The group, which also includes McCormick, Post Holdings and Church & Dwight, will develop scalable, uniform standards for safely transporting and exchanging freight.
Target is moving forward with its plans to add fresh and frozen grocery items to its same-day fulfillment services, potentially offering consumer goods companies an opportunity to stay agile in the face of shifting consumer behavior.
Just five short months ago, the consumer goods industry was focused on building a supply chain to support the omnichannel era, focusing on four key areas: demand planning, fulfillment, manufacturing, and last-mile delivery. However, since then the industry has been flipped on its head.
To help keep small retailers open in Latin America during the spread of COVID-19, AB InBev has developed a free online delivery platform so they can offer home delivery of essential consumer goods.
As manufacturers adapt to a path to purchase that includes meeting customers almost anywhere, they’re now learning how to become as adept at customized fulfillment as they've been at moving mass quantities of products.
Today's customers are perpetual motion machines. Always on the go and busier than ever. So it’s no surprise that 58% of shoppers are expected to make holiday purchases with an app in 2019.
Amazon is piloting a program that validates prospective sellers’ identification via video conferencing in order to cut down on sales from fraudulent suppliers.
Geoff Freeman and Jeff Harmening published a piece in Fortune highlighting the challenges the CPG industry is facing during this moment of historic consumer demand.
A leading 29% of respondents in CGT's exclusive poll said they can’t keep up with production of certain products, such as household cleaners and paper products.
Maximizing sales and margins requires that CPG companies be more judicious about retail and field execution, particularly in the critical area of supply chain management.
Some are applying artificial intelligence to streamline crucial functions like route scheduling, order management/fulfillment,
