Consumer Packaged Goods

See's Candies Gains Productivity from JRG's On-Demand Planning

July 1, 2005

Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies

Deere Harvests $1bn in Inventory Savings with SmartOps MIPO

July 1, 2005

Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies

How to Build A Supply Chain For All Seasons

July 1, 2005

Jean V. Murphy, Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies

Companies use smart logistics strategies and the latest in technology to help predict and meet seasonal demand, but getting it right is still an art.

IBM Helps Shape Future Of Supply-Chain Profession With University Partners

June 1, 2005

Jean V. Murphy, Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies

A conversation with Hector Granda, director of global procurement policies and learning and development within the Integrated Supply Chain at IBM, Armonk, N.Y.

Best Buy's Journey To a Best-in-Class Supply Chain

March 1, 2005

Jean V. Murphy, Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies

Over the past five years Best Buy Co. has developed a world-class supply chain that supports the company's position as one of the nation's top retailers, while saving millions of dollars in costs.

Sun Micro Stops Handling Its Parts Management in Pieces

February 1, 2005

Preaching the gospel of Six Sigma, the company takes a global approach to the coordination of after-market parts planning, inventories and distribution.

A Frozen-Food Expert Seeks Help in Dry Distribution

February 1, 2005

J.R. Simplot enters unfamiliar territory in acquisition of a dried-potato distribution network, seeks partner to handle the warehousing challenge.

Daydots May Be Smaller Than Most SAP Users,But It Thinks Big

February 1, 2005

Jean V. Murphy- Global Logistics and Supply Chain Strategies

A conversation with Andy Milliorn, director of operations at Daydots, a Fort Worth, Tex.-based provider of food safety products.

CooperVision Scales Up Logistics Operations To Keep Pace With Rapid Growth

December 1, 2004

Jean V. Murphy- Global Logistics and Supply Chain Strategies

CooperVision was rapidly growing its contact lens business even before recent acquisitions that added significant new volume. Fortunately, the company already had a plan to increase and improve its logistics capabilities well under way.

Vertical Solutions for Straight Up Supply Chain Performance

October 1, 2004

Thomas A. Foster

Application vendors and logistics providers are finally getting the message: Manufacturers and retailers want vertical solutions that focus tightly on their industry challenges.

Consumer Packaged Goods

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the consumer packaged goods industry. Learn how consumer packaged goods companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.