Supply Chain

Booz & Company recently conducted the bi-annual refresh of its Customer Planning and Trade Spend study, revealing that a majority of consumer goods companies believe they spend too many resources on trade promotion management and are unhappy with the quality of the tools/systems available to manage investments. Executives from Kimberly-Clark, Kraft Foods and McCormick & Company discuss the pain points, best practices and tips for better efficiency in customer planning and trade spend.

Take a closer look at growth gains and losses among the top 20 mainstays in consumer packaged goods.

The new web site is designed to provide visitors with quick and easy access to tools and information about Snyder's-Lance.

Based on the concept of guided execution, a new generation of mobile applications will help CPG companies rethink and reinvent field sales operations,guiding teams with best practices and standard processes that are leveraged end to end.

Chobanis Twin Falls facility has reached optimal production capability in less than one year resulting in an increase in production and innovation.

Post announces two unrelated transactions to acquire Golden Boy Foods and Dymatize Enterprises, to expand into the private label and active nutrition categories.

Canada Goose announces the completion of a definitive agreement to sell a majority stake in the company to Bain Capital, a global private investment firm.

The new CEO comes after Christine Day stepped down, who served the company during an embarrassing sheer-pants quality problem and controversial remarks made by founder Chip Wilson.