Blog05 Dec 2023E2E Value Chain
Protected: The Imperatives of Data to Support Sustainability and Transparency There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Blog19 Oct 2023E2E Value Chain
Mind The Gap – How to Develop a Sustainability Agenda and Your B2B Partnership Simultaneously As a core strategic focus, sustainability has escalated quickly over the last five to six years, with retailers and suppliers recognizing the importance of sustainable practices and their impact on the environment, society, and...
Blog18 Sep 2023E2E Value Chain
From Demand Chain to Value Chain: The Power of Product Enrichment in Modern Retail In an era marked by rapid technological advancements and shifting consumer preferences, supply chains across the food manufacturing and retail sectors are undergoing a transformation. As these industries evolve towards a more customer-centric approach, product...
Blog04 Aug 2023E2E Value Chain
CSOs: Are You Ready to Collaborate on Data Strategy? The number of Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs) have tripled in the past two years. Many are relatively new and are tasked to lead the development of sustainability plans and interact with various departments across the...
Blog06 Jul 2023E2E Value Chain
How Can Major Retailers Increase Their Agility? The pandemic has ended, and many impacts have dissipated, but large retailers will continue to face challenges. There will be future economic, health, and environmental crises, whether major, minor, localized, or international, that will be...
Blog08 Jun 2023E2E Value Chain
The Impact of Digitisation on CFOs: How Customs Management Can be Transformed by Technology In recent years, the role of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) has become increasingly strategic. They are no longer simply responsible for managing a company’s finances but are expected to contribute to business growth by ensuring...
Blog01 Jun 2023E2E Value Chain
Future-Proofing Innovations That Improve Sustainability, Compliance, and Performance It has long been known that in order to create sustainable change in our industry for the better, certain requirements need to be met: You need to have visionaries dedicated to the cause, motivated by...
Blog21 Apr 2023E2E Value Chain
Aligning Purpose with Profits: How Consumer Goods Companies can Unlock Business Growth by Integrating Sustainability into their Operations The rapid advancement of technology and social media has created a new generation of well- informed, empowered, and discerning consumers. These individuals prioritise brands that not only provide high-quality products and services, but also resonate...
Blog30 Mar 2023E2E Value Chain
Enhancing Enterprise Sustainability through Supplier Management Pressure continues for companies to accelerate their actions in addressing the climate crisis. Investors are demanding ESG progress; governments are implementing new regulations, while customers and employees are pushing for change. Furthermore, the planet itself...
Blog24 Mar 2023E2E Value Chain
Extending Your Data Reach to Drive Value Data is not meant to sit idle in databases, silos or even a department in a large organisation. Unlike oil, data is a renewable resource that can generate more value as it is used over...
Blog30 Jan 2023E2E Value Chain
Retail & CPG: Winning the Cost and Profitability Race in a Volatile and Uncertain Market Today’s business landscape in the retail and CPG world is riddled with unprecedented global uncertainty. Inflationary pressures, logistical issues, foreign exchange and energy price rises – the variability and volatility in component costs have increased...
Blog09 Dec 2022E2E Value Chain
Will Inflation Take Us to the Reign of Private Labels? It is undeniable how powerful the private label is becoming in almost every segment of retailing. What seemed years ago to cater to a highly price-sensitive customer segment has become a defining element of “brand...
Blog25 Nov 2022E2E Value Chain
Future of Data Collaboration: A Recap of CGF’s End-to-End Value Chain Activities in October 2022 The Consumer Goods Forum’s End-to-End Value Chain group had an eventful week of meetings and workshops last month from the 24th to 28th October 2022 beginning with the Supply Chain Conference in Amsterdam and ending...
Blog15 Sep 2022E2E Value Chain
Combat Supply-Chain Challenges and Strengthen Relationships Through Customer Listening In 2022, numerous supply chain issues have plagued people, essential services and organisations worldwide. Retailers have been hit particularly hard. Their critical role in creating accessible goods for people globally makes the impact they...
Blog09 Sep 2022E2E Value Chain
How Sustainable is Your Company, Exactly? It’s not a secret that sustainability matters for a host of reasons – climate changes, health inequalities, loss of biodiversity etc. From a business perspective, we know sustainability means dealing with regulatory demands from governments,...
Blog26 Aug 2022E2E Value Chain
The Future of Supply Chain and Logistics in a Post Pandemic World: The CGF Supply Chain Conference Returns October 2022 in Amsterdam A Sit-Down with Ruediger Hagedorn, Director of End-to-End Value Chain at The Consumer Goods Forum Why do you believe it was important at this time for The Consumer Goods Forum to bring back the Supply...