Manufacturing

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.

Mergers and acquisitions continue to transform the beverage list year after year. Take a look at the Top 20 competitors in this space.

Bidding wars and rumored acquisitions keep this list of top OTC pharmaceutical companies interesting from year to year.

We have heard the argument by some consumer goods manufacturers that direct-to-consumer e-commerce will upset their retailer. This is changing. The Apparel & Footwear sector moved beyond this argument, and other sectors are soon to change the dynamic as well. Whether they open their own stores, follow China's model of a store-within-a-store, sell via Amazon or direct-to-consumer via web sites, change is upon us.

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.

WhiteWave plans to operate Earthbound Farm as a separate business unit, based in San Juan Bautista, California.

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