Manufacturing

The former Unilever executive brings extensive experience in business operations, change management, IT and systems implementations, in addition to deep CPG experience.

President and CEO Sean Connolly says the transaction provides an entry point into the attractive dried meat snacks category. In related news, Sally Grimes adds President, Hillshire Brands Gourmet Food Group to a long list of responsibilities.

The new cloud-enabled solution is expected to address challenges in the Retail and Consumer Goods industries.

Accenture designed, built, and implemented a new operating model for Hostess Brands, including a new distribution system and IT systems, across all aspects of the Hostess Brands enterprise, including the sales and marketing, merchandising, manufacturing, finance and order management functions.

All brands want to achieve the instant recognition of Coca-Cola, Starbucks or Gillette as customers respond instantly to these brands, reliving everything that is special about them.But a brand is more than a recognizable logo or specially designed symbol. Its a mirror of how customers perceive a company, and those perceptions reflect the value customers place on the products or services that company provides.

Global spending on big data by organizations will exceed $31 billion in 2013, finds a new market forecast by ABI Research. Interestingly, significant overspending is on salaries, as organizations turn to data scientists and other specialists to leverage big data in the first place.

Big data combined with current analytical capabilities puts us in control of backhoes relative to the shovels we dug with not long ago. The power we could and should have through these tools is great, but in many cases we fail to grasp the tools that are readily available to us.

Campbells Fresh-Brewed Soup K-Cup packs will offer consumers the taste and experience of Campbells soups that can be prepared at the touch of a button in Keurig brewers.