How Artificial Intelligence Can Break the Global CPG Bottleneck

The shelves are bare for consumer packaged goods (CPG) firms. Ongoing disruption to global supply chains continues to hurt food companies' ability to meet consumer demand for products. How might artificial intelligence (AI) helps CPG companies fight through the bottleneck? Most CPG companies are wrestling with a compelling challenge. The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is not going away anytime soon, if ever, which means that a CPG business must brace itself for ongoing disruptions caused by work slowdowns and outright shutdowns. For example, a factory in Malaysia was closed for 10 days because of a pandemic-related lockdown.