Hitachi, Ltd.

The alliance is part of CDC Software's expansion plans in the world's second largest economy.

In 2007, the Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled 447 products for safety concerns. In 2008, the incidence of recalls doesn't seem to be slowing down. A company's ability to react quickly and effectively in the unfortunate event of a recall has a profound impact on its ability to rebuild brand trust. So, CGT picked the brains of industry experts on everything from avoiding the primary causes of product recalls to preparing a company's supply chain to react if and when a recall hits.

Recalls can be dangerous for the consumer, but they are also downright detrimental to the consumer goods companies involved as consumers abandon a recalled brand for another in the interim, or worse, for life. CGT asks analysts from AMR Research, Hitachi Consulting and IBM to identify the primary causes of product recalls and how your company can monitor external production operations to thwart those causes.

Downstream data is being leveraged by visionary companies outside of the traditional confines of sales and marketing - whether it be point-of-sale data, transactional data or even RFID data and loyalty card data.

Share group members convene to compare supply chain strategies

Vendavo, a provider of price management and optimization software, and Hitachi Consulting, the global consulting company of Hitachi Ltd., announce an alliance to deliver price management and optimization solutions to customers worldwide.

Leading consumer goods companies must be market responsive and operationally excellent