Beverages

In the highly competitive beer industry, there are constantly shifting supply chain requirements and regulations at local, regional and national levels.

Labatt USA will leverage The Nielsen Company to measure sales of its brands in U.S. food, drug, liquor and convenience stores, and to provide demographic capabilities that will help Labatt identify and target consumers.

The key to achieving high customer service levels is to address inventory positioning as well as demand forecasting.

Groupe Danone, a leading maker of fresh dairy products and bottled water and the second largest provider of biscuits and cereal products, deployed ILOG Plant PowerOps (PPO) at its fresh dairy plant in Irapuato, Mexico.

Confectionary giant Cadbury Schweppes plans to divest three non-core businesses as part of a strategy to achieve its 250 million disposal target outlined for the end of 2007.

The Coca-Cola Company pledges to lead its global beverage operations, including those of its franchise bottlers, to replace the water it uses in its beverages and their production.

SABMiller plc will deploy Sopheon's Accolade product life cycle management system to support the company's new standardized process for managing initiatives within the business.

Kraft Foods Inc. showcased more than 70 new food and beverage products in an Internet-based virtual world at the 2007 Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Supermarket Convention last month in Chicago.