Supply Chain

Del Monte extended refined demand-driven principles to a supply network of co-manufacturers, co-packers, raw material suppliers and 3PL providers to reduce overall inventory cost and improve operational efficiency. Here, Chief Procurement Officer David McLain tells the companys unique story.

The merger creates a larger business with a complementary portfolio of high-quality bakery products and deepens Flowers' penetration of the estimated $4 billion U.S. snack cake category.

The new executive's broad experience in developed and emerging markets is expected to be a significant asset as Avon continues to advance on its path to sustainable profitable growth.

As part of this, Hasbro is reorganizing its global games business and moving its games marketing and games development employees from Massachusetts to Rhode Island.

Despite an explosion in consumer conversation technology, Americans have cut back substantially since 2008 on the opinions they share by word-of-mouth about companies and their offerings. Is the recession to blame?

In 2008, Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. recognized there were opportunities to better manage pricing and distributor margins at the market level. A cross functional team was assembled to commence a large-scale price improvement initiative.

Do deal-a-day sites like Groupon really bring in bigger profits? The Retail Doctor Bob Phibbs says "no" based on numerous case studies from retailers who have lost money from investments in coupon sites.