Supply Chain & Merchandising

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.

By enabling accelerated product innovation and time-to-market, 3M aims to realize its strategic business objectives, augment production capacity, enhance global capabilities and rationalize costs.

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.

The largest producer and distributor of sweetener products in North America deploys Virtustream Inc.'s xStream Cloud platform to optimize its entire infrastructure, which includes a multi-thousand seat SAP enterprise application system.

The retail giant launches an innovative new program to bring the latest generation of environmentally responsible products to consumers nationwide.

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.