Supply Chain Management

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.

This month, CGT and EdgeVerve examine the consumer goods industry's approach to emerging markets to understand the current status of initiatives and explore approaches to operating models and technology.

Seafood company Gorton's announces a commitment to simplify ingredients for all of the brand's items by the end of 2017. Find out how else the list of ingredients will change.

Barry Callebaut has acquired Nyonkopa to cover growing customer need for sustainable and traceable cocoa and the commercial beverages vending activities of FrieslandCampina Kievit.

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.

Insight, innovation and action are key levers of growth that are cross-functional themes. That is why consumer goods community leaders reunited (now in its 17^th year) to engage these important areas of focus, during the 2015 Consumer Goods Business & Technology Leadership Conference.

Find out what TreeHouse Foods' acquisition of ConAgra Foods' private brands operations means for its private label operations.

Find out who The J. M. Smucker Company will sell its U.S. canned milk brands and operations to.