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The snack food manufacturer will use warehouse management, transportation management and workforce management solutions across its supply chain.

The two companies aim to help manufacturers increase supply chain agility and performance.

By: Bernard Goor, Sr Director, Global Lead Consumer Goods Industry Business Unit, Oracle

The acquisition is expected to provide retailers and consumer products manufacturers with an end-to-end promotion management solution.

For the ninth consecutive year, CGT asked its subscriber base to identify their most valued and used solutions and service providers across 10 categories. Where do your providers rank?

The company, which operates 167 stores in the northeastern United States, says retailer-supplier collaboration is a key strategy.

The implementation, together with existing tools and processes, is expected to help Del Monte predict demand better at its customers' locations.

After guarding their data for years, retailers have recently begun to bury consumer packaged goods manufacturers in a greatly expanded set of retail data sources. Here, Matt Johnson discusses the opportunities and challenges of demand signal management.