Demand Forecasting

Shell Oil Company's SOPUS Products, makers of Black Magic, Rain X, Pennzoil, Quaker State, Jiffy Lube, Fix-a-Flat and Gumout branded products, licenses Planalytics Business Weather Intelligence platform to keep products in-stock at retail stores when weather creates a surge in consumer buying.

LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. successfully implements Oracle Supply Chain Management applications to lower inventory, increase visibility across global operations, better plan for spikes in demand and improve procurement practices.

In a move to strengthen its overall capabilities, Optiant, a provider of inventory planning and optimization solutions, agrees to acquire SLIM Technologies, a provider of supply chain network design technology solutions.

Alex Lee's Lowes Foods Stores implements Retalix DemandAnalytX (DAX).

Pepsi-Cola North America leverages Avista Decision Support Services (Avista DSS) by Marketing Management Analytics Inc. (MMA) to help maximize the return on its marketing investments.

Georgia Pacific, one of the world's largest manufacturers of tissue, paper, packaging and other consumer products, selects ToolsGroup's DPM Inventory Optimization Solution to optimize customer service to a diverse customer base, while simultaneously reducing inventory and operating costs.

The temptation for small to midsized businesses is to implement a quick-fix point solution as each new business process problem comes to the fore, and each functional department cries out for a remedy.

Panasonic achieves tier 1 status with retail channel partners.