Welch's determined that its internal IT staff was needed to implement and support a new Oracle ERP solution, leaving insufficient resources to maintain and support its existing Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) system.
As part of strategic efforts to reduce the production of fresh, commodity chicken, Tyson Foods Inc. plans to sell its poultry plants in Ashland and Gadsden, Ala., to Koch Foods Incorporated.
The findings of a recent Credit Suisse survey show that China is on course to become the world's second-largest consumer market by 2015, with the United States being first.