Retail Execution

Jennifer Beckett, Vendor Managed Technologies Inc. (VMT), shares some key insights for successfully integrating downstream data within an enterprise.

The manufacturer and marketer of Nature Made vitamins, minerals, herbs and other supplements and SOYJOY nutrition bars, will leverage several components of the Retail Solutions suite.

The nation's largest distributor for Anheuser-Busch has deployed an Internet-based solution to better track its promotional signs processing and production.

The pilot aims to deliver a reduction in out of stock products, improved compliance by retailers and, as a result, improved product sales.

Kimberly-Clark plans to deploy retail execution management from Retail Solutions, across 19 retailer teams within 15 months.

The advanced features of the company's latest release allows consumer goods companies to track all customer plans and spending in one solution and provides a robust data set for analyzing and optimizing the effectiveness of their trade dollars.

Welchs will start its project at Meijer and Target, focusing on monitoring new product introductions, improving the planning and execution of its promotions and reducing exit inventories at the end of events.

This years Readers Choice survey spans 10 categories, but some companies do not fit snugly into any one group. In response, we created the Editors Pick section to recognize solutions and service providers that are making a difference in the consumer goods industry and should be duly noted.