Supply Chain & Merchandising

A look at the best hardware solutions providers of 2005, as chosen by their consumer goods clients.

The ability to synchronize supply to demand is a tough nut to crack which is why SAP took home top honors in this year’s supply chain planning category.

Global data synchronization is a technology initiative adopted by a handful of retailers and a more substantial number of suppliers, revealed the 2005 Consumer Goods Technology "Shared Strategy Study".

How consumer goods firms large and small are addressing similar challenges.

After completing a pilot program earlier this year, Costco Wholesale and Information Resources Inc. (IRI) fully deploy the Costco Collaborative Retail Exchange (CRX) program across Costco's major food and non-food departments in the United States.

The rise in overseas sourcing, particularly from China, continues to be a major theme for consumer goods in 2005 and 2006.

Latest findings seem to reflect our overall perspectives on tech spending in 2006.

Unilever North America partners with IBM to transform and manage strategic sourcing and procurement operations of indirect materials and services for its North American operations.