Supply Chain Management

HighJump Software adds onto itssupply chain solutions suite to better serve its consumers.

Retailer, American Apparel, improves inventory accuracy and streamline operations with RFID solution in each of its 17 stores in the New York area.

Three years ago, Del Monte Foods deployed demand signal repository software to enhance its demand-driven supply chain management decisions across leading retailers. CGT spoke with Dom Clemente, director of demand planning, and Andy Wojewodka, director, IT business consulting, to discern how the company is currently leveraging data from both a sales and supply chain perspective.

Following a 2005 merger, British American Tobacco Belgium instigated and implemented a major project to improve business information across the supply chain, drive increased sales and ultimately increase market share.

Pilgrim's Pride shuts down several chicken facilities as part of a planto curtail losses amid record-high costs for corn, soybean meal andother feed ingredients and an oversupply of chicken in the UnitedStates.

Global manufacturer Ryobi Technologies Inc. implemented Cognos 8 BI and Cognos ReportNet to improve communication and credibility of information world.

Intermec, IBM, and OATSystems streamline RFID solutions implementations and act as certified host.

Recalls can be dangerous for the consumer, but they are also downright detrimental to the consumer goods companies involved as consumers abandon a recalled brand for another in the interim, or worse, for life. CGT asks analysts from AMR Research, Hitachi Consulting and IBM to identify the primary causes of product recalls and how your company can monitor external production operations to thwart those causes.