Supply Chain

Energizer Reveals New Company Names Upon Separation
Energizer announced the names of the two new companies upon separation, targeted for July 1, 2015. The Personal Care Division will be named Edgewell Personal Care and the Household Product Division will retain the Energizer name and logo.
Amway Deploys Innovation without Limits
In the world of consumer goods, Amway is a rare success story. The company's direct-selling model has been nothing but successful, but this didn't come about by chance. Armed with a structered, yet flexible product development process, and growing network of external partners, Amway and its Open Innovation Team, is well on its way to turning a good business into a great business.

Innovate to Invigorate

CGT's Industry Liaison, Werner Graf, provides some lesser-known resources for innovation including how to match your customers' pain points with the right technology, for success.
2014 Consumer Goods Business & Technology Leadership Conference

A recap of the event's most talked about sessions that explored breaking down barriers to become a connected company in supply chain, sales and marketing, analytics, data sharing and more.
PepsiCo to Sell Juices via E-Commerce

PepsiCo is about to shake things up. The company is planning to break into retail by selling its premium snacks and drinks exclusively through e-commerce platforms in India, according to reports.
McCormick Acquires Italian Seasonings for $97M

McCormick & Company signed an agreement to purchase Drogheria & Alimentari (D&A), a privately held company based in Italy for $97 million. D&A is a leader in spices and seasonings with annual sales of approximately $57 million.
General Mills Delivers Speedy New Product Success

Using the entrepreneurial spirit of a smaller company, General Mills acted on an intuition, an outside partnership and direct consumer interaction, for a quick innovation with a big impact.
Cloud Computing Reality Check

With the adoption of Cloud platforms increasing, what are its true capabilities and benefits?
Cradle to Grave

While traditional companies are still looking at improving traditional forecasting technologies and improving the rules for forecast consumption, Lora Cecere takes a different stance for managing the lifecycle.
Campbell's to Drive $200M in Cost Savings

Campbell's shared its new cost reduction plan as well as an initiative to simplify its organization structure to improve agility in the marketplace. The company expects these to generate annual cost savings of $200 million over a three-year period.