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Increasing e-Commerce Demand is Motivating CPG Manufacturers to Evaluate Small Quantity Fulfillment Capabilities

CHAINalytics

With the growth of e-commerce, CPG manufacturers increasingly need the ability to sell and fulfill a variety of SKUs directly to consumers (D2C) and/or in smaller quantities to their business customers (B2B). However, traditional CPG distribution capabilities built around large-scale shipments to customers’ distribution centers are not suited to meet SQF requirements, because of the … The post Increasing e-Commerce Demand is Motivating CPG Manufacturers to Evaluate Small Quantity Fulfillme

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A Supply Chain Christmas Wish List for 2018

Supply Chain Digest

From Amazon not Taking Over the World to More Practical Supply Chain Research by Academics, Gilmore Offers Santa his List

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Digital Supply Chain Trends to Watch Out for in 2019

ThroughPut

Like most industries, technology has disrupted supply chain management too. The industry is abuzz with terms like IoT, cloud, machine learning, autonomous mobile robotics, analytics, and related technologies, all of which promise a future that will propel supply chain management to untouched heights of operational effectiveness. Companies are re-thinking the way their supply chain is modeled and technology is revamping traditional ways of operations, all amidst mounting customer expectations.

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How Brands Can Survive the Challenge of Amazon’s Private Label

Supply Chain Brain

Big-box retailers have long challenged consumer brands with their own private-label alternatives. But it took Amazon.com to turbocharge the practice.

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Reducing Global Lead Times To Improve Customer Experience At Becton Dickinson

Product lead time is crucial in the life sciences industry and represents a key consideration for customers’ purchasing decisions. For this reason, BD Biosciences aimed to optimize its global supply and distribution network to reduce delivery lead time to customers and optimize its global inventory. How was BD Biosciences successful in reducing global distribution lead times between 30% and 60% in addition to: Increasing agility to prioritize urgent and ad-hoc customer requests Increasing global

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The Weighted Average Cost Method of Inventory Valuation

Unleashed

The weighted average cost method in accounting is one of three approaches of valuing your businesses inventory stock and determines the average cost of all inventory items based on the individual costs and the quantity of each item held in stock. Businesses use the weighted average to determine the amount that goes into the inventory and the cost of goods sold (COGS).

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Streamlining Compliance With an Audit Management System

Supply Chain Brain

Auditing is a vital element in ensuring regulatory compliance — an increasingly important factor in today's business processes and operations.

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