IBM and SAP SE have teamed up to provide a co-innovated solution designed to help retailers and consumer packaged goods manufacturers increase profitability and improve the consumer experience.
The solution uses near real-time data to improve planning and execution in the physical store.
The former Mondelez and Amazon executive will be responsible for accelerating supply chain innovation and enabling advanced planning processes and technologies.
E2open's Forecasting Benchmark Study is an in-depth analysis of the state of demand planning for Consumer Products. See how your forecasting performance compares to leaders.
For Nestle, Direct Store Delivery, pizza and ice cream are seasonal and promotion-driven, and variety has exploded in recent years. So, it turned to demand-driven forecasting to achieve bottom-line improvements.
When store supplies for Kimberly-Clark's retail partners are out of synch with production forecasts, it can have a very real impact on the $20.8 billion personal care products giant's sales.
Within the highly competitive branded coffee category, approximately 70 percent to 75 percent of volume is sold on promotion. Today, Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA is effectively using a unified system for trade promotion management and forecasting to capitalize on this huge opportunity.
The 2014 Review & Outlook Report is a roadmap that pinpoints where the industry is today and where it's headed. This year, 75 of the best and brightest minds in consumer goods share predictions and guidance for the year 2020 in the areas of IT, Innovation, Sales & Marketing and Supply Chain.
CGT's readers rank the top technology providers of a suite of software or point solution for supply chain planning, including demand forecasting, inventory optimization, etc.
A sales and marketing initiative at McCormick & Company drives business process improvements in the areas of retail audits, campaign management and trade promotion management.
CGT's readers rank the top 10 technology companies that provide a point software solution or a software suite for the cleansing, analysis and integration of downstream data.
