Supply Chain Management

A new tool will help address the company's complex financial systems as well as its need to efficiently manage operations and customer service.

Historically,Land O' Lakes ran as a holding company with many separate entities. Over time,this resulted in an overly complex IT environment. In 2005,a strategic decision was made to move toward an operating company mode. Here, two company VPs give an exclusive update on Project Catalyst'sprogress.

Therecession changed the supply chain game tremendously. Lambert sheds some lighton how CG firms can adopt the biggest supply chains trends today.

Soon after the company's formation,the Sun Products' IT team needed establish a new IT environment. This entailedreplacing every software system, including a combination of packaged andproprietary applications, in a five-month time frame.

CGT Editor Alliston Ackerman gives you a sneak peek into the trends and topics discussed in this month's issue.

As Anna's Linens grew, so did the need to improve theefficiency of its supply chain. It became clear that a more consolidatedapproach was required to effectively handle the increase in stores andshipments, and to take advantage of opportunities available within the supplychain.

Both retailers and suppliers see the value of data sharing, but there is still a long way to go before benefits are realized. Proving there are exceptions to this rule, Kraft Foods, Delhaize America and Bozzuto's gathered to lend real-world context to the findings of the first annual Shared Data Study. Learn about their winning data sharing programs here.

Mergers and acquisitions have caused Foster's to have a mix of enterprise resource planning systems and different methods for defining and processing key business data, such as information on customers and products.