Supply Chain & Merchandising

Smithfield Foods' IT strategy lends to business growth

Anheuser-Busch purchased the Rolling Rock brands and recipes from InBev USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Belgian-based InBev, for $82 million.

How outsourcing helps consumer goods firms focus on core competencies

Industry execs speak candidly about success and failure on the path to becoming demand-driven

Hannaford and partners benefit from a supplier-focused B2B portal

Outsourcing lets Kimberly-Clark
focus on customers/consumers

In a move to increase brand awareness and ensure the success of new product launches, Unilever will equip its various U.S. brand Web sites with the Information Resources Inc. (IRI) Product Locator, a web-based tool that helps consumers identify local stores that carry a desired Unilever product.

Finance and accounting outsourcing deals swell 30 percent this year