Supply Chain & Merchandising

Doug Sloan, director of Supply Chain Operations for Unilever North America, reveals details of the company's journey to boost its demand sensing and inventory optimization capabilities globally.

As shared services units specialize in performing repetitive transaction based tasks, consumer companies can leverage the service model to perform tasks that require high-end business and consulting skill sets that may not be widely available in the organization.

The Dewar's expansion project, which started in July 2007, will be completed in phases over 10 years.

One of the first companies to recognize the potential of the supermarket channel for fresh-cut flowers, Sunshine Bouquet will tap Retail Solutions to transform retailer data into actionable insights.

The solution will eventually scale across Hanesbrands' extended value chain, delivering cross-departmental sales insights and analytics to hundreds of business practitioners.

Under the new licensing agreements, Coca-Cola will distribute Dr Pepper in the United States and Canada Dry in the Northeast U.S. where these brands were formerly distributed by Coca-Cola Enterprises.

It took Barrie Bergman 25 years to build Record Bar into the success that made him a wealthy man. Bare Escentuals, his second company, was an overnight success after only 14 years. The one thing both of these success stories have in common? Time.

Among a number of promotions, Steven G. Binder is named executive vice president of Refrigerated Foods.