Supply Chain & Merchandising

Heinz will employ 350 workers at its new frozen meals plant in Florence, S.C.

All chickens exposed to the bird-flu virus in northwest Arkansas are killed and buried.

CGT is proud to present the most recent crop of Consumer Goods Visionaries - those industry thought-leaders who are driving change and innovation in both their companies and the industry as a whole. Ranging from CIOs and senior vice presidents at major Fortune 500 firms to executives from innovative mid-market companies, CGT's Visionaries list is a who's who of industry leaders.

A conversation with Procter & Gamble CEO A.G. Lafley

CGT executive editor Kara Romanow catches up with Michael Ferrara and gets his perspective on good category management, how to reinvent the shopper environment and some best practices for managing acquisitions.

Rob Hand, director of Industry Strategy, Oracle Corp., explains how companies can deploy a single unified solution requiring no external support from other applications.

Diageo's move to a new suburban 'mega-brewery' was necessary to compete with the rise of lower-cost breweries in Eastern Europe, Russia and China.

In August 2004, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJRT) merged with Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company and, as a result, began to take a look at the two companies across all different functions and divisions. The goal was to identify best practices within each organization and build the best company going forward.