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How the Terra Acquisition Fits Into the Future Supply Chain

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Campbell Soup was the first company to adopt demand sensing in 2003. Collaboration with retailers becoming automated, enabling cooperative inventory target setting across the value chain to serve more customers with less capital invested in stock. Consumer Goods. Inventory management. Demand-driven. Forecasting.

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With Crisp, ZURU Group builds a playbook for on-shelf success

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Founded in 2003, ZURU has expanded from its Kiwi roots to become a powerhouse in the toy industry worldwide, boasting a broad and dynamic portfolio ranging from seasonal summer staple Bunch-O-Balloons to the global sensation Mini Brands. A data-driven vision In the fast-moving, dynamic world of consumer goods, agility is paramount.

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The Top Dozen Supply Chain Innovations of All-Time

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The Kiva Robotic Picking System: The idea for the orange AGV-like robots that bring inventory to order pickers was first conceived in 2003 by CEO Mick Mountz, and with the help of some MIT professors Kiva brought the technology to market less than two-years later.