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The Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Industry relies on continuous product innovation to introduce successful new products and drive business growth. Formulations are the lifeblood of the CPG organization and key to product innovation, particularly when adding new attributes to an existing product can extend that product’s lifecycle as a revenue generator.

Although Bush Brothers and Company’s high-volume financial processes were almost all EDI-driven, its AP and AR departments were engulfed in paper.

Imagine a sponsor, a Contract Research Organization (CRO), and Almac Clinical Technologies all focused on the success of a clinical program involving five Phase III trials. Add in the need for 24 system amendments within six months, and you have the very definition of complexity. Using superior project management expertise and relationship management skills, the Almac team flawlessly implemented all system amendments on time.

Parts are scattered around the site, maybe organized but most likely not. If anyone knows what’s there – let alone how many and what condition they are in – it’s probably in someone’s head, in a notebook or possibly in a spreadsheet if you’re really lucky. Some of it is usable, some not. The department owner orders parts with little consideration as to lead time, price, quality, or reliability. The directive given to the purchasing department is “just get me what I want as soon as possible.” There’s no sharing of information, which can lead to duplicate parts purchases. If the part is needed urgently, you may even pay extra to expedite it.

Since 1904, Andersen’s has been farming prunes, walnuts and cattle in the small town of Vina, located in the Northern Sacramento Valley. Four generations later Andersen & Sons is still going strong.

The penalty for non-compliance in the food and beverage industry is severe—one slip through the net in food and beverage can seriously harm consumers, reputation, profits and can ultimately lead to a shutdown in operations. A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers report states that in the food and beverage market this decade, there have already been hundreds of large-scale recalls, typically costing $10 million to $30 million.

Payment innovator Payter has been in the mobile payments game before the majority of the industry. Indeed, the company was piloting NFC payment solutions back in 2006. Due to the majority of the banking and credit card industry lagging behind, Payter’s initial solutions were closed loop. Once the banks caught up and showed interest in mobile payments around 2011, Payter was eager and ready to leverage its capabilities and industry relationships to launch a new series of unattended payment solutions.

Founded in 1939 as Biel’s Photocopy Service, Biel’s Document Management is the oldest imaging services provider in the U.S. Through their work as a service bureau and also as a value-added reseller (VAR) of scanning hardware and software, they deliver innovative document management solutions that enable companies to scan, store, retrieve, and use information more efficiently, accurately, and securely.

When it comes to supply chain, the final process of actually delivering the goods can make or break a company. The impact associated with the delivery process affects margins, customer relationships, repeat business, and cash flow. The paper-laden delivery confirmation process often involves capturing key data and customer signatures, and then handing the paperwork to an admin for processing once the drivers are back at the office. This greatly impacts time to invoice, receiving of cash, revenue recognition compliance, and data quality.

Choosing the right packager for your products can be a daunting task and one that should not be taken lightly. This article outlines eight elements for selecting a qualified outsource partner.

This document presents some intrcacies of the CNC machining process as they relate to reducing overall cost by trimming machine expenses.

At University of Chicago Medicine, we’ve been on a journey to make our experience match our science. One of the key efforts on that journey was to introduce iPad-based rounding as a tool to help nurse leaders identify and solve any patient or family concerns quickly and efficiently, as well as to recognize nurses and other staff members for excellence. We also wanted to capture patient comments in a way that would help inform system-level improvement efforts.