Data Management

Mergers and acquisitions have caused Foster's to have a mix of enterprise resource planning systems and different methods for defining and processing key business data, such as information on customers and products.

As shared services units specialize in performing repetitive transaction based tasks, consumer companies can leverage the service model to perform tasks that require high-end business and consulting skill sets that may not be widely available in the organization.

The solution will eventually scale across Hanesbrands' extended value chain, delivering cross-departmental sales insights and analytics to hundreds of business practitioners.

Already on the forefront of sustainability, Avon has set a goal of further lowering energy consumption per-unit-produced an additional 10 percent by 2012.

TrueCommerce solutions enable trading partner connectivity for 3,000 customers, features predefined integration to many major ERP systems and can be deployed in either SaaS or on-premise models.

This week, IBM announced plans to acquire Netezza, a leader in data warehouse, analytic and monitoring appliances, for $1.7 billion. Are these companies well matched? And how is the acquisition going to impact the competitive data warehousing landscape? Here, bloggers and industry experts share their thoughts in this big deal.

The solution was up and running in just six weeks to centralize and manage recipes, specifications, test procedures, etc.

The California-based company has purchased Centric's Product Specification, Sourcing, Calendar Management and Line Planning modules.