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A single, consistent, demand-based plan can react effectively to consumer demand and optimize marketing, production, inventory and replenishment decisions.

EARLIER IN MY CAREER, I HAD A BOSS who used to make all the underlings write a memo detailing the significance of every trip they took outside the office.

Convenience foods in inconvenient packages are a bad mix.

System automatically ages ingredient and end-item lots ensuring stock won’t be wasted.

Ice cream is supposed to elicit screams, but some flat notes have crept in lately.

The challenge lies in discerning the points of information that will make a difference from the trivial points.

In order to improve coordination and response mechanisms, USDA has hired 20 new Import Surveillance Liaison (ISL) inspectors, specifically focused on food security.

In industry self-monitoring programs, often partners are much more demanding of one another. Neither party wants to let the other down.

Case erector and bag inserter combination accelerates fruit and vegetable packing process.

Ballyhooing the environmental advantages of a packaging change is a rarity in the U.S. market, so Stonyfield Farm’s switch to a foil-film structure for lids of its organic and natural yogurt cups is a point of distinction for the Londonderry, N.H., firm.