Consumer Packaged Goods

What Ails Channel Management?

October 19, 2010

Some brand owners are working closely with retailers, but there's still a big disconnect between planning and reality, when it comes to getting the right product to the right stores, according to Prakash Arunkundrum, director of process consulting with i2 Technologies.

The Worst Supply Chain in the World

October 19, 2010

Kevin O'Marah, AMR First Thing Monday

enVista Offers Customized Supply Chain Training Courses

October 14, 2010

enVista

An Introduction to the Sustainability Consortium

October 14, 2010

SupplyChainBrain

Senior adviser Kevin Dooley traces the history of the initiative, and details its ongoing efforts in devising a standardized method of sustainability reporting for consumer product manufacturers.

How Industry Is Taking Action on Sustainability

October 14, 2010

SupplyChainBrain

Paul Tasner, vice president of supply chain and sustainability with the Reclipse Group Inc., challenges some of the assumptions that have grown up around the concept of "green" business operations.

Global Companies Reexamine Their Sourcing Strategies

October 12, 2010

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Cost is still a major concern, but companies are beginning to look at other factors as well, in deciding where to buy raw materials and manufacture their products.

China's Economic Engine Mostly Depends on Exports-True or False?

October 8, 2010

McKinsey Quarterly

Look at It from Your Customer's point of View

October 6, 2010

Wharton Business School

RTLS, as Once Envisioned, Isn't Cutting Edge in the Hospital. But That May Be Changing.

October 6, 2010

ChainLink Research

Yeah, Keep Telling Yourself You're Customer-Focused.

October 1, 2010

CRM Buyer

Consumer Packaged Goods

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the consumer packaged goods industry. Learn how consumer packaged goods companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.