Manufacturing

Outbound transportation can be a multi-billion dollar expense for CPGs. You and your team probably think about ways to minimize transportation costs just about every day. You may not wake up each morning thinking about how to use Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) to help with this effort, but maybe you should (well maybe one day a week, anyway).

The only way just-in-time inventory strategies will work in the modern global supply chain is with visibility to inventory in order to mitigate risk and lower the costs of globalization. Find out how to achieve this visibility and facilitate lean manufacturing to maintain profit margins, keep customer service levels high, and so much more.

CPG companies can save an average of 10 percent to 20 percent by breaking through supply chain barriers to efficiency, and leveraging Product Lifecycle Logistics.

Maple Leaf currently holds approximately 90 percent of the outstanding shares of Canada Bread and has agreed to vote all of such shares in favor of the transaction.

The Kroger Co. announces it has purchased the assets of YOU Technology Brand Services, Inc., the Silicon Valley-based company in digital coupons and promotions.

A poll of more than 95,000 Canadians reveal that the most-trusted CPG brands for across 60 categories consist of household names like Kellogg, Dove, Colgate and more. Consumers reasons for citing a brand as their most trusted vary by category, for example, taste drives which food brands are most trusted, while kids brands need to guarantee gentleness. Find out which other brands made this list and why.

To enable this investment, the company will consolidate its current U.S. biscuit manufacturing footprint on the East Coast, resulting in the closure of its Philadelphia bakery by early 2015.

Anheuser-Busch plans to invest in Blue Point Brewing Co., to grow its operational capabilities and enhance the consumer experience over the next few years.