CPG operations—How to win in a rapidly changing environment

CPG operations—How to win in a rapidly changing environment

This compendium summarizes current trends in the consumer-goods sector, its implications for supply chains, and how leaders are adapting to the challenging environment, both from the end-to-end perspective and within each of the relevant functions.

End-to-end strategy

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Ensuring high service levels to meet high consumer-demand volatility
– The pandemic continues to shift consumer demand as CPG companies scramble to adjust. Six best practices can enhance the supply chain now while positioning companies for long-term success.
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Risk and resilience in consumer-goods supply chains
– Consumer-goods makers’ supply chains are weathering enormous strain. Here’s a quick look at how to strengthen them for the future.
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How to prepare for a sustainable future along the value chain
– Consumer-goods companies are setting ambitious sustainability targets for themselves. To reach those targets, however, changes are required along the entire value chain—with a concrete road map.
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Digital supply-chain transformation with a human face
– Why building a digitally enabled supply chain is hard, and what to do about it.
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Achieving supply-chain resiliency in consumer goods amid disruption
– Dirk Holbach, chief supply-chain officer for Henkel’s Laundry & Home Care business unit, shares lessons from his seven-year journey in the role and what leaders should be prepared for in the future.

Source

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Building resilience through procurement analytics
– New tools can help companies crisis-proof their supply chains. To implement the technology at scale, companies can focus on four key priorities.
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Mastering complexity with the consumer-first product portfolio
– In managing a product portfolio, the balance between efficiency and value is a constant challenge. Taking a consumer-first approach to reduce complexity can increase portfolio performance.
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Revolutionizing indirect procurement for the 2020s
– There’s a new vision for indirect procurement, enabled not just by new technologies but also by a radical new understanding of the value indirect procurement can generate.

Make

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The digital future of manufacturing consumer packaged goods
– Nearly two years of tumult have accelerated disruption, with lasting effects on society and business. To thrive in the consumer-packaged-goods industry, digital and analytics are now essential.
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4IR capability building: Opportunities and solutions for lasting impact
– Amid digital transformation, workforce capability building is vital at every level of the organization. A smart, four-tiered approach can help leaders develop tailored learning journeys.
Interview

Supply chain steps up: An interview with Kimberly-Clark’s Shane Azzi
– What is it like to steer one of the world’s largest consumer supply chains through a pandemic?

Plan

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Consumer-goods companies must transform their planning end to end
– Rising complexity isn’t tenable. Now is the time to take drastic action—in the form of a tech-driven end-to-end planning transformation.
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Launching the journey to autonomous supply chain planning
– For many companies, the COVID-19 pandemic has provided the impetus—and a uniquely apt moment—for transitioning toward autonomous planning.

Deliver

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Into the fast lane: How to master the omnichannel supply chain
– Consumer-product and retail companies looking to jump into the fast lane of modern shopping will need to overhaul their operations to master the seven building blocks of an effective omnichannel supply chain.
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Automation has reached its tipping point for omnichannel warehouses
– Automation offers a range of benefits for warehouses, from increasing productivity to reducing risk related to labor. To harness its full potential, retailers must develop an end-to-end strategy.

G&A

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The future of G&A: Revitalizing the heart of the organization
– General and administrative functions are under pressure to become more digital, more agile, and better aligned to the needs of the wider business. A more strategic model could hold the key.