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  • Charmer Sunbelt Makes the Most of WMS Investment

    To fully integrate SAPs WMS, the wine and spirits distributor needed to upgrade its warehouses to a real-time data collection system. Installing WLAN achieved vital savings in installation and labor costs.

  • Former Diageo Exec Joins Heinz as CPO

    The former Diageo head of global procurement, John Dickson, is to become chief procurement officer at H.J. Heinz.

  • 10 Predictions for Brand-Oriented Manufacturers

    What will 2012 hold for Brand-Oriented Value Chain manufacturing supply chain organizations? How about intelligent innovation, Big Data dilemmas and social business, to name a few? Find out what other expectations IDC Manufacturing Insights has for consumer goods manufacturers in areas like supply chain, PLM, operations technology, IT, and more.

  • Are you in for a First-Quarter, Trade Promotion Surprise?

    CPG is even more dependent upon trade spending than ever before.Trade promotion spending for a typical consumer brand can be 15 percent to 20 percent of sales revenue, depending upon the category. For some CPG manufacturers, the first-quarter is full of trade promotion surprises. Are you in for a surprise?

  • Trade Promotion Optimization: The Must-Have Enabler for True Collaboration

    The era of true collaborative promotions has arrived, fueled by the combination of trade promotion management, true promotion optimization and predictive analytics capabilities.

  • P&G to Cut 1,600 Jobs, Banks on Digital Marketing for ROI

    Facing flat market shares and growing pressure to cut costs, the company is banking on digital marketing to help contain media spending long-term.

  • Starbucks Grows in China

    The company continues its growth momentum in fiscal 2012 to achieve its goal to serve customers through 1,500 stores in Mainland China by 2015.

  • Private Label: Collaborate, Not Confront

    Can CPG manufacturers and retailers with private-label ranges collaborate in their efforts to attract the same consumer? Counterintuitive though that proposition may appear, the real question is can they afford not to?
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