Supply Chain

Top 5 Reasons S&OP Belongs in the Cloud: Integrating Cloud S&OP With ERP vs. Customizing ERP for S&OP
Learn how cloud solutions improve forecast accuracy with demand-driven sales and operations planning. Discover a better way of doing S&OP.
Evolving from Product Warehouses to Retail Experiences
Retail landscape is changing from one simply providing an assortment of products on the shelf to one that educates, entertains and sells products shoppers want. Stores focusing on the in-store experience are growing in high single digits while the majority of the industry is seeing a 1.3% decline. Learn why and how to evolve your shopping experience using virtual stores.

The Importance of Big Data is Growing Exponentially: Do You Have "Who" it Takes?

Today, business is being transformed by leveraging big data. It is much more than just analytics. There is a multitude of competitive advantages for leveraging big data, which includes your internal data, syndicated, social media and demographic/psychographic data. Let us start with a definition of big data.
Campbell's Named Top Sustainable Company

Campbell is one of 20 U.S. companies, and one of two U.S. food companies, included in the Global 100. The Global 100 drew companies from 22 countries on five continents, evaluating a total of 4,609 companies.
Flower Foods Reveals Changes to Executive Leadership

Flowers Foods announced two executive transitions in the company's manufacturing leadership, effective immediately: Michael Beaty will retire in spring of 2015 and will serve as EVP until then. Robert Benton, Jr. will serve as SVP and chief manufacturing officer.
General Mills to Close 2 Plants, Cut 600 Jobs

General Mills will close a cereal plant and a yogurt factory - eliminating up to 600 jobs - in an effort to cut costs and offset the sluggish U.S. demand for cereal and other packaged foods.
JCPenney to Rollout Hallmark Mini-Stores

Following months of discussions and a 15-store pilot program, JCPenney and Hallmark have decided to forge forward with their relationship, placing hundreds of Hallmark mini-stores in JCP locations across the country.
Secrets Revealed for Effective In-Store Displays

POPAI and Quri revealed the findings of the Compliance Initiative, leveraging Quri's Impact tool to learn more about in-store execution of displays across the grocery, mass merchant, drug, and dollar retail channels.
Post to Acquire MOM Brands for $1.15B

Cereal maker Post Holdings Inc. will acquire privately held MOM Brands Co. for $1.15 billion to expand its growing bagged and hot cereal categories.
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CGT Editor Alarice Rajagopal gives you a sneak peek into the trends and topics discussed in this month's issue.