Cargill Meat Solutions Implements SignalDemand Pricing and Promotion Solution.WICHITA, Kan. & SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- SignalDemand, a leading provider of Pricing and Promotion Optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. solutions for food and consumer good manufacturers, announced today that their solution has been deployed and is in wide use at Cargill Meat Solutions Cargill Meat Solutions is one of the numerous platforms of Cargill Incorporated. The corporate office is located in Wichita, Kansas. The meat products included in operation are pork, turkey, beef, further processing and case ready. Corporation (formerly Excel A full-featured spreadsheet for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. It can link many spreadsheets for consolidation and provides a wide variety of business graphics and charts for creating presentation materials. Corporation), one of the nations largest beef processors, and a business unit of Cargill, Inc. By improving their pricing and promotion decisions, manufacturing companies can accelerate revenue, profit and market share growth. SignalDemand provides Cargill Meat Solutions with significant insights into the complex supply and demand forces in the beef industry that has resulted in an increasingly volatile market place. "Using the SignalDemand solution and its detailed analysis of the many market inputs and influences, we are better able to provide our customers with more accurate prices for the available supplies of beef products," said Bill Rupp, President of Cargill Beef. "The SignalDemand tool set enables us to combine the extensive knowledge of our team with a number of market forces including customer demand for individual cuts, seasonal product flows, available cattle supplies and quality characteristics to simplify price discovery with our customers." SignalDemand enables Cargill Meat Solutions to collaborate with customers to: --Develop customized pricing solutions for both day-to-day product needs and ad features --Promote the most productive products to satisfy consumer demand --Manage supply cost risks over extended time periods through long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. contract optimization Michael Neal, President and Chief Executive officer of SignalDemand added, "We are extremely proud to have Cargill Meat Solutions, one of the leading beef processors, as a customer. We look forward to a strong partnership." About Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation Based in Wichita, KS, Cargill Meat Solutions is a leading producer, marketer and distributor of unbranded meats. It is a subsidiary of Minneapolis-based Cargill. Cargill is an international provider of food, agriculture, and risk management products and services. With 105,000 employees in 59 countries, Cargill is committed to using its knowledge and experience to collaborate with customers to help them succeed. Additional information concerning Cargill Meat Solutions is available at www.excelmeats.com. About SignalDemand SignalDemand's solutions help manufacturers fine tune demand and supply, leading to dramatic improvement in their financial performance. Commodity food processors and branded consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and manufacturers use SignalDemand to optimize optimize - optimisation a wide range of pricing and promotion decisions while understanding the impact on supply costs and inventory. SignalDemand uses patent pending econometric models Econometric models are used by economists to find standard relationships among aspects of the macroeconomy and use those relationships to predict the effects of certain events (like government policies) on inflation, unemployment, growth, etc. , optimization algorithms The following is a list of the algorithms described in Wikipedia. See also the list of data structures, list of algorithm general topics and list of terms relating to algorithms and data structures. and activity based costing techniques. Customers include Cargill Meat Solutions, National Frozen Foods, and Ventura Foods. To learn more or to request information, visit www.signaldemand.com. |
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