The merger creates a larger business with a complementary portfolio of high-quality bakery products and deepens Flowers' penetration of the estimated $4 billion U.S. snack cake category.
Del Monte extended refined demand-driven principles to a supply network of co-manufacturers, co-packers, raw material suppliers and 3PL providers to reduce overall inventory cost and improve operational efficiency. Here, Chief Procurement Officer David McLain tells the companys unique story.
In 2008, Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. recognized there were opportunities to better manage pricing and distributor margins at the market level. A cross functional team was assembled to commence a large-scale price improvement initiative.
Launched in July 2008, Yihaodian offers more than 75,000 SKUs and has achieved a significant position in online grocery sales, as well as in categories such as baby/Mom, consumer electronics and apparel.
Due to the rapid product velocities within the laundry and dish care category, Sun Products needed a warehouse management system that could support vast inventory volumes.
The US Department of Justice said the deal as proposed would "substantially lessen competition in three product marketsvalue shampoo, value conditioner and hairspray sold in retail stores."
ConAgra Foods, a top U.S. food producer, has been on a supply chain transformation journey over the past couple of years. Here, ConAgras Senior Director of Supply Chain Optimization reveals its story, including implementation challenges, benefits of EIO and more.