Business Intelligence (BI)

The new Smithfield site focuses on investor relations, corporate social responsibility initiatives and provides company information in easy-to-navigate format.

A former PepsiCo executive is elected by the Kellogg Company for its board of directors effective July 24, 2008.

Unilever's Asia/AMET region utilizes SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management to enhance its data accuracy, increase business efficiency and reduce costs.

A JMP list recognizes the best privately held software companies.

Wilton Industries solution creates a demand-driven supply network for consumer goods companies to minimize out-of-stocks.

A recently completed acquisition expands Nielsen's TV and internet analytics services.

New media offers both marketing challenges and opportunities. Consumer goods companies are notoriously late adopters, but as successes are increasingly realized, manufacturers are coming around.

By searching around the globe, General Mills formed partnerships that drove breakthrough innovation this year.