Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Consumer goods article and permission to publish here provided by Wouter Nederkoorn. We all know and regularly purchase Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG, often also referred to as Consumer Packaged Goods, or CPG). Be flexible and agile: explore and test new ideas with your retail partners.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

And — in what could be boon or bane for manufacturers and retailers — today’s consumers are quite willing to abandon their once-preferred brands in favor of new ones that offer value or novelty.”[1] The Omnichannel Consumer. ”[2] Yes, consumers can be difficult to figure out. .”[2] during 2020.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 19, 2021

While it is too soon to declare victory over the Covid-19 pandemic, brick-and-mortar retail is seeing signs of renewed vigor. ”[1] That is good news. ” To take advantage of shoppers returning to stores, retailers need to do more than simply open their doors. Brick-and-Mortar Retail is Recovering. ” 2.

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Supply Chain Brain

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The business behind Sharpie markers, Yankee Candle and other consumer products cut its sales outlook for the coming months, highlighting how big disruptions in supply and demand over the past two years are continuing to ripple through supply chains.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Despite several positive trends toward better collaboration between retailers and their suppliers, there will always be a certain degree of competition for who gets the greater share of the consumer’s wallet. Consumer goods manufacturers have struggled to combat these private label incursions, with varying degrees of success.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

These were supposed to be dire days for retail. The so-called retail apocalypse witnessed a record number of store closings over the past few years and the pandemic exacerbated the situation. With stores shuttered (either temporarily or permanently), even tech-challenged consumers were forced to shop online. Retail Trends.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 20, 2021

For many retailers, the pandemic has been a nightmare. 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. Retail in the New Normal. ”[2]. ”[2]. ”[3].

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Global Trade Logistics Outsourcing Retail Supply Chain Risk Management' But add to that the Ebola plague, insurgent groups like Boku Haram, corruption, and instable government regimes, and you have what appears to be […].

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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.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This week’s business and technology media news cycle featured an extremely noteworthy milestone, one that indicates that Alibaba has unexpectedly been dethroned as China ’s most valuable online retailer. The noted new holder of this title is PDD Holdings , operators of the Temu and Pinduoduo online retail platforms.

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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. 3 quarters down, 1 to go in 2023.

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Alloy

JANUARY 10, 2019

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 13, 2022

By allowing consumers to seamlessly move between two different realities, the metaverse is already creating countless new opportunities for retailers and consumer brands.”[2] ”[2] Although the metaverse is primarily known as a realm for gaming, retailers and brands need to be dead serious about entering this space.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

A December Labor Department report shows that the price of consumer goods increased by 6.8% unit prices have gone higher, so we predict manufacturers will pass along these costs to retailers and consumers. And these worries aren’t unfounded. in November 2021 from the previous year.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 8, 2021

Andrew Hogenson, global head of consumer goods, retail and logistics with Infosys Consulting, offers insight into the big-box retailing landscape when the pandemic subsides, and how retailers will have to adjust.

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Supply Chain 24/7

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Consumer goods retailers moving into the private brand arena need to work on a common platform with the entire supply chain to provide visibility into product information.

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E2open

JULY 11, 2016

Turning Your Consumer Goods Supply Chain Into a Competitive Advantage. Today’s modern supply chains are multi-enterprise, starting with consumers, retailers, distributors; and flowing through an extended network of suppliers, contract manufacturers, and other third parties. Consumer Goods. Demand-driven.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 17, 2022

Global retailer Walmart reported Q1-2022 financial performance this week and described the current retail business profitability environment as unexpected and unusual. For the recently completed quarter, the retailer reported overall revenue up 2.4 Regarding outlook for the remainder of 2022, the retailer forecasted a 3.5

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 10, 2020

As the world moves toward near-sourcing, instantaneous commerce and automated logistics, these are the steps companies are taking to build efficient supply chains.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 19, 2023

The Italian consumer goods company applies ToolsGroup’s probabilistic forecasting and inventory optimization across its expansive network to enhance customer experience and business value. Learn more about how ToolsGroup’s solutions help consumer goods companies – like Melitta– increase forecast accuracy and profitability HERE.

