Manufacturer

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.

Contrary to popular belief, implementing a strategy isn't always the major business hurdle to overcome within an organization.

The art of collaboration and delivering superior customer service comes in many different sizes, shapes and strategies.

New effort to drive operational efficiencies across sales, marketing and finance

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.

The annual New Product Pacesetters report from Information Resources Inc. is an analysis of the most successful new consumer packaged goods brands launched in 2003-2004, plus the factors driving their success and key consumer purchase trends to watch in 2005.

Coffee Bean International brews a robust analytics strategy to satisfy 2,000 accounts