General Mills, Inc.

According to the 2005 Consumer Goods/Retail Shared Strategy Study from CGT, RIS News and Forrester Research, 75 percent of retailers indicate they are now working with trading partners on demand planning and forecasting efforts.

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For the Demand Driven Supply Network (DDSN) to truly make in-roads, collaboration must become a common practice within the consumer goods industry.

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