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Like the Mississippi River Through New Orleans, Today’s CPG Market is Quickly Changing Directions

QAD

Twisting and turning, changing directions quickly, the Mississippi River winds down the center of the U.S. Manufacturers of food, beverage and consumer products are facing challenging times, changing consumers and the need to deliver new products to the marketplace faster than ever before. Supply Chain Planning 2020.

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

It’s one of our top six trends we’re following in 2019, and we have decades of experience in this area. In addition, several agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) require unique device identifiers (UDI) usually in the form of barcodes to contain information such as manufactured date and lot number to provide traceability.

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Talk Doesn’t Cook the Rice

Supply Chain Shaman

As they say in Mississippi, “Talk doesn’t cook the rice.” The sharing of performance on the Supply Chain Effective Frontier helps companies to understand their performance against their peer group and the overall trends of the market. It seems like yesterday that I transitioned to become an industry analyst.

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Tesla is a Unicorn – There is Not Another One Out There

QAD

When I spoke with Joe McCabe at the Southern Automotive Conference in Biloxi, Mississippi last month his eyes were darting this way and that as he got animated a bout the global automotive industry. Vehicle manufacturers have to design to a global consumer. McCabe certainly has plenty to say and long-held opinions to slay.

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Freight Volume Rebounds to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Zipline Logistics

Each group oversees freight that enters their region and plans for specific market trends in their respective states. Manufacturers, construction outfits, vehicle dealerships, and professional services are now operating at 50% capacity. and recently allowed manufacturing work to resume; however, the?formal?order Mississippi’s?stay-at-home

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Outbound Tender Rejections Increase for the First Time Since March Peak

Zipline Logistics

Each group oversees freight that enters their region and plans for specific market trends in their respective states. Manufacturers, construction outfits, vehicle dealerships, and professional services are now operating at 50% capacity. Mississippi. Mississippi’s stay-at-home order expired on May 11. Status: Open.

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Trends 2023: Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Many of the 2023 supply chain trends identified by experts address recent supply chain troubles. Staying ahead of the supply chain management (SCM) trends that are influencing SCM’s future is preferable to following change’s heels.”[1]. Supply Chain Trends. Digitization is an ongoing, rather than a new, trend.