Kimberly-Clark Corp.

CGT honors Mark Dajani, Chief Information & Process Officer, Mondelez International for making a large, demonstrable business impact within his consumer goods organization through the implementation and successful use of technology.

The candidate will join Kellogg's as Chief Growth Officer later this month, bringing a deep knowledge of the business, having worked on the company's account at an ad agency for more than 15 years.

CGTwill once again recognize one individual and three consumer goods companies for excellence in IT, supply chain, customer management and small-to-midmarket growth strategies. Today, we proudly reveal the 20 finalists for the prestigious 2015 Business & Technology Awards.

Kimberly-Clark's K-Challenge invites the best start-up companies and entrepreneurs from around the globe to help identify potential "Tech for Life" solutions for the company, to help it meet the needs of digitally savvy consumers in new and innovative ways.

Bumble Bee Seafoods, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., and The Sun Products Corporation are the latest consumer goods suppliers to deploy their Vendor Managed Inventory programs using the Datalliance VMI platform.

During the 2015 Consumer Goods Sales & Marketing Summit, over 200 consumer goods executives met to discuss strategies that begin and end with the consumer. From social media to the marketing/IT alliance to digital and more, these sessions offered best practices and action items for attendees to bring back to their organizations. Read on to learn more about key highlights from the event.

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