Supply Chain Management

10 Most Powerful Women in Consumer Goods
Forbes annual snapshot of the 100 most powerful women includes top politicians and CEOs, activist billionaires, celebrities and more. Here, CGT highlights the top 10 most powerful women in the consumer goods industry, and in this 10th edition, attention must be paid to PepsiCos Indra Nooyi, who appeared on the inaugural list in 2004 and is still here today.
Smucker, Wegman Execs Earn GS1 Lifetime Achievement Awards
The two candidates were recognized for their outstanding contributions to the advancement and adoption of GS1 Standards - the most broadly used supply chain standards globally.

Deckers Adopts Supply Chain Visibility Platform

The global footwear provider is among a fast-growing number of companies recognizing the importance of adopting cloud-based supply chain technology to better compete.
L'Oreal USA Gains Purchasing Power with Analytics

With new market advancements, L'Oreal's ecosystem of suppliers and vendors has grown exponentially. A new cloud analytics solution is expected help marketing and procurement gain immediate and broad access to global data to make faster and more insightful decisions.
Analytics and Insights

A new survey explores how CG companies are managing and using data. Last year, we found that analytics capabilities didn't match up with perceived importance, and unfortunately, the results this year are not much more optimistic.
Land O'Lakes Improves Big Data Analytics

One of the company's subsidiaries is leveraging a solution to aggregate and analyze structured and unstructured data amassed from both public and private sources, while delivering targeting insights.
Kimberly-Clark Completes Move to VMI Platform

Kimberly-Clark is now using Datalliance VMI to manage its consumer brands for 15 retail partners.
Holistic Supply Chain Management - A Tactical Approach to Improving Supply Chain Operations with a Focus on Working Capital Management

There is a renewal of interest in the financial elements of supply chain management today. Businesses are using agile, cloud-based technology to optimize working capital and glean liquidity from improvements in supply chain activities.
What's Next after Data Sharing Programs?

As retailers have grown more open with sharing their operational data with suppliers, CG manufacturers have been empowered to deliver analysis and recommendations that have helped both sides of the partnership attain important goals.
Nutrisystem Expands into Retail with Walmart

Nutrisystem logged revenue declines, from $509.5 million in 2010 to $401.4 million in 2011, due to lower than average sales prices and fewer customer starts. The new retail push is expected to reach new customers.

10 Most Powerful Women in Consumer Goods

Smucker, Wegman Execs Earn GS1 Lifetime Achievement Awards

Deckers Adopts Supply Chain Visibility Platform

L'Oreal USA Gains Purchasing Power with Analytics

Analytics and Insights

Land O'Lakes Improves Big Data Analytics

Kimberly-Clark Completes Move to VMI Platform

Holistic Supply Chain Management - A Tactical Approach to Improving Supply Chain Operations with a Focus on Working Capital Management

What's Next after Data Sharing Programs?

Nutrisystem Expands into Retail with Walmart