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5 key trends affecting the Consumer Package Goods industry

Kinaxis

Private labels have gotten better with packaging and presentation, in addition to value for money. b) Commodity price and currency exchange volatility – together they introduce increased unpredictability into the business and make managing shareholder expectations more challenging. I will review some of these in this blog.

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The Effect of Currency Demonetization on Statistical Forecasting

Arkieva

How does currency demonetization affect statistical forecasting? Many commercial forecasting packages come with a method to remove the outliers. Either use an inbuilt method from the software package you are using, or use one of the methods highlighted in bold above. So, how to remove the outliers?

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What is a Collaboration and Demand Review?

QAD

Using the same volume measurements, currency, values, and wording throughout the matrix is important. Below are some of the main keys to ensure you put in place a successful process. Language Can’t Be a Barrier For a demand planning process to be effective, it is fundamental that everyone speaks the same “language”.

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11 Things to Know About International Shipping!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Whether you use a package forwarding service or direct shipping, you must consider the weight of your goods according to how much money you have. You must fill in the paperwork correctly, or you might lose your package. Weight Of Goods. Documentation. Legitimate Stores. So know the authenticity of your shipping services all in all.

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The Messy Reality of Cross-Border E-commerce (Thoughts on UPS Acquiring i-parcel)

Talking Logistics

The i-parcel platform supports merchant’s websites with a local language welcome mat, fraud protection, fully-landed total prices (including customs duties and taxes) in local currency and numerous value enhancing features. These features enable consumers in over 100 countries to shop online in the U.S. sigh* pic.twitter.com/bcSdwRlaxa.

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Collaboration and demand review

DynaSys

Using the same volume measurements, currency, values, and wording. By leveraging mobility, you can have real-time alerts sent to your device, access information at your fingertips, and can use the camera to scan a barcode to get an immediate package identification and location update.

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Why Automation Is the Food Industry’s Answer to Supply Chain Disruption

Logility

They’re substituting brand names for private labels, comparing prices across physical and online stores, taking advantage of sales and coupons more often, and even going the extra step to make their own version of pre-packaged goods in the kitchen.