Business Analytics

General Mills and Associated Wholesale Grocers find hard dollar ROI with data sync efforts

Companies will spend $6 billion on complying with Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) requirements in 2006, on par with the $6.1 billion that will be spent in 2005, estimates AMR Research.

Eighty-four percent of consumer goods companies share the sentiment that they don't receive a fair value and acceptable return on their trade promotion investment.

Consumer durables giant LG Electronics India Ltd (LGEIL) expects to reduce overhead costs by at least $3.5 million annually now that its Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning 'E-Business Suite' implementation is compete.

Wells Lamont Corp. faces several key challenges in demand planning and forecasting: a high percentage of new items in its product line every year, significant promotional activity, substantial SKU changes in customer programs each season, and a heavy reliance on business intelligence from sales, marketing and customer data for its forecasting.

What action steps should you be taking to yield a return on promotion investments?

Recent research of best practices leads AMR Research to synthesize the nine winning Demand Driven Supply Network behaviors that are key in driving a business transformation.

How to find and choose the right information to accurately drive price optimization