Food

Beaver Street Fisheries proves RFID isn't just doable for billion-dollar companies

The No. 2 sports apparel and equipment maker in the world, adidas-Salomon Canada, uses the IBM eServer iSeries platform to gain a competitive edge in its market.

Even though the growth of supply chain software has cooled significantly since the hey day of the explosive growth seen in 2000, there is still a huge opportunity for vendors to adjust offerings to better suit the needs of clients, according to a 2004 AMR Research report.

As the retail sector consolidates and the larger players grow stronger, a rising number of consumer goods (CG) firms, such as Adolph Coors Company and Molson Inc., Hershey Foods Corporation and Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. are executing merger or acquisition strategies.

In 1869 Dr. Thomas Bramwell Welch inadvertently gave birth to Welch Foods Inc. while discovering the method to make communion wine from unfermented grapes.

In an effort to assure customer satisfaction and ensure that its multiple brands remain competitive, H.J. Heinz created a customer relationship model called First Call.

At 135-years-old, the Campbell Soup Company brings in nearly $7 billion in annual sales and touts more than 20 market-leading brands from a diverse product portfolio, which includes everything from the familiar red and white cans to Pepperidge Farm bakery to Godiva chocolate.

According to AMR Research, trade funds investments can account for 15 percent of a consumer goods (CG) company's revenue, and the total spent on advertising, marketing and promotions by CG companies is an estimated $250 billion annually.