Consumer Packaged Goods

Online Retailer Makes Millions with New Automated WMS

April 20, 2012

Challenge: An online retailer was growing quickly. Its homegrown warehouse management system (WMS) was error prone and inefficient. The warehouse team was picking orders using just a piece of paper. In order to keep up with the growth and stay true to its commitment to customer service, the company invested in a WMS from HighJump Software. Management was looking for a highly adaptable, comprehensive and automated system that could be quickly implemented to boost efficiency and accuracy.

Large Retailer Goes Non-Traditional - Finds Radical Success in the Cloud

April 20, 2012

Challenge: A large retail customer spent several years and millions of dollars trying to get end-to-end, item level visibility across their global supply chain. After two CIOs and expensive software write offs, they turned to GT Nexus because we offered a radical alternative to traditional software.

Major Supermarket Chain Shops for Optimized Distribution, Finds Overall Savings

April 20, 2012

Challenge: A major supermarket chain used Logistix Solutions' Logix Distribution Network Design tool to identify significant savings from consolidation of inbound distribution to its network of stores in the United States.

TMS Implementation Transports Big Retailer to Significant Savings

April 20, 2012

Challenge: Used by many Fortune 1000 companies and leading 3PLs, LeanLogistics On-Demand TMS Â® delivers complete transportation planning, execution, settlement, and procurement, as well as supply chain visibility and business intelligence to improve business processes, increase efficiency and reduce costs.

Routing Change Makes Huge Impact on Food & Beverage Company's Savings

April 20, 2012

Challenge: Our customer in the Food and Beverage industry had an inbound volume of 10 containers per week from one origin into the Atlanta area via US Southeast ports.

Global Pasta Maker Cooks Up Optimal DC Location with Powerful Analytics Tool

April 20, 2012

Challenge: A large, global pasta maker needed to analyze their supply chain network to determine where to add another distribution center. The company ships a wide-variety of products from manufacturing locations to multiple distribution centers.

World's Largest Marine Electronics Company Attains Unprecedented Forecasting Accuracy

April 20, 2012

Challenge: Our client, the world's largest marine electronics company, was forecasting nearly 8,000 SKUs with spreadsheets and manual calculations. Updates had to be communicated with our client's Syteline ERP system in order to complete purchase cycles and track on-hand quantities. The time to consolidate and analyze sales forecasts and inventory requirements could take weeks.

Home Electronics Company Adopts S&OP Process for Significant Supply Chain Improvement

April 20, 2012

Challenge: Faced with increasing lead times due to international sourcing and cost pressures, while squeezed on the sell side with increasing service pressures, a $200 million US-based home electronics company turned to Demand Works.

Natural Foods Company Makes Strategic Changes for a Healthier Supply Chain

April 20, 2012

Challenge: Our client is a large, privately owned wholesaler-distributor of health and natural food products in the U.S. The company was experiencing significantly high labor costs and inefficient distribution and supply chain processes. The client turned to enVista to develop a supply chain strategy to meet its aggressive business goals.

Big Retailer Rolls in SRM Tool to Create Cohesive Online Supplier Community

April 20, 2012

Challenge: RollStream was selected by the corporate purchasing team at one of the world's largest retailers to help accelerate the rollout of Oracle 11i financials. Although it was a challenge to bring a collection of global suppliers together quickly, a cohesive online suppler community was created within months.

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.