Where manufacturers are headed in light of uncertainty

By: Cesilia Faustina

Coronavirus has caused great disruption towards global manufacturing and supply chain. Since the start of it all, it has continued to challenge the path our economy is headed towards and witnessing permanent change for our global economy.

This is not a new thing, however; our world has undergone major changes in light of a crisis for years. The Great Depression redefined the way our economy worked and has since affected people impacted until today. World War II also created a major shift in the way manufacturing and the economy worked; many people went unemployed and were forced to shift to different industries, while manufacturing became a powerhouse industry to provide for the war.

Why digital supply chain is the answer for the FMCG industry

By: Cesilia Faustina

The supply chain industry is changing. With the dependency on the global market, customer demands are now increasing and thus the need for the supply chain is essential. Large quantities of demands have made it difficult though to create an organized supply chain system. All these changes and demands are leading more businesses to utilize different methods of productivity, that being the utilization of technology.

Supply Chain Management (SCM) system is becoming an important part of many companies, seeing it is nearly impossible nowadays to handle all logistics activities without some form of technical assistance.

The SCM system is now the standard, and without it, businesses are risking falling behind in the market. This is the reason businesses are now shifting towards an innovative move – by fully automating the SCM process. So how exactly will having an automated process help FMCG producers increase productivity?