Supply Chain

Fifty thousand consumers nationwide chose 27 consumer packaged goods brands to receive the 2013 Product of the Year award. For manufacturers of the winning products, the award is a powerful marketing message proven to increase retail distribution and sales by an average of 10 percent to 15 percent. Get the list of winners here.

P&Gs Connect+Develop program launched a new website that links innovators directly to top company needs, and P&G business leaders directly to external innovation submissions.

The consumer goods giant is partnering with a start-up technology company that specializes in intelligent business alerts and pre-packaged analytical applications.

Orchestro the company formerly known as Vision Chain announces new leadership and an aggressive expansion of product development, operational and customer support, sales and marketing.

The world leader in small domestic equipment selects QlikTech to lead the group toward the standardization of analysis processes and measurement of inventories.

The brand holds the No. 2 share in this growing center-of-the-store category and is the leading brand in the faster growing subcategory of natural peanut butter.

The time of the smart supply chain is upon us, and grocers are in a unique position to leverage the transformation to respond to customer needs for greater visibility, and industry demands for compliance and traceability. Here, IDC Retail Insights uncovers the challenges and opportunities that these changes will present to consumer goods manufacturers.