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When Mother Nature plays a substantial role in meeting your production plans, gaining a high level of visibility into what was produced becomes that much more important.

After taking in a recent TV spot introducing the "CarpetFlick"-- yet another addition to Procter & Gambles insanely popular line of Swiffer cleaning gizmos-- my wife and I looked at each other with what can only be described as pure, unbridled joy.

Wells Lamont Corp. faces several key challenges in demand planning and forecasting: a high percentage of new items in its product line every year, significant promotional activity, substantial SKU changes in customer programs each season, and a heavy reliance on business intelligence from sales, marketing and customer data for its forecasting.

Liz Claiborne Inc.standardizes on PTC Retail, Footwear and Apparel Solution for enterprise product lifecycle management.

Thanks to a robust TPM strategy, Pinnacle Foods supports brand growth in a changing retail environment

Tasty Baking revamps its direct-store-delivery outfit to better serve customers

Kimberly-Clark promotes RFID adoption both within its own walls and the consumer goods industry at large

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