Process manufacturers across Food & Beverage, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Specialty Chemical and Life Sciences industries are facing significant challenges with respect to rising supply chain costs and customer service requests.
This Aberdeen research report focuses on current demand management capabilities and examines how Process manufacturers must increase responsibilities to deal with demand fluctuations in unstable markets.
Many Process manufacturers have concerns regarding the ability to drive volumes in accordance with previously established plans, as well as with maximizing the utilization of assets. Some strategic actions in response to these pressures include:
- Internal collaboration processes
- Customer level forecasting
- External collaboration
- Statistical forecasting
Published by: Aberdeen Group; Presented by: Infor