Supply Chain Management

Keeping a brand strong and maintaining product consistency is inherently complex for consumer packaged goods companies in todays digital landscape.

Rapid developments in technology along with economic and marketplace changes continue to put pressure on salesforces to adopt new approaches. Are you ready for the next generation of customer planning?

Within the highly competitive branded coffee category, approximately 70 percent to 75 percent of volume is sold on promotion. Today, Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA is effectively using a unified system for trade promotion management and forecasting to capitalize on this huge opportunity.

The new executive will lead the largest business unit for McCormick and will report directly to Lawrence Kurzius, President Global Consumer and CAO.

What does the No. 1 U.S. retailer do when it finds gaps and missed opportunities in its supply chain? It joins forces with CEOs from more than a dozen global companies to pledge new commitments that accelerate innovation. The participating suppliers, including Kellogg, Coca-Cola, P&G, Unilever, General Mills and many more, represent more than $100 billion in sales at Walmart. Find out how this retail giant is using its pull to create change from one end of the supply chain to the other.

Mondelez International chooses Longbow Advantage Inc., a provider of JDA WMS and WFM consulting services, to host the JDA Warehouse Management solution.

As announced in February, the new candidate is replacing Gary Fayard who is retiring after 20 years with the company.

Galderma, a joint venture between Nestl and LOral, cuts down inventory in global supply chain after rolling out TXT Sales & Operations Planning software.