Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

While 8.3 percent is the industry average for out of stocks, somesupermarkets are successfully employing technologies that maintainaccurate shelf, store and warehouse stock levels.

Rob Hand, director of Industry Strategy, Oracle Corp., explains how companies can deploy a single unified solution requiring no external support from other applications.

Tips on how to build a foundation for the successful utilization of TPM

In August 2004, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJRT) merged with Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company and, as a result, began to take a look at the two companies across all different functions and divisions. The goal was to identify best practices within each organization and build the best company going forward.

J.M. Smucker Company President and Co-CEO Richard Smucker believes that coffee is the most perfect complement to breakfast and dessert -- two areas that his company knows a lot about. So why not add an iconic brand that has 150 years of history? The equation seems to add up to a perfect fit. Read on to find out how much the merger between Procter & Gamble's Folgers business and Smucker is expected to earn by fiscal year 2009.

Former Campbell Soup executive, Michael Mastroianni, joins Terra Technology to support growing interest in multi-enterprise demand sensing and inventory optimization solutions.

CJ Apparel forms ERP foundation with Vision Sourcing, Vision Demand Management and Vision Financials from Jesta I.S.

Kellwood and EDS will collaborate to share, review and prioritize innovative ideas to ultimately reduce costs and improve business operations.