Manufacturing

Find out how Kimberly-Clark's Baby and Childcare brands are developing price promotions for the digital world to help moms interact and build relationships with its brands.

Fred Schroeder, president, Adesso Solutions, offers realistic tips for small to mid-sized consumer goods manufacturers who want to conquer the seemingly impossible task of achieving trade promotion effectiveness.

The executive joins Mars from Johnson & Johnson where he most recently served as the General Manager-Walmart Global Cross Functional team for the Consumer Products segment.

The next five to seven years will a see slow but steady wave of technology refresh penetrate the DSD market. Early adopters such as PepsiCo, Anheuser-Busch, and Nestl will lead the charge. VDC Research offers tips for DSD operators who must evaluate opportunities for mobile solutions to enhance existing processes or risk being left behind.

The Dutch producer of frozen snacks and meal components deploys a TXT solution to integrate its extended value chain.

After the company was sold off by Procter & Gamble to a private equity firm, SunnyD had to move quickly to establish a solid infrastructure in order to get its products to market without any significant gaps.

The portfolio being acquired includes a broad range of liquid and dry-mix salad dressing flavors under the Wish-Bone and Western brand names, at a purchase price of $580 million.

The proposed transaction includes Campbells national brands of soups, sauces and simple meals, including Liebig and Royco in France, Erasco in Germany, Bl Band in Sweden and Devos Lemmens and Royco in Belgium.