Supply Chain

Colgate-Palmolive is strengthening its decision-making capabilities throughout its entire fulfillment network.

The company will emphasize sustainability for the hundreds of millions of packages they ship yearly, adopting measures to reduce packaging waste for online orders.

Ralph Lauren is leveraging early learnings from existing artificial intelligence use cases to test generative AI across a range of business functions, company leaders shared. 

Lululemon is investing in a multiyear partnership aimed at creating “infinitely recycled” nylon and polyester materials.

The company is overhauling its IT infrastructure and transforming its business finance operations, moving over to the cloud to elevate processes, introduce enterprise-wide agility, and initiate more intuitive decision-making capabilities.

General Mills is investing in dynamic packaging labels to increase consumer education around recycling and further collaboration across the retail value chain. 

Olive oil manufacturer Deoleo hopes to advance its sustainable sourcing goals with the help of QR codes. 

In the reshaped leadership role, Hodges will be managing the company’s end-to-end supply chain operations, including brewery management, procurement, customer service, engineering, safety, quality, and planning.

Pullings Hart will be replacing Magdi Batato, who is retiring from the role after a 30-year career with Nestlé.

Henkel has launched a 70,000-square-foot Technology Center for its adhesives business in order to ramp up innovation efforts across 800 industry segments.

What are today’s consumer goods and retail executives most excited about regarding supply chain changes they’ve seen across both industries in the last few years? Estée Lauder and Best Buy execs share their thoughts.

For consumer goods brands contemplating global expansion, the first consideration they must make is around developing a country-by-country infrastructure to support cross-border commerce. Learn more.