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- 8/15/2007
Masco Facilitates New Product Innovation
Masco, a manufacturer of home improvement and building products, is using a software application from Centric Software to capture new product ideas and guide contributions through a standard process that is specifically designed to filter out the best ideas and identify ideas worthy of patenting. - 8/15/2007
Terra Technology Appoints Vice President of Consulting
Terra Technology, a provider of demand sensing and inventory optimization solutions for consumer products companies, announces that Carol Wiener joins the company as vice president of Consulting. - 8/15/2007
Ace Hardware Implements Ship-to-Store Program
Ace Hardware offers a ship-to-store program enabled by GSI Commerce. - 8/15/2007
Steve and Barry's Prepares for Global Growth
Steve and Barry's selects SAP software to support its global growth objectives. - 8/15/2007
Pinnacle Foods Taps DSC Transportation Services
Pinnacle Foods Group Inc. will leverage DSC Logistics transportation management services for product shipping. In April 2007, Pinnacle Foods awarded DSC warehousing and distribution management services. - 8/15/2007
Wal-Mart to Deliver New Shopper Insights
Consumer goods companies can expect to gain valuable shopper insights from a new generation of consumer panel services created by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Information Resources Inc. (IRI) based on Wal-Mart's unique customer segments. - 8/15/2007
Just Born Unifies Disparate Data
Candy manufacturer Just Born Inc. had three main criteria when it evaluated solutions that would help it to deal with its disparate data sources: ease of use for both the field and internal users, minimal IT resources needed to install and maintain, and strong processes in place for support and training. - 8/15/2007
Dole Food Announces Carbon Neural Project
Dole Food Company Inc.'s operating subsidiary, Standard Fruit de Costa Rica, and Fondo Nacional de Financiamento Forestal (FONAFIFO), the National Forestry Financing Fund and an entity of the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica, are working together to establish a carbon neutral product supply chain for bananas and pineapples from its production in Costa Rica to the markets in North America and Europe. - 8/15/2007
Mattel Expands Product Recall
Mattel Inc. voluntarily recalls one toy from the "CARS" die-cast vehicle line (the Sarge character), manufactured between May 2007 and July 2007, containing impermissible levels of lead. - 8/15/2007
La Senza Adopts Workforce Management System
La Senza deploys Infor HCM Workforce Management at more than 50 retail locations.