\n- Process capabilities most often used in supply chain management \n- Top supply chain management issues \n- Investment priorities \n- Most popular AI applications
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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.
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Some are applying artificial intelligence to streamline crucial functions like route scheduling, order management/fulfillment, inventory management and delivery.
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New primary and qualitative research by EnsembleIQ and Spring Global discusses the supply chain challenges faced by CPGs and provides insights on improving performance, including:
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- Complexities caused by the use of multiple field service channels and the growth e-commerce. \n- Escalating SKU counts, particularly in food and beverages. \n- Direct store delivery versus vendor managed inventory. \n- Importance of in-store availability, order accuracy and order fill rates. \n- CPG’s plans to invest in technologies utilizing AI, RFID and IoT.
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David Gottlieb is the Managing Director, Americas, at Trax. David is responsible for Trax’s strategy, sales, marketing, business development, and customer success (project management, professional services and support) for North and South America.
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David has spent more than twenty years of his career working with retailers and manufacturers to harness the power of analytics to improve sales, merchandising, store operations, and other functions. David has a strong background in building and growing teams that are expert in helping the industry take advantage of new technologies to drive value for their businesses.
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A new report from Ensemble IQ and Spring Global discusses how CPG companies and their field service teams are employing business intelligence and mobile tools to drive innovation in retail assortments and merchandising. Based on a survey of 50 top executives, topics include:
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- Need for greater efficiency in the field. \n- Where field service management is most needed. \n- CPGs’ track record regarding in-stock availability. \n- Field teams’ use of mobile devices and AI. \n- Employing AI to manage fulfillment, delivery and supply chain.
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Getting the right visibility into how products are performing at the shelf depends on how brands collect in-store data. In this blog, we look at the state of in-store data collection in the CPG industry, and what methods can improve the "shelf health" of brands.
The CGT community’s preferred providers of solutions for executing and monitoring in-store activity to identify tasks and improve efficiency and performance.