IT Integration

After installing an ERP system that filled a desperate need for advanced planning tools, Jelly Belly Candy Company set its sights on deploying an accompanying customer relationship management system.

Alliance participants, including Coke, Kraft, and P&G among others, first convened in March 2010 to discuss the state of publicly available product data, and decided to form the alliance and work together to improve it.

There's no doubt that quickly and accurately unlocking insights from retailer data can yield enormous benefits for consumer goods firms. Here, the manufacturer of stationary products, lighters and shavers, explains how it had put an enterprise DSR to good use.

CIOs need to change their mindset and start considering the MES as a corporate-wide business application. A new report from IDC Manufacturing Insights analyzes the top global Manufacturing Execution System vendors in order to help you select the right application.

As a leading innovative company that produces products across diverse markets, 3M needed an operating system that allowed its employees to be productive, while at the same time tightening network security and reducing costs of PC management.

A new tool will help address the company's complex financial systems as well as its need to efficiently manage operations and customer service.

Historically,Land O' Lakes ran as a holding company with many separate entities. Over time,this resulted in an overly complex IT environment. In 2005,a strategic decision was made to move toward an operating company mode. Here, two company VPs give an exclusive update on Project Catalyst'sprogress.

Both retailers and suppliers see the value of data sharing, but there is still a long way to go before benefits are realized. Proving there are exceptions to this rule, Kraft Foods, Delhaize America and Bozzuto's gathered to lend real-world context to the findings of the first annual Shared Data Study. Learn about their winning data sharing programs here.