Operations

Foster's Group selects RedPrairie to supply and implement supply chain execution systems for its Logistics Network Transformation Project in Australia.

The Coca-Cola Company and several of its key U.S. bottlers will work together to develop and test new customer service and distribution systems to supplement their direct store delivery (DSD) system.

Ice cream manufacturer Blue Bell Creameries selects ClearOrbit Gemini mobile software for Oracle Process Manufacturing to automate data collection and improve the company's production lot control and traceability.

Urban Outfitters increases ordering efficiencies and reduces total headcount with Manhattan Associates supply chain software. In anticipation of projected company growth, the apparel retailer implemented Warehouse Management and Performance Management modules in the company's direct channel facility in Trenton, South Carolina.

As part of immediate initiative to drive improved performance, position Pfizer for future success and enhance total shareholder return its cost reduction initiatives, 10,000 positions (about 10 percent of Pfizer's total worldwide workforce) will be eliminated by the end of next year.

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

Anchor Blue chooses Kronos for Retail to manage its expanding workforce.

Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc., a specialty coffee roaster and marketer, continues its grocery expansion in New England with the availability of its fresh, deep-roasted coffee within Stop & Shop Supermarkets, a division of Royal Ahold.