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- 1/31/2012
2012 Readers' Choice: Editors' Picks
This years Readers Choice survey spans 10 categories, but some companies do not fit snugly into any one group. In response, we created the Editors Pick section to recognize solutions and service providers that are making a difference in the consumer goods industry and should be dually noted. - 1/31/2012
Philips Sells Senseo Coffee Brand to Sara Lee
<div>The partnership is expected to increase breakthrough innovation and expand the geographic footprint for SENSEO.</div><br /> - 1/31/2012
2012 Readers' Choice: New Product Development & Introduction
The Top 10 providers of a suite of software application or point solution for product management, including new product development, formulation, packaging, introduction and launch. - 1/31/2012
2012 Readers' Choice: Supply Chain Planning
The Top 5 providers of a suite of software or point solution for Supply Chain Planning, including demand forecasting, distribution, inventory optimization, etc. - 1/31/2012
Top 10 Manufacturing Supply Chain Predictions
The past five years have brought dramatic change to the manufacturing supply chain more so, perhaps, than any other five-year period in recent memory. Find out the top 10 predictions IDC Manufacturing Insights has identified that will drive supply chain activity and IT investments for the year. <br /><br /> - 1/31/2012
Private Label: Collaborate, Not Confront
Can CPG manufacturers and retailers with private-label ranges collaborate in their efforts to attract the same consumer? Counterintuitive though that proposition may appear, the real question is can they afford not to? - 1/31/2012
2012 Readers' Choice: Consulting
The Top 10 providers of strategic and tactical consulting services to the consumer goods industries. - 1/31/2012
2012 Readers' Choice: Demand Data Analytics
The Top 10 providers of a point software solution or a software suite for the cleansing, analysis and integration of downstream demand data, including POS, syndicated, etc., for use by sales, marketing, supply chain operations and R&D. - 1/31/2012
Starbucks Grows in China
The company continues its growth momentum in fiscal 2012 to achieve its goal to serve customers through 1,500 stores in Mainland China by 2015. - 1/31/2012
Food Lion to Share Data with Suppliers
<div>Food Lion is working on changing the way CPG vendors such as PepsiCo replenish its distribution centers and stores by offering them visibility into current and expected consumer demand as reflected by store-level inventory and sales.</div><br />