Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

A new report from IDC Manufacturing Insights concludes that big data and analytics will remain one of the top investment priorities for manufacturing organizations of all sizes for the foreseeable future. In fact, nearly 51 percent of respondents expect to generate new revenue streams from big data and analytics projects.

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The combination of the two companies is expected to create a product portfolio that is uniquely positioned to meet the advancing needs of retailers, distributors, manufacturers, and logistics service providers to manage complex order fulfillment cycles and collaborate with supply chain partners.

The company will focus efforts on branded products and growth categories such as "better-for-you" snacks.

When consumer packaged goods companies attempt to optimize trade spend and undertake transformation programs, they often attempt too much or too little and subsequently fail to meet their goals.

Shell is a longstanding SAP customer and this latest agreement extends the relationship between the two giants through the end of the decade.

Mizuno USA implements Tegile Systems hybrid storage architecture to manage and protect its information assets.

With transportation spend for consumer product companies at roughly 7 percent of cost of goods sold, why is logistics planning stuck in a world of manual spreadsheets disconnected from core supply chain systems?