Strategy

Building a strong cross-functional S&OP process in the consumer products market

SAP shares its perspective on the consumer goods market

As General Mills began planning a recent expansion to its corporate campus in Minneapolis, Minn., the company's IS team realized it was the perfect time to implement new functionality and performance into its existing HP ProCurve network.

Jarden Corporation, a provider of niche consumer products with brands including First Alert, Coleman and Oster, announced the initiation of "Operation Careers for Veterans."

To supplement its SAP ERP implementation, Nestle deploys Symbol Technologies' mobile computers and bar code scanners in its two Czech production plants, as well as in one Slovak plant and in the warehouses of subsidiary Schaller. Symbol mobile computers and scanners will enable reliable warehouse tracking of the raw materials contained in products to meet EU legal requirements.

For the seventh consecutive year, CGT is proud to present our annual Readers' Choice rankings.

Retailers are challenged to be ever more responsive to consumer demand. Strategies, like customer-centricity and multi-channel convergence, put pressure on instore inventory, which then pressures the consumer goods supply chain to perform flawlessly.

The world may never know the formula behind Coke Classic or why a box of cereal costs more than a bushel of bananas, but there is one closely guarded secret in the consumer goods space that is beginning to unfurl: price optimization.