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- 2/27/2025
PepsiCo Working Toward Integrated Infrastructure With Digital Enhancements
PepsiCo has been undergoing a six-year journey to modernize its operations, particularly in the supply chain. Now as the company nears the end of its SAP rollout in the U.S., PepsiCo talks about the benefits of an integrated infrastructure that streamlines the foods and beverage businesses. - 2/26/2025
L'Oréal Opens Largest Research & Innovation Center Outside of France
L'Oréal is continuing to develop its global innovation system, with the latest arm, a North American Research & Innovation Center, opening in Clark, New Jersey. - 2/26/2025
J.M Smucker Decoupling Supply Chain Organization
J.M Smucker is restructuring its business, decoupling its supply chain and manufacturing organizations to improve oversight and execution. - 2/26/2025
Kellanova, Unilever, Ferrara Leaders To Discuss Data-Driven Transformations
During the upcoming Analytics Unite conference, being held in Chicago from April 28-30, leaders from Kellanova, Unilever, and Ferrara will take to the stage to share executive-driven strategies for empowering organizations with decision-making optimizations to succeed long-term. - 2/24/2025
Tumi North America and King Arthur Baking Optimize Their E-commerce Sites
Two consumer goods brands, King Arthur Flour and Tumi North America, are bolstering their online consumer experiences, tapping into an e-commerce performance optimization platform to accelerate web speed, enhance security, and reduce operational complexity. - 2/24/2025
Unilever Names Fernando Fernandez CEO as Hein Schumacher Steps Down
Learn about the transition and Schumacher’s time at Unilever. - 2/24/2025
Kraft Heinz Says Agile@Scale and Pod Strategy Yield Optimizations and Expedited Innovations
Kraft Heinz is driving increased innovation as a percentage of sales (up 1.6% in 2022 to almost 3% in 2024) — largely attributing this growth to its Agile@Scale strategy. - 2/23/2025
Constellation Brands Buys Stake in Non-Alc Brand Hiyo
BevAlc company Constellation Brands is expanding its presence in non-alcoholic drinks by investing a minority stake in Hiyo. - 2/20/2025
Hershey Bolsters Go-To-Market Strategy: Investments in Demand Planning, Consumer Insights, and Media
The Hershey Company is undergoing continued digital enhancements supported by an ERP implementation to better meet consumer needs. - 2/19/2025
How Embedding AI Is Accelerating Product Development Launch Cycles
Artificial intelligence has been embedded at nearly every step of product development, from product blueprint to computational design to 3D prototyping. For many consumer goods companies, the timeline from ideation to ready-to-market or pilot periods has shortened as a result.