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Land O'Lakes Deploys a Catalyst for Change
Historically,Land O' Lakes ran as a holding company with many separate entities. Over time,this resulted in an overly complex IT environment. In 2005,a strategic decision was made to move toward an operating company mode. Here, two company VPs give an exclusive update on Project Catalyst'sprogress.
Kraft, Food Lion Talk Data Sharing
Both retailers and suppliers see the value of data sharing, but there is still a long way to go before benefits are realized. Proving there are exceptions to this rule, Kraft Foods, Delhaize America and Bozzuto's gathered to lend real-world context to the findings of the first annual Shared Data Study. Learn about their winning data sharing programs here.

Rebranding Gone Wrong: Gap Keeps Old Logo

The Gap Inc. reverted back to its iconic blue box logo just one week after rolling out an updated version on its Web site. This isn't the first time a rebranding effort caused loyal consumers to revolt. Here's a look back at two other major flops.
Foster's Gains Global View of Operations

Mergers and acquisitions have caused Foster's to have a mix of enterprise resource planning systems and different methods for defining and processing key business data, such as information on customers and products.
Domino Sugar Puts SAP in the Cloud

The largest producer and distributor of sweetener products in North America deploys Virtustream Inc.'s xStream Cloud platform to optimize its entire infrastructure, which includes a multi-thousand seat SAP enterprise application system.
Wal-Mart Boosts Production of Sustainable Products

The retail giant launches an innovative new program to bring the latest generation of environmentally responsible products to consumers nationwide.
VANTAGE POINT: Exploring Shared Services for Customer Management

As shared services units specialize in performing repetitive transaction based tasks, consumer companies can leverage the service model to perform tasks that require high-end business and consulting skill sets that may not be widely available in the organization.
Unilever's Global Effort to Become More Demand Driven

Doug Sloan, director of Supply Chain Operations for Unilever North America, reveals details of the company's journey to boost its demand sensing and inventory optimization capabilities globally.
Jones Apparel Group Gets New Name

The new name embraces Jones' heritage while signaling its vision for the future across its apparel, footwear, jeanswear, jewelry and handbag divisions.
Hanesbrands Selects New Demand Sensing Solution

The solution will eventually scale across Hanesbrands' extended value chain, delivering cross-departmental sales insights and analytics to hundreds of business practitioners.

Land O'Lakes Deploys a Catalyst for Change

Kraft, Food Lion Talk Data Sharing

Rebranding Gone Wrong: Gap Keeps Old Logo

Foster's Gains Global View of Operations

Domino Sugar Puts SAP in the Cloud

Wal-Mart Boosts Production of Sustainable Products

VANTAGE POINT: Exploring Shared Services for Customer Management

Unilever's Global Effort to Become More Demand Driven

Jones Apparel Group Gets New Name

Hanesbrands Selects New Demand Sensing Solution