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Consumer Packaged Goods Manufacturers and Consumer-centric Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers and their end-customers constantly engage in a complicated dance that has no choreographed steps. That bodes poorly for consumer packaged goods, particularly the more expensive national brands that took share during the pandemic.”[1] ” Footnotes. [1] ” Footnotes. [1]

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The Time for Inventory Management Automation is Now

QAD

Transportation, scheduling and on-time delivery are important for any manufacturer and inventory manager to keep manufacturing and supply chain businesses running smoothly. A man checked his watch to confirm what he had expected, he needed to leave his office in Michigan to catch his flight to Texas.

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The CPG Supply Chain with Mike Neme

The Logistics of Logistics

Joe Lynch and Mike Neme discuss the CPG supply chain and Mike’s approach to winning and managing business with emerging consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies. Mike earned a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations and Communications from Central Michigan University. The CPG Supply Chain with Mike Neme. About Mike Neme.

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The Green Corridor: Full Circle – The Promise and Struggles of the Circular Economy and Green Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

A study by the University of Michigan in 2018 showed how a patty of plant-based Beyond meat compared to a regular US beef patty of meat. So while improving the products and the packages used to hold them get re-designed – getting products to the right place and right time requires movement and positioning.

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What You Need to Know About the State of eCommerce Logistics

GlobalTranz

Consumers are expressing an unprecedented amount of power through eCommerce, and in fact, eCommerce logistics is growing increasingly reliant on small parcel and package delivery options daily. Today, eCommerce is the primary driver of small package logistics. More importantly, small packages make up $82.2

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What is Inventory Management?

EMERGE App

What is Inventory Management? Inventory management, in a nutshell, describes your efforts to manage, assess and report on the flow of your stock of goods. You might be using pencil-and-paper, spreadsheets or sophisticated inventory management software to do this. Two Essential Features of Inventory Management Today.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 30 – June 3, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Wal-Mart says it is 6-9 months from using drones to check warehouse inventory (Reuters). Michigan Puts Forward Bills to Allow for Public Sales of Driverless Cars (WSJ- sub. Wal-Mart Piloting Delivery with Uber, Lyft and Deliv. Uber raises $3.5