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Supply Chain Management

  • A-B InBev and Grupo Modelo to Combine

    The combined company would lead the global beer industry with roughly 400 million hectoliters of beer volume annually and 2012 estimated revenues of $47 billion. Its operations would span 24 countries with enhanced opportunities for 150,000 employees across the globe.
  • Coca-Cola Invests $3B to Support Growth in India

    The Coca-Cola Company has robust plans to capture growth in India with investments in innovation, expansion of distribution network, etc. The company has already invested more than $2 billion in India since it re-entered the country in 1993.
  • Hershey Details 5-Year Growth Plan

    Under a comprehensive strategic plan, five core brands Hersheys, Reeses, Hersheys Kisses, Jolly Rancher and Ice Breakers will become global cornerstones.
  • P&G Uses Downstream Data to Boost On-Shelf Availability

    Focusing on store-level data enables CG companies to win in modern retail. Here, a member of Procter & Gambles Retailer Connect Program candidly reveals how the company is using POS data to identify out-of-stock/zero sales incidents and then act in store to fix those opportunities and drive sales.
  • Walmart, Unilever Execs Join GS1 US Board

    Cameron Geiger of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and Kees Kruythoff of Unilever North America have been appointed to the GS1 US Board of Governors.

  • ConAgra Shares Roadmap To Operational Excellence

    ConAgras Senior Director of Continuous Improvement candidly reveals details behind the strategy and deployment of a large-scale Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) roll out. Today, OEE serves the company as a central business performance metric to help evaluate opportunities in sourcing, supply planning optimization and distribution network improvements as well as in capital equipment and product innovation initiatives.
  • Direct POS Data Sharing

    Jennifer Beckett, vice president of Sales & Marketing at Vendor Managed Technologies, Inc. (VMT), reveals how data sharing has drastically changed the collaborative analytics environment for retailers and suppliers.
  • Inside the Top 25 Supply Chains

    Gartners Supply Chain Top 25 list for 2012 includes eight pure play consumer goods companies. Some are perennial leaders, like P&G. Others climbed the ranks with impressive supply chain transformations. Unilever, for example, broke into the top 10 this year, and Kimberly-Clark made its debut at No. 25.
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