As pharmaceutical companies have faced more heat for their pricing practices, they’ve found someone else to blame: “middlemen” who extract discounts from drugmakers.
The home appliance manufacturer introduces a branded product that pumps up sales — and sends the company scrambling for a way to manage the surge in orders.
The grower-owned cooperative seeks to expand visibility of its product “from farm to fork,” in a pilot program undertaken with SAP and a group of supply-chain partners.