This year's crop of Consumer Goods Visionaries (formerly known as the 25 Most Influential) reflects the rapidly changing dynamic of the supplier/retailer relationship.
Managers at Quantum Foods Inc. were facing two key challenges: improve inventory control as the business continued to grow dramatically, and meet increasingly stringent government and industry regulations regarding food safety.
Consumer goods manufacturers make enormous investments implementing systems, acquiring information and purchasing data from third-party providers to uncover new ways to further penetrate and expand their customer base, while cornering the competition.