Supply Chain

Shell was the first oil and gas company to recognize that it could sense demand much like a pure-play consumer products company, creating daily forecasts that reflect current market conditions by using demand signals.

While supply chain leaders will stand up at conference after conference and brag about how they saved money, improved inventory and driven improvements in customer service, we find that nine out of 10 supply chains are stuck at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin. So, did these supply chain leaders deliberately lie in their presentations? No, we don't think so. Why the gap?

CHANEL would become an important shareholder of COTY upon successful completion of the transaction.

Consumer product companies often strive to compete or differentiate on being really good, cost competitive or very fast. Historically, customers have paid a premium for quality or fast delivery. On the flip side, competing on low-cost was often affiliated with sacrifice in quality or speed of delivery.

Closures of the manufacturing facility in California and yogurt facility in Massachusetts would have a combined impact on over 500 employees.

PepsiCo, Inc. strengthens its commitment to action on climate change by announcing new goals for phasing out equipment with HFCs, signing both the Ceres BICEP Climate Declaration and the Prince of Wales' Corporate Leaders Group Trillion Tonne Communique, and reporting progress on its energy efficiency initiatives.

Africa is home to six of the top 10 fastest growing economies in the world. Here's how Walmart, Coca-Cola and Danone plan to tap its significant business opportunities.

The company also announces unlimited user pricing, expected to enable both large and mid-sized consumer goods companies to broaden usage of impactful insights across the enterprise.