IT Integration

Commercial teams -- sales and marketing -- often avoid active participation in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes. The belief is that it is not value-added work. Ironically, the biggest benefit is an increase in sales: the metric that is always top of mind for the sales team.

Chocolate company Ferrero Australia announces it has selected StayinFront's mobile field cloud solutions to help support the field team.

Unilever East Africa has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Tatu City Limited for the acquisition of 70 acres of industrial land for future expansion of its manufacturing operations. Find out how this move is part of a stream of investment activities to drive growth in East Africa.

Although technologies, competition and consumer expectations are evolving at hyper-speed, business applications are struggling to keep up. To seize the digital opportunity, consumer goods companies need to fundamentally rethink how applications should be built and deployed. To keep up, follow these three new strategies for application development.

International Data Corporation (IDC) kicks off its IDC FutureScape series of more than 30 on-demand Web conferences. Find out what the IDC's ten predictions for worldwide digital transformation are, covered in one of the first web conferences.

Lack of infrastructure, unfriendly environmental conditions and a shortage of skilled labor, are just some of the obstacles consumer goods (CG) companies face when expanding into new geographies. However, leading CG companies are taking advantage of this opportunity by leveraging innovative technology solutions to increase sales by up to 8 percent, reach customers much faster and reduce ordering costs by nearly 80 percent. Heres how they do it.

Crocs' global e-commerce business grew globally in its third quarter, despite inventory and supply chain issues. Find out what's boosting this footwear retailer's online presence and its five initiatives to improve supply chain performance.

Kellogg Company says StayinFront products will enhance in-store direct store delivery (DSD) efficiency and productivity. Find out how.