Manufacturing

CGT Reveals 2012 Innovation Award Winners
Over the last few years, with budgets slashed and resources limited, many CG companies have focused innovation efforts on mere line extensions or slight variations of existing concepts. But, there are exceptions. Here, CGT honors two companies that delivered truly revolutionary new products with 2012 Innovation Awards.
Embracing a Green Supply Chain for Sustainability and Business Advantage
Many CG companies are implementing an Enterprise Warehouse Management (EWM) systemwhich promotes paperless transactions with RF Scanners and voice activationinstead of a traditional warehouse management solution to not only achieve operational efficiencies, but also to make their supply chain green.

Kellogg Commits $500,000 to Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts

The donation includes a $250,000 cash contribution from Kellogg's Corporate Citizenship Fund to the American Red Cross and $250,000 in food to Feeding America.
JDA Software Reportedly for Sale

Sources say the sale process is at an advanced stage, and that the company has received interest from multiple parties.
Mondelez Launches Coffee Farmer Program

Coffee Made Happy builds on the companys previous commitment to sustainably source 100 percent of its European coffee by 2015.
Flower Foods to Acquire Certain Sara Lee, Earthgrains Assets

The Oklahoma City license will be completed shortly, and the first phase of the California transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of fiscal 2013.
Newell Rubbermaid Reveals Bold New Model/Leadership

By increasing the pace of its transformation, the company intends to more quickly realize its Growth Game Plan ambition of becoming a bigger, faster-growing, more-global, more-profitable Newell Rubbermaid.
P&G, Clorox, Coca-Cola Share New Business Strategies

Some of the best minds in the CG industry met in Orlando, Fla. earlier this week for the 14th annual Consumer Goods Business & Technology Leadership Conference. There, they swapped insight-driven strategies for driving top-line growth. Hot topics included retailer collaboration, demand chain excellence, IT enablement and much more. Get a sneak peak behind the scenes here.
Halloween Sales to Hit Record High of $8B

As consumers continue to relieve their pent-up demand that lingered from the recession, almost every Halloween category will benefit, with revenue for the decorations segment anticipated to grow the fastest.
Walmart to Reveal New Sustainability Commitments

In attendance at the Beijing, China meeting will be Walmart executives, U.S. and Chinese government officials, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and Walmart associates.

CGT Reveals 2012 Innovation Award Winners

Embracing a Green Supply Chain for Sustainability and Business Advantage

Kellogg Commits $500,000 to Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts

JDA Software Reportedly for Sale

Mondelez Launches Coffee Farmer Program

Flower Foods to Acquire Certain Sara Lee, Earthgrains Assets

Newell Rubbermaid Reveals Bold New Model/Leadership

P&G, Clorox, Coca-Cola Share New Business Strategies

Halloween Sales to Hit Record High of $8B

Walmart to Reveal New Sustainability Commitments