Business Analytics

This year's class of Visionaries does not disappoint. Whether focused on supply chain, analytics, sales and marketing, or innovation, the insights these leaders share on the pages to come are invaluable. CGT is proud to present 11 movers and shakers who are making a major impression on the industry, starting with a retail visionary most recently from Walmart.

Behavioral analytics and insights are expected to help supermarket chain Hy-Vee better understand its customers lifestyle preferences.

The journey from raw data to actionable insights is no easy task, but next-gen analytics capabilities are delivering greater value across major business functions.

Beverage and snack giant PepsiCo has hired a new senior vice president and global chief information officer.

P&G today receives petabytes of daily data, which is growing exponentially. The company needed a solution that will help them make sense of all this data in an efficient manner.

Chief Executive Officer of AFS Technologies Joe Bellini, shares insights into a new approach of integrating predictive analytics into a trade promotion management (TPM) system. The benefits are two-fold: 1) account managers gain access to information they need to make better decisions, and 2) the company maximizes the value from its pricing and promotion models.

RB (formerly Reckitt Benckiser) gains next gen digital tools and data integration enterprise-wide.

Meijer will amplify its custom collaboration program, a robust analytical platform for Meijer vendors to gather sales and customer insights specific to the company's product hierarchy and geography.

Download RIS/CGT's first annual Retail and Consumer Goods Analytics Study and learn from the industry leaders and benchmark your organization's analytics maturity against their success.

Executives from IDC Manufacturing Insights and MindTree Ltd share their experiences of TPM and TPO in the CG industry. Find out what the biggest hurdles are for effective TPM and learn how Global Fortune 500 CPG company adapted a single trade promotion solution in more than 30 countries, enabling greater ROI.

Retailers and CG executives learned ways to better leverage advanced analytics and take decisive action to deliver results at the 2016 Retail & Consumer Goods Analytics Summit. Here are some highlights from the event.

Danger ahead for manufacturers: 76% operate without a Chief Supply Chain Officer.