Supply Chain Management

A comparison chart of solution providers to the consumer goods industry in the areas of transportation management, warehouse management and more.

When store supplies for Kimberly-Clark's retail partners are out of synch with production forecasts, it can have a very real impact on the $20.8 billion personal care products giant's sales. So, the company invested in data analytics software to provide far more visibility into real-time demand trends.

CooperVision products are sourced through very complex multi-level networks and, until recently, the company lacked a fully integrated view of global operations. It chose a solution to create a company-wide common supply chain platform.

The Quincy, Wash. facility will process botanicals from the company's nearby Trout Lake Farm operations, the largest certified organic herb farm in North America.

The new tool allows corporations to establish best- practice disciplines and nearly eliminate the need to rework products, expediting time-to-market.

One will assume a number of IBO routes from the other in order to continue growing its national DSD distribution network; meanwhile, the other will receive access to that distribution network with expanded opportunity as a key partner brand.