Supply Chain Management

The collaboration between the CPG and retailer, aims to engage consumers with the brands they know, while empowering them to make a difference through a sustainable international development model.

The Census Bureau publishes annual figures on each state's international trade. For a map look at the biggest trade partners by dollar value of goods imported and exported for each state in 2014 read on.

For decades CPG companies have experienced fast growth due to relativelyeasy expansion and consolidation in emerging markets, net new consumersand brand globalization.To achieve growth, efficiency and agility, CPG companies are relying increasingly on social, mobile, analytics and cloud technologies.Rather than approaching the future tactically, industry leaders today are designing "roadmaps" to define a more strategic approach to digital. For many, a successful roadmap would address the following five imperatives.

Mondelez International is investing more than $130 million in its North American biscuits business to modernize its manufacturing assets and processes and create a global integrated supply chain. This investment will fund the installation of four state-of-the-art manufacturing lines at the company's Americas production facility in Salinas, Mexico, to be completed by mid-2016.

Approximately 1,300 employees are covered under this new contract, which will allow the company to further invest in innovation and brand growth.

Bumble Bee Seafoods, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., and The Sun Products Corporation are the latest consumer goods suppliers to deploy their Vendor Managed Inventory programs using the Datalliance VMI platform.

Manufacturer of protein shakes, bars and powders and joint supplements, Premier Nutrition, quickly realized trade promotion management happens in real time, while spreadsheets dont.

Morton Salt is introduces food grade manufacturing capabilities at its salt production facility in Port Canaveral, FL and a new food grade solar salt.