Document Overview

Perspective: Product Quality, Sourcing, and Logistics Drive Collaboration in the Consumer Products Supply Chain

Authors: Simon Ellis, Leslie Hand, Heather Ashton, Kimberly Knickle
Document #MI239211
PublishedJanuary, 2013
Document TypePerspective
Number of Pages     10
Number of Figures     6

 

Overview

This IDC Manufacturing Insights Perspective is a companion to Perspective: The State of Collaboration in the Brand-Oriented Value Chain (IDC Manufacturing Insights #MI239086, January 2013) — which offers a look at collaboration between retailers and CP manufacturers through the economic lens — and Perspective: Improving Collaboration with Big Data, Mobile, and Social in the Brand-Oriented Value Chain (IDC Manufacturing Insights #MI239210, forthcoming). This Perspective presents our view of the current state of collaboration between consumer products (CP) manufacturers and retailers, focusing on some of the areas where we see the greatest inflection points for collaboration among retailers and CP manufacturers. These include a focus on product quality by CP manufacturers and the desire for retailers and manufacturers alike to optimize sourcing and logistics.

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Subscriptions Covered:

IDC Manufacturing Insights: IT Strategies , IDC Manufacturing Insights: Supply Chain Strategies

Regions Covered:

United States

Topics Covered:

Broadband, Collaborative applications, Networks, Procurement, Sales operations, Supply chain management applications

Vertical Markets:

Consumer Packaged Goods and Retail, Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Supply Chain Strategies


 

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Document Authors
  
 
Ellis, Simon
Practice Director
Hand, Leslie
Research Director
Ashton, Heather
Research Manager
Knickle, Kimberly
Practice Director