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Consumer goods companies can expect to gain valuable shopper insights from a new generation of consumer panel services created by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Information Resources Inc. (IRI) based on Wal-Mart's unique customer segments.

Candy manufacturer Just Born Inc. had three main criteria when it evaluated solutions that would help it to deal with its disparate data sources: ease of use for both the field and internal users, minimal IT resources needed to install and maintain, and strong processes in place for support and training.

Masco, a manufacturer of home improvement and building products, is using a software application from Centric Software to capture new product ideas and guide contributions through a standard process that is specifically designed to filter out the best ideas and identify ideas worthy of patenting.

Dole Food Company Inc.'s operating subsidiary, Standard Fruit de Costa Rica, and Fondo Nacional de Financiamento Forestal (FONAFIFO), the National Forestry Financing Fund and an entity of the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica, are working together to establish a carbon neutral product supply chain for bananas and pineapples from its production in Costa Rica to the markets in North America and Europe.

Just one week after announcing its implementation of RedPrairie's Corporation's E2e Supply Chain Suite, Kehe Food Distributors announced that it has selected Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and Oracle's Demantra to create an integrated, modernized IT infrastructure.

Intermec announces shipment of the new SR61ex, the first handheld cordless scanner to integrate the company's proprietary Intellibeam EX25 near-far area imaging technology.

Wal-Mart partners with HP to build an enhanced business intelligence and data warehouse system.

SAP AG is adding 60 SAP Best Practices offerings to deepen its industry and geographic market-specific support for midsize companies.