Supply Chain Report

The supply chain affects us all. When these complex systems break down, we feel the impacts at every level of business. In this report, get a closer look at the three need-to-know trends driving the conversation around the consumer goods supply chain today.

The pandemic’s ramifications across the consumer goods industry will be felt for quite some time, and perhaps no more so than within demand planning.

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.

Product manufacturers are rebuilding supply chains to meet the needs of omnichannel commerce.

The evolution toward an omnichannel marketplace is driving a revolution within the consumer goods supply chain, as companies rebuild their traditional practices in response to radically different consumer behavior.

Digital tools are helping consumer goods companies build end-to-end transparency, from concept to consumption. Content partners IDC Manufacturing Insights and Supply Chain Insights help CGT takes its annual look at supply chain trends.

Digitization is not digitalization.

CGT’s third-annual study examines the extensive work being done to ensure that supply chains can deliver on the new digital reality.

Now in its second year, this report, produced by , IDC and Supply Chain Insights, uncovers opportunities for growth in the consumer goods supply chain from addressing business challenges and collaborating with retail to finding the right talent and maximizing ROI with technology.

In this inaugural report, tapped into the industry's foremost supply chain experts for perspectives and advice on all things supply chain, from identifying priorities and finding ROI to tips for collaboration talent, outsourcing and even supply chains to admire.