Supply Chain & Merchandising

Windbrella counts on UPS to alleviate trade and transportation headaches

Kenneth Cole Productions Inc., a designer of apparel, shoes and accessories, implements SAP solutions, including SAP for Retail, SAP Apparel and Footwear (AFS), and SAP Triversity point-of-sale (POS) solutions.

Johnson & Johnson recognized the importance of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and implemented a governing structure around RFID across the entire organization.

Kenneth Cole Productions Inc., a designer of apparel, shoes and accessories, will implement SAP software.

Pfizer Inc. is now tagging all Viagra shipped and sold in the United States with RFID.

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is now tagging 100 percent of its calculator products shipped to Wal-Mart with RFID tags based on the Gen 2 EPC specification.

Consumer goods firms are re-examining
their supply chain systems, underscoring the industry’s movement toward a demand-driven supply network (DDSN).

With RFID mandates, Sarbanes-Oxley
and supply chain challenges still burning bright for most consumer goods firms, the consulting arena in 2005 was in high demand.