How Berry Plastics Integrated Its Planning Effort | SupplyChainBrain

How Berry Plastics Integrated Its Planning Effort

Christine Barnhart, Manager Supply Planning, Berry Plastics Corp.

September 16, 2016

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Berry Plastics Corp. faced the challenge of integrating the planning function throughout multiple disciplines, customers and suppliers. Christine Barnhart, manager of supply planning, explains how it was done. [Run Time (Min.): 9:31]

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