Operations

The merger will create a diversified network that includes over 2,400 stores, 27 distribution facilities and 20 manufacturing plants with over 250,000 dedicated and loyal employees. No store closures are expected as a result of this transaction.

Transplaces software-as-a-solution transportation management system is expected to provide reduced transportation costs, increased visibility and greater operational efficiencies.

LOreal selects Siemens software to help optimize its packaging development processes, reduce time-to-market, and improve product innovation and quality.

With its beginnings firmly rooted in trucking and manufacturing, supply chain has traditionally been viewed as inhospitable to women. But change is on the horizon as more women enter the field and as progressive companies recognize the advantageous skillsets that women bring to the table.

To accommodate growth, Brooks Sports Inc.'s leadership realized the need to redefine business processes and product development initiatives to deliver products to market faster.

For independent Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI) distributors, this certification demonstrates that HighJump RCOD has met the highest requirements from ABI in terms of security, functionality and ability.

Kimberly-Clark, suspecting its compliance rates were hovering around 15 percent to 50 percent, saw an industry-wide opportunity to increase collaboration with its retail partners and improve the current promotional compliance standards.

To enable this investment, the company will consolidate its current U.S. biscuit manufacturing footprint on the East Coast, resulting in the closure of its Philadelphia bakery by early 2015.