Blog Entries: Consumer goods

Bridging the gap between profitability and social responsibility

Rich Becks, General Manager, High Technology, E2open - Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 0 Comments

Apple controls one of the world’s top supply chains, which has been shrouded in secrecy for years—until now. The beloved consumer electronics company recently revealed the name of 156 companies that represent 97 percent of its supply chain. This is an unusual move for an industry that relies heavily on foreign component suppliers to drive margins, especially for Apple, a notoriously secretive company. More »
You can get more value from VMI, even with imperfect forecasts

Rob Schoenthaler, Senior Vice President, Deployment, E2open - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 0 Comments

A recent article in Supply Chain Quarterly suggests that some consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers are cutting back on their use of vendor-managed inventory (VMI) because accurate demand forecasts, upon which VMI depends, have proven elusive. This isn’t completely shocking, given that effective forecast collaboration is a cornerstone of any VMI program. More »
Supply chain as a strategy and other key takeaways from the CSCO Summit

Nadjya Ghausi, Vice President, Corporate Marketing, E2open - Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 0 Comments

I'm just getting back from the Windy City, where the CSCO (Chief Supply Chain Officer) Summit took place last week. It was a great mix of Consumer Package Goods (CPG), High Tech, Pharma, Biotech and Supply Chain industry analysts – all sharing insights about what's working, and what the next set of challenges will be, for supply chains, from the executive point of view. More »
Breakthrough performers and pervasive connectivity: Notes from the CGT Business & Technology Conference

Sean Rollings, Vice President, Product Marketing, E2open - Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 0 Comments

I made my way to the Sunshine State this week for the Consumer Goods Business & Technology Leadership Conference in Orlando. And while the keynote sessions and panel discussions cover a gamut of topics, everyone is really here for the same thing: learning and collaborating on the “what’s next” for technology and the consumer goods business. More »
As good as it gets? Notes from a CPG buff.

Bill Goodison, Vice President, Consumer Goods, E2open - Thursday, July 07, 2011 - 0 Comments

In my last blog post, I touched on some of the top supply chain challenges facing the CPG industry—and recommended that visibility and collaboration were the surest ways to get the CPG supply chain back on track. Today I want to take the conversation a bit further, and suggest that visibility and collaboration may also be the first stepping stones to something much larger and visionary—namely, a Supply Chain Control Tower... More »
CPG and its discontents

Bill Goodison, Vice President, Consumer Goods, E2open - Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 0 Comments

Enough about high tech and telco—the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry deserves some love too! As far as I’m concerned, the CPG space is about as interesting and challenging as it gets. I mean, after all, when soft drink demand can be dictated by the outcome of a single NASCAR race on any given Sunday… the concept of supply chain “management” is mind boggling... More »