Sourcing

In its efforts to strengthen its non-carbonated beverage portfolio, PepsiCo forms a strategic alliance with Ocean Spray, one of the country's leading producers of canned and bottled juices and juice drinks.

Outsourcing lets Kimberly-Clark
focus on customers/consumers

Anheuser-Busch purchased the Rolling Rock brands and recipes from InBev USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Belgian-based InBev, for $82 million.

This week at the fourth annual RFID World Conference and Exhibition, Kimberly-Clark Corporation announces that it chose the Avery Dennison AD-220 RFID Gen 2 inlay for its RFID program.

The Russell Corporation recently outlined a major restructuring effort designed to remain competitive in today's global marketplace.

Kraft Foods Inc. is reorganizing its European operations to increase consumer focus and improve speed to market.

The rise in overseas sourcing, particularly from China, continues to be a major theme for consumer goods in 2005 and 2006.

Unilever North America partners with IBM to transform and manage strategic sourcing and procurement operations of indirect materials and services for its North American operations.