Walking the tightrope
In a difficult economic climate for both consumers and business, food and drink producers face a delicate balancing act to keep costs down while maintaining quality for customers.
Combining our deep operational and industry expertise, and in-house data science capability, our insights provide fresh perspectives and practical guidance to help businesses address the complex operational challenges and issues they face.
In a difficult economic climate for both consumers and business, food and drink producers face a delicate balancing act to keep costs down while maintaining quality for customers.
Adopting operational excellence can help to achieve both short- and long-term goals across cost and carbon, creating competitive advantage and enabling more effective investment decisions.
Product and pricing decisions are key to survival. But how can a complex business make these decisions amidst so much uncertainty? The answer lies in data understanding.
Through scenario modeling, the true impact on carbon emissions and product cost can be identified. This can be a competitive advantage to make informed decisions and identify levers that reduce carbon and cost.
When it comes to Christmas grocery sales, this year’s winners are likely to be those who are most progressive when it comes to leveraging AI-enabled systems and other advanced technologies.
We share our insights into balancing risk and reward when setting up an e-commerce operation using a sales platform.
We explain how to avoid Amazon Vendor Chargebacks and shortages, which can significantly impact your business’ success.
We looked at several leading supermarkets and the own brand ready meals they produce, to see where improvements could be made to both sales and profit margins through their product development process.
Julie Neal discusses how she made the leap from industry to consulting, and made the best use of her experience to help clients in the consumer sector.
In 2022, food prices reached their highest level since the 1990s. With some commodity prices falling, should suppliers be passing on the cost benefit?
The most important trading season of the year has arrived, and in an intensely competitive market, retailers can’t afford to fail.
During the pandemic, shifts in behaviour forced businesses to strengthen e-commerce operations. Many found that a key challenge was creating processes to deliver a reliable service and strong customer experience.
Julie Neal explains how design-to-cost techniques and other value engineering solutions can help FMCG producers to achieve a successful green transformation.
Taking inspiration from an initiative by Nike, could more businesses be employing supply-chain-as-a-service (SCaaS) methods of innovation to put the sparkle back into their performance and their brand?
Apple’s recent decision to launch a new credit card and streaming service has been interpreted as an attempt to strengthen its services business in the face of falling global iPhone sales.
A massive amount of big data is already being harnessed, which could help to drive efficiency and enhance passenger experience – so why isn’t it happening?
Same-day delivery services are the new must have for retailers; enabling them to stay competitive. Read Roy Williams’ article at Supply Management.
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