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Earlier this week, consumer goods executives convened at The Coleman Center in New York City to discuss pain points and lessons learned at the second CGT Connects event, titled "Best Practices for Becoming Demand Driven".

As of late, it seems as though a rising number of manufacturers are dumping very profitable business units in order to focus on a core group of products and get business back on track.

As Business Intelligence (BI) technology offerings become more robust, companies are lining up to implement these tools to make the right business decisions at the right time.

Latest findings seem to reflect our overall perspectives on tech spending in 2006.

Global data synchronization is a technology initiative adopted by a handful of retailers and a more substantial number of suppliers, revealed the 2005 Consumer Goods Technology "Shared Strategy Study".

Consumer goods firms are re-examining
their supply chain systems, underscoring the industry’s movement toward a demand-driven supply network (DDSN).

While Oracle's pursuit of Siebel Systems took center stage in 2005, analysts expect to see increased use of partner networks and third-party maintenance providers heading into 2006.

The ability to synchronize supply to demand is a tough nut to crack which is why SAP took home top honors in this year’s supply chain planning category.