Strategy

Whether you like it or not, "Big Data" is here and quietly rewriting the rules. The benefits are so compelling that adoption by the CG industry is inevitable. CGT's Publisher Albert Guffanti turns to Robert Byrne, CEO, Terra Technology, for answers to the burning "Big Data" questions on every CG executive's mind.

Despite a steady growth of large modern retailers, traditional trade still represents a significant share of Unilever's retail sales in emerging markets. The key to growth is to empower the field force with intelligent market information.

In our analysis of two decades worth of financial balance sheets and income statements, Supply Chain Insights found that all industry segments are facing slowing growth, struggling with pressures on margins, battling an increase in complexity and feeling a need to speed up cycles. Analytics offer a promise to help, but traditional analytics are not sufficient.

Two years ago, K'NEX started the construction of an internal intranet that would control the majority of product-related data across all departments. Find out what the K.I.I.D. system looks like today.

In a second phase of the Mobile Futures program, Mondelez will go beyond launching pilots to create entirely new mobile ventures.

The announcement comes shortly after the company's largest competitor, The Procter & Gamble Company, made headlines when it reported that 45 of its facilities have now achieved zero manufacturing waste to landfill.

Walmart President and CEO Mike Duke announces the company's next step on the path to achieving its goal of being supplied 100 percent by renewable energy.