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Alloy

AUGUST 10, 2021

For consumer goods brands, launching into new stores provides major opportunities, but also comes with major risks. In fact, 74% of consumers switched brands last year due to lack of product availability. Learn from two beauty & wellness brands seeing major success in retail.

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Logility

AUGUST 30, 2022

Partnership leverages consulting firm’s deep expertise in retail, grocery, and CPG with powerful cloud-based digital supply chain platform. The company’s roster of clients includes many of the world’s most prominent retail and consumer brands. ATLANTA (August 30, 2022) – Logility, Inc.,

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ToolsGroup

JULY 26, 2022

Milan, July 27 , 2022 – ToolsGroup , a global leader in AI-driven retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, is proud to announce it has been awarded Microsoft Italy’s Best Independent Software Vendor Partner Award for the second year in a row. Prestigious award presented by Microsoft at the Inspire event. About ToolsGroup.

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Alloy

JUNE 8, 2023

A snapshot of the state of consumer brands' sales and inventory in June 2023, based on 40M SKU-location combinations across both retail and ecommerce in the Alloy.ai

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Zipline Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Competition in the consumer goods space is at an all-time high as venture capital continues to pour into the industry and products hit the market at record speed. With more brands looking for an edge, organizations can find a dependable competitive advantage in their retail logistics function.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 14, 2022

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers and their end-customers constantly engage in a complicated dance that has no choreographed steps. Sometimes CPG manufacturers take the lead and sometimes consumers take the lead. When retailers join in — which is most of the time — dance steps become even more complex.

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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. In recent years, many large retailers began using OTIF to measure their supplier’s performance. Relationships with the retailer are hurt.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

It is time to bring Manufacturers, Retailers, and Distributors together with Technology Providers in order to better understand the issues and generate ideas to help build the “network of networks.” Brand owner to contract manufacturer or third-party logistics provider to a retailer.) The gaps are large.

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Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 28, 2020

Changes at Nike and Lowes Illustrate Fundamental Changes in Supply Chains, Driven by eCommerce

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The Network Effect

JANUARY 5, 2016

Push systems are particularly devastating to the retail industry. Retailers accept the massive inventory push from their suppliers to drive local improvements such as the following: Retailers choose long replenishment times in return for lower costs to facilitate the highest possible markups.

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Alloy

JULY 28, 2023

Consumer Goods Index – May 2023 Edition Deltas in sales over time and inventory totals are critical leading indicators for the health of the consumer goods industry. Retailers and consumers alike are impacted by deviations and volatility in the consumer goods supply chain.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 7, 2021

” When it comes to the retail sector, he certainly proved accurate. 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. ”[2] Straight calls e-commerce “the Energizer Bunny of retail sales.”

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JDA software

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Counterfeit consumer goods now total at a global value of $1.77 Understandably, these knock offs are creating some significant trust issues between retailers and their consumers, and , retailers and manufacturers. But where are these consumers getting their information? Ready for a shocking stat?

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Locus

JULY 25, 2023

predicted that the retail industry in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is on the verge of a pivotal shift. “E-commerce Historically, consumer goods shopping was restricted to in-store visits to supermarkets or malls in the Middle East. In 2019, Bain & Co. But the shopping dynamics have changed in this region.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

An initial estimate of this year’s retail holiday spending indicates a mixed bag, depending on either retail industry, consumer goods producer or logistics and transportation industry perspectives. retail sales for the period that spanned November 1 through December 24 rose 3.1 percent increase, with a 7.6

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Zipline Logistics

MARCH 16, 2021

Now that we are a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, we can more effectively analyze the outbreak’s effect on the consumer goods sector. The way in which CPG brands should view both their retailer relationships and end customers has shifted. As things have come into focus, more attention has been put on the supply chain.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 3, 2017

Prior to a recent ToolsGroup user conference, we carried out an initial survey of our clients, completing it with the known data of our installed base and analyzing the results in three industries: consumer goods (27% of customers surveyed), retail (29%) and industrial (44%). Consumer Goods. Industrial. Industrial.

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