CGT and Gartner Inc. team to bring you research on the latest technology and business process trends in the consumer goods industry. Topics include downstream data, S&OP, mobility, and much more.
For Nestle, Direct Store Delivery, pizza and ice cream are seasonal and promotion-driven, and variety has exploded in recent years. So, it turned to demand-driven forecasting to achieve bottom-line improvements.
CPG company executives are increasingly looking for the tangible business case benefits of changing, upgrading or merging their core ERP system and related business capabilities.
CGT partners with Logility to understand industry adoption rates, capabilities and vision for inventory optimization. Not surprisingly, larger companies are further ahead in completing meaningful implementations.
When store supplies for Kimberly-Clark's retail partners are out of synch with production forecasts, it can have a very real impact on the $20.8 billion personal care products giant's sales. So, the company invested in data analytics software to provide far more visibility into real-time demand trends.
One will assume a number of IBO routes from the other in order to continue growing its national DSD distribution network; meanwhile, the other will receive access to that distribution network with expanded opportunity as a key partner brand.
