security, helping companies to maintain stable operations and meet customer demand.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

In this blog post, I will apply this methodology and discuss the potential redefinition of three digital processes: Digital Manufacturing, Digital Path-to-Purchase, and Digital Agriculture. For example, was the product on the shelf in the digital path to purchase process when the consumer was in the store? Digital Manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

His industry experience includes Consumer Goods, Chemicals, Life Sciences, Energy, and High Tech among others. Why not plug-in a key contract manufacturer into your Supply Review(s). Sure – the components aren’t too tough to grasp and you can start the meetings. S&OP, a vision for the future interview.

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SupplyShift

OCTOBER 13, 2021

These are sophisticated global networks, external of the business itself, comprised of manufacturers, logistics enterprises, and third-party suppliers. The three main aggregations of sustainability metrics are environmental, social, and governance. Both types use quantitative metrics but have slight differentiators.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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SupplyShift

OCTOBER 13, 2021

These are sophisticated global networks, external of the business itself, comprised of manufacturers, logistics enterprises, and third-party suppliers. The three main aggregations of sustainability metrics are environmental, social, and governance. Both types use quantitative metrics but have slight differentiators.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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RFgen

DECEMBER 20, 2015

Instead of working with a single solution for multiple challenges, they utilize flexible systems that can meet the particular needs of sales channels, consumers, products and regions. A centralized solution helps users compare historical data to current inventory based on the metrics the company assigns. Sales Channel.

Supply Chain Segmentation 52

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RFgen

DECEMBER 20, 2015

Instead of working with a single solution for multiple challenges, they utilize flexible systems that can meet the particular needs of sales channels, consumers, products and regions. A centralized solution helps users compare historical data to current inventory based on the metrics the company assigns. Sales Channel.

Supply Chain Segmentation 52

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Is sustainability a viable growth strategy for fast-moving-consumer-goods brands? In short, McDonalds is focused on what its suppliers can do to improve the supply chain , not how they do it (as long as solutions meet with McDonalds exacting principles of safety and quality). Measurement Leads to Management.

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