Forecasting

To improve collaborative planning and execution across global networks, McCormick & Company, has joined the E2open Business Network, a provider of cloud-based, on-demand software solutions.

The partnership with FLOCERT will provide a system to verify the Cocoa Life supply chain, completing the Cocoa Life verification framework alongside the Harvard University research team evaluating the program impact on the ground, announced in June 2014.

CGT's readers rank the top technology providers of a suite of software or point solution for supply chain planning, including demand forecasting, inventory optimization, etc.

CGT honors Kellogg Company for the successful integration of Pringles, a large, strategic product/brand acquisition, into the company's ERP backbone.

Jon Golovin, CEO and Chairman of RSi, discusses how daily alerting, as an integral part of collaboration programs, can help retailers and suppliers achieve better top line sales, bottom line profit and improve customer satisfaction.

A new initiative is expected to help project managers and planners enhance collaboration, decision-making and execution throughout the project lifecycle.

A new book from Supply Chain Insights Founder Lora Cecere uncovers actionable steps to align and balance the supply chain to drive value.

The concept of measuring retail/supplier performance is fundamental to improving a relationship. It sounds so easy to do, but it is not. After a decade of implementation and use, progress on retail scorecards and the measurement of progress in a relationship is happening very slowly.