Supply Chain

Brown-Forman Puts Innovation in a Bottle
Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey, Southern Comfort Fiery Pepper, Finlandia's flavored vodkas...the liquor category has never looked or tasted so good thanks in part to Brown-Forman Corporation, which put innovation front and center in its long-term growth strategy.
Prepare to Launch: Breathable Foods Breathed Life into New Product
Breathable Foods aims to revolutionize the delivery of nutrients and sensations using novel aerosol delivery forms. In late 2010, the company prepared to launch its flagship offering, which delivers and airborne shot of caffeine in a compact inhaler the size of a lipstick.

Walmart Leads Top 50 Retail List, Amazon.com Rises Fast

There were several big shifts, but Walmart maintains its No. 1 position on Interbrand's U.S. Most Valuable Retail Brands list for 2012 by a huge margin. Meanwhile, Amazon.com, which increased its brand value by 32 percent, is the largest riser on this year's list.
Connected Innovation: General Mills Brings Outside Expertise In

General Mills knows a thing or two about baked goods. So, a delicious, nutritious, 90-calorie brownie would seem to fall right in the company's wheelhouse;but that wasn't exactly the case.
Cloud Computing and the CPG CMO

Cloud computing is a topic of importance for not only Chief Information Officer, but also Chief Marketing Officers. Pat Conroy, vice chairman, U.S. Consumer Products Leader, Deloitte LLP, discusses the ways cloud computing can transform business.
Consistency is Key: Herbalife Streamlines PLM

With record sales of $2.7 billion in 2010, Herbalife Ltd. is a fast-growing global nutrition company. But with growth comes complexity. By 2007, the time had come for Herbalife to implement a PLM solution that would establish a single source of the truth for product information.
New Products: Here We Come!

CGT Executive Editor Alliston Ackerman gives you a sneak peek into the trends and topics discussed in this month's issue
Johnson & Johnson Names New CEO

The candidate succeeds Bill Weldon, who has served as Chairman and CEO of J&J since 2002.
Snyder's-Lance Opens New R&D Center

The sixty-thousand square foot, three story building was designed from the ground up to be environmentally friendly.
Are Women Climbing the CG Corporate Ladder?

A list of the top 50 companies for executive women, compiled by the National Association for Female Executives, includes Johnson & Johnson, General Mills and Procter & Gamble. Ironically, however, another study supports the notion that women are no further up the corporate ladder than they were six years ago.