Strategy

Unilever expects to take advantage of new functionality, one of them being the possibility of collecting photos through the SFA system while doing surveys.

The company expects to achieve gross cost savings of approximately $200 million, approximately a quarter of which will be used to increase investment in brand building and innovation, and enable investments in IT systems.

Last week, CGT published a report that names retailers' 10 favorite suppliers. This week, we're turning the tables to bring you a list of the the Top 10 power retailers, ranked by their manufacturing partners. Walmart still reigns, but the gap is narrowing, showing how significantly retailing is changing.

Kim Feil held marketing and business leadership positions of increasing responsibility at companies that include Walgreen Co., PepsiCo, Cadbury Schweppes, Information Resources Inc. and Sara Lee.

Tyco and former General Electric executive brings nearly 30 years of supply chain transformation experience.

BluePrint is a nationally recognized leader in the raw juice category based in New York City.

Under a new agreement, HP will be accountable for most of the critical business applications used throughout P&Gs financial and supply chain systems, including research and development, inventory management, SAP enterprise resource planning, and business intelligence.

Retailers again ranked P&G Best of the Best although Unilever made up significant ground on its major rival across a number of individual measures and made the biggest gains. Find out which other suppliers are finding favor with America's top retailers.