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CGT honors 15 consumer goods companies for excellence in their innovation, supply chain, customer management and growth strategies.

In the consumer goods community, leaders know that keeping your success a secret can be a detriment to your business. Luckily, many are more than open to not only sharing but celebrating the best practices of their peers. Case in point: CGT received more than 50 nominations for its annual Business & Technology Leadership Awards. In the end, only nine companies were named winners. Find out who they are after the jump.

A Q&A with Robert F. Byrne of Terra Technology reveals insight for grasping downstream data opportunities, using it at different levels and harnessing its full potential in the supply chain.

CGT Editor Alliston Ackerman gives you a sneak peek into the trends and topics discussed in this month's issue.

Unilever is always on task to decrease costs and maintain profits. The adoption of demand sensing and inventory optimization solutions in North America is now catching on in other markets to improve forecasts company-wide.

CGT recognizes 15 deserving consumer goods companies for excellence in innovation, supply chain, customer management and growth strategies.

Newell Rubbermaid, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Project 7 and six other CG companies took home awards at the 2010 Consumer Goods Business & Technology Leadership Conference this week. Find out which successful projects earned them this coveted recognition.

Doug Sloan, director of Supply Chain Operations for Unilever North America, reveals details of the company's journey to boost its demand sensing and inventory optimization capabilities globally.