Stories about: General Mills

Facebook has quietly launched a new type of advertisement it hopes will help in the struggle to find a way to help advertisers profit from the treasure trove of demographic and other data it has gathered from members of its social network.

This year marks an almost forgotten 40th anniversary: the conception of the device that ultimately became the PC. And no, it did not happen in California.

New or emerging wireless and mobile companies continue to be a fountain of innovation, as our selection this year shows.

Henry David Thoreau's adage "simplify, simplify" is more than a saying at food giant General Mills; it's a religion.

Henry David Thoreau's adage "simplify, simplify" is more than a saying at food giant General Mills; it's a religion.

Many people come here to Las Vegas trying to make a quick buck. NetActive Inc., however, sauntered onto the Comdex floor looking for customers with content to secure.

Consumer products companies may be late to form Web marketplaces, but they're making up for it with sheer numbers. A group of 49 companies, including Coca-Cola, General Mills (GIS) , Kraft Foods, Procter & Gamble and Unilever, announced plans today to launch an online exchange called Transora.com.

Despite the continuing e-commerce shakeout, venture capitalists are putting their faith in Beliefnet.com, providing $20 million in second-round financing for the site, which features a cast of religious characters ranging from the Dalai Lama to the punker-turned-preacher son of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker.

For decades, companies have been using supply-chain management (SCM) software to plan product purchases or sales, and keep track of ordered items through the shipment and billing processes. But now the advent of Web-based e-commerce is leading to a transformation in SCM.

For decades, corporations have been using supply-chain management (SCM) software to plan product purchases or sales, and keep track of ordered items through the shipment and billing processes. But now the advent of Web-based e-commerce is leading to a transformation in SCM. That's because retailers, distributors and manufacturers want to share logistics information by giving trading partners and even consumers direct Web access to their SCM systems. In addition, some industries, such as grocery and apparel retailing, are starting to use shared Web-based online supply chains as hosted business-to-business exchanges. And newcomers, such as Nistevo, offer specialized hosted services to outsource specific touch points in the chain, such as freight management.

E-commerce action in the $450 billion U.S. trucking industry is already giving off sparks, and it's heating up even more with Web sites for load brokers, shippers and providers of information.