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Are New Alliances Indicative of Joint Venture Activity for Food and Beverage Industry?
PepsiCo-Ocean Spray Latin American strategic alliance may signal an uptick in food and beverage industry joint ventures.

Top 100 Capital Spending Report: Greek Yogurt Plants are Stacking Up
After two years of 20 percent increases, capital spending looks to be up only 4.1 percent this year.

Food Processing 2012 Salary Survey Now Open
How is your paycheck looking? Is your paycheck enough? Sure, we do ask your help a couple times a year in these surveys, but this is our most fun one, especially for you: our annual Salary & Job Satisfaction Survey.

Sun Shines Again on Thailand
After devastating 2011 floods, the Land of Smiles (and great food) resumes its quest to be 'kitchen of the world.'

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A Pragmatist’s Guide to Building a Business Case for ERP
Author: CDC Software
Posted: 11/08/2011
Are your business needs being adequately met today with your current ERP? Of course there may not be a simple yes or no answer to that question. You may be getting by with a “work-around” solution. You may be getting product out the door and meeting customer and compliance requirements. But are you doing it efficiently or cost effectively? Could you be at risk in the event of a recall? Is your current solution (or lack thereof) stifling your growth? Cindy Jutras, leading enterprise analyst, offers some practical advice to recipe/formula based manufacturers on building a business case for an ERP. Leveraging survey results from her firm’s 2011 ERP Solution Study of over one thousand manufacturers, Cindy addresses several key components of a business plan. Register to download this White Paper now.

Improve Shelf Performance With A Mobile Retail Audit Solution
Author: Flowfinity
Posted: 11/03/2011
How a mobile retail audit solution improves performance of fast moving consumer goods on the shelf and lowers the overall cost of conducting retail audits

Maximizing Sales Performance at Store Level
Author: Flowfinity
Posted: 11/03/2011
Mobile technology can now provide sales management with a real‐time view of the in‐store merchandising situation to maximize the consumer experience. Is there a gap between planning and execution of in‐store programs?

How to Improve Operation Efficiency and Supply Chain Collaboration
Author: ColumbusIT
Posted: 07/27/2011
A primary challenge for many food manufacturing and distribution firms involves the effective implementation and use of an ERP system for managing the business. In this guide, we discuss how to overcome the challenges to help you improve operational efficiency and supply chain collaboration. Register and download this white paper

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