Intelligent innovation is going to be key to the CG industry's performance in the coming year. New research from CGT and IDC Manufacturing Insights examines the progress companies are making in TPM, downstream data, direct-to-consumer selling, social business and mobility.
Recently, a CPG social forum asked the question Is Big Data the most dominant theme this year in our industry?If you look at the amount of coverage Big Data is getting, it well may be. However, when browsing through the literature on the topic, I realized that people may be forgetting about the most obvious Big Data opportunity.
The venture of 1SYNC and SA2 Worldsync together provide product data synchronization services and solutions to more than 15,000 businesses, directly or indirectly, in more than 40 countries.
Manufacturers accumulate lots of data from their supply chains. Were not suggesting that they need to use all this data right away; but many are using very little of it to improve their forecasts. By taking some small first steps with their data, manufacturers can make some giant leaps in their forecasting.
To ensure apparel brands don't have to spend valuable resources on unnecessary or inaccurate size appraisals, Joe Coleman developed an innovative B2B application called The Fit Report.
The Target team at Hain Celestial Group Inc. was in a promotion rut. With a limited trade budget, they wanted to determine if they were spending those dollars wisely. And, if not, where those dollars could be better spent.
Clorox sought to understand shopper behaviors around preventive health products. The resulting insights served as the core of Clorox's "Prevent, Protect & Soothe" shopper solution program.
