E2E 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...
E2E Value Chain
Building a Data Foundation to Help Democratise Data Analytics For CPGs
At a recent conference, I was struck by an admission of a data leader at a top 10 consumer goods company about the poor state of data in CPG. “Nobody has figured out master data...
Product Data
CGF Members Work to Improve Product Data, Reducing Supply Chain Costs and Ensuring Consumer Trust
PARIS, 12th November 2020 – The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) announces five projects, as part of its Product Data Coalition of Action, that are designed to address two fundamental challenges in the industry’s data exchange...
E2E Value Chain
When Sustainability Strategies Are Met With Smart Data Management
In this End-to-End Value Chain episode, hosted by Rudy Hagedorn, Product Data Coaltion Director at The Consumer Goods Forum, we are joined by Matthew Cawsey, Director, Product Marketing and Solution Strategy and Simon Tuson, Product...
E2E 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...
E2E Value Chain
Data Transparency Requires A Push & Pull Strategy
Brands and retailers today are under pressure to provide appropriately governed high-quality data to their internal teams to help drive better decisions and feed advanced analytics and other critical business applications. Companies are also increasing...
E2E 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...
Product Data
7 Questions Away | Product Data Interview with Andrea Schlossarek, METRO AG
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) is delighted to share this edition of 7 Questions Away, contributed by Andrea Schlossarek, Director, Corporate Master Data Management, METRO AG. She shares her views on how the Global Trade...
E2E Value Chain
Purposeful Shopping Can Be a Question Mark for CPGs — Is Data Transparency an Answer?
The pandemic accelerated changes already in motion. McKinsey coined “the next normal” to describe the Covid-spurred generational shift in how people live and shop and, most crucially, what they care about. Buyers today are doing...
E2E Value Chain
The Imperatives of Data to Support Sustainability and Transparency
Companies run the real risk of failing to meet consumer and regulatory demands Pressure increases on businesses: regulations and changing consumer demands are coming their way, demanding sustainability through transparency. And all companies face this...
Product Data
Achieving a More Responsive Supply Chain: Lessons from COVID-19
Seven months into the COVID-19 lockdown, consumers still find themselves fighting for toilet paper, disinfectant wipes and nitrile gloves at their local retail stores. On the flipside, many Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies who saw...
Product Data
How Accurate & Harmonised Product Data Streamlines Global Industry Operations & Builds Consumer Trust
Presently, it is near impossible to accurately estimate the number of products traded across global markets, and even more so to understand how many of them have unique identifiers and find each product’s history and...
E2E Value Chain
Data Supply Chains: ¿Por qué los retailers deben gobernar y dominar sus datos?
This episode marks a special addition to the E2E podcast series. Director Rudy Hagedorn returns for another episode with Miriam Molino Sánchez from Stibo Systems on data, this time in Spanish. They discuss why it...
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