5th Annual Essential Guide to Manufacturing Software
The growing power of mass merchandisers is shifting the requirements of software solutions for food manufacturing.
According to ARC Advisory Group Principal Analyst John Blanchard, “The new requirements for business systems to collaborate with supply chain partners like mass merchandisers are driving major changes in the way food manufacturing plants will have to respond.” Power has shifted to the cost to quality conscious mass merchandiser and the consumers who are demanding increased quality, variety, and convenience. Shelf replenishment has become the responsibility of the manufacturer. “As a result,” Blanchard says, “sales forecasting has become less reliable as an indicator of what plants will actually need to produce.”