How do you forecast demand for hundreds of luxury beauty brands across 150 countries when consumer behavior changes month to month? That's the problem L'Oréal's Luxury Division faces every planning cycle. 

Retail compliance has become a growing challenge for CPG brands selling through major retailers. From OTIF requirements and routing guides to EDI, ASNs, labeling, pallet standards, and appointment scheduling, every retailer brings its own set of requirements, and every compliance failure can impact margins and operations.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping warehouse operations, offering new opportunities to improve efficiency, optimize decision-making, and increase performance. Yet while many organizations are investing in AI, adoption alone does not guarantee confidence or long-term success.

In this eBook, you'll discover why supply chain leaders are rethinking how decisions are made across planning, logistics and operations. Learn how optimization can help teams evaluate trade-offs more effectively, respond earlier to changing conditions and improve performance without replacing existing systems and enabling better coordination between planning and execution when disruption occurs.

Delivery cost rose 12% for the median US operator in 2026, and 88% of operators say it is growing as fast as revenue or faster. With UPS and FedEx peak surcharges already live, cost-to-serve is under pressure just as customers redefine what good delivery means.

As Chagrinovations, a consumer goods invention company, was on the verge of expanding from D2C sales into nationwide retail and marketplace channels, its existing 3PL provider ended the relationship, citing the company’s small size. The transition created an immediate need for a logistics partner capable not only of supporting existing fulfillment operations, but also of scaling alongside an increasingly complex and diverse business.

Transportation costs are climbing, putting pressure on companies to find savings wherever they can. But the most obvious place to look is the transportation budget itself, where an organization can negotiate carrier rates, rebid contracts or shift freight to a cheaper service.

For today’s Chief Supply Chain Officer, the challenge is no longer simply creating a better plan. It is building an operating model that can continuously sense, reason, adapt, and act as conditions change

Using a practical, nine-step framework and real examples from demand and supply planning, including AI-generated scenarios that surface capacity risks before a Supply Review even begins, JT will show what's possible today, what's still emerging, and how to avoid the governance pitfalls that derail AI adoption.

In today's complex retail and CPG landscape, aligning inventory with volatile, omnichannel demand is a critical challenge. Traditional forecasting and planning methods often fall short, leading to out-of-stocks, excess inventory, and missed revenue opportunities. This white paper, "Demand Intelligence Impacts," explores how leading companies are overcoming these obstacles by leveraging AI-powered demand intelligence to drive significant organizational outcomes.