IT Integration

Coca-Cola Bottlers Inks Deal to Digitally Transform its Contact Center, Field Services

North American bottlers are expected to be able to deeply connect their contact centers with field service operations and better serve their customers so they can generate profitable growth.

Get Your Tickets for Analytics Unite 2021

2021 Analytics Unite: the Summit for Retailers and Consumer Brands dates have been announced! Join the RIS & CGT analytics communities on May 18-20 for a virtual experience that provides retail and consumer goods executives with the unprecedented opportunity to learn from and network wi

CGT is Looking for its Next Class of Visionary Leaders

Want to see your business role models get the recognition they deserve? Nominate them to be profiled in July on ConsumerGoods.com.

Hormel Foods Snags Planters Brand Portfolio from Kraft Heinz

The Planters snack nut portfolio net sales were approximately $1 billion in calendar year 2020 and are expected to grow at the company's long-term organic growth target.

Time To Go All-In on Cloud Technology

Given the art of the possible that cloud enables, consumer goods companies are still not fully capitalizing on the value it can bring.

How Burberry’s Digital Transformation is Driven By Consumer Experience

Burberry can’t predict the future, but it can build an agile, nimble architecture and culture to be ready for it. Here’s how.

NTT, SAP Deepen Strategic Global Relationship to Support Remote, Connected World

NTT Corporation and SAP SE form a strategic alliance that creates a holistic partnership, in which both companies serve as each other's customers, suppliers and co-innovators.

How CPG brands are Navigating the Path to Recovery

Despite the disruption, COVID-19 has provided opportunities to create connections with loyal customers. Here are common themes differentiating the CPG brands that are transforming quickly.

Digital Transformation: Low Code

Companies can quickly adapt to changing business and customer needs by leveraging low-code application development platforms. Click here for the lowdown on low code.

Hanesbrands Modernizing IT and Supply Chain Tech Stack As Part of Strategic Review

Hanesbrands will look to modernize its technology infrastructure and supply chain technology as it implements a strategic review as part of a multi-year transformation journey.

How Customer Centricity is Fueling Global Business Decisions

VIEW on-demand! Reaching customers in the midst of a pandemic and ensuring they are able to get their products with ease is top priority for consumer goods brands and retailers.

The Digital Transformation Journey

The road to digital transformation can be a difficult task, but by breaking down the barriers that can hinder success and incorporating this innovative platform, CGs can make this journey quicker and more seamless.

How Eurazeo Backed the Merger of a Digital-First Startup With a 90-Year-Old, Family-Owned Dewey's

It was not long before Dewey’s Bakery and Farm & Oven Snacks figured out that they had something much bigger if they merged. Here, we ask the newly formed partners five questions for integrating the two brands.

Talking Tech Webinar Series

Consumer goods and retail insiders provide a behind the curtain look at the technology setting the pace for change across the industry today. This webinar series explores the solutions your company needs to drive growth in an increasingly competitive and ever-shifting marketplace.

Accenture To Acquire Myrtle Consulting Group

Accenture has agreed to acquire Myrtle Consulting Group, an industrial operations consulting firm headquartered in Houston.

Accenture to Acquire Consultancy to Improve Manufacturing Operations and Logistics

The merger will help Accenture build cloud based, industrial IoT platforms that speed up and optimize production and logistics for manufacturing and CG companies.

From Mattresses to Invoice Mastery: How Purple Automated Accounts Payable

Learn how the mattress brand and retailer took full control of the invoice lifecycle in order to centralize communications and collaboration.

CGT CIO of the Year 2020: Mark Vaupel, Hormel Foods

It’s entirely fitting that this year’s CGT CIO of the Year winner would be someone who effected great change through digital transformation.

CGT Software LeaderBoard: Everything You Need to Know

Do you have questions about the inaugural CGT Software LeaderBoard? We have all the answers right here!

Transplace Makes Third Strategic Acquisition in 2020 with LeanCor

The supply chain technology and lean consulting practice is expected to add to the depth of capabilities of Transplace’s 11+ billion freight network.

Coca-Cola’s Largest Bottler Moving to Open Hybrid Cloud

Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has tapped IBM for a multi-year agreement to unlock additional operations and efficiencies through data.

Zydus Wellness Powering Digital Transformation with New Tech Partnership

Zydus Wellness' new partnership helped it develop an intelligent ERP system built on SAP S/4HANA, enabling the company to consolidate and integrate business and operational processes from its recent acquisition of Heinz India Private Limited.

Tyson Foods Names Dean Banks to CEO, Effective October

Banks is currently president and a non-independent director, succeeding Noel White who will be elevated to role on board as executive vice chairman.

Keurig Dr Pepper Moving Data Footprint to the Cloud

The beverage company has entered into a multi-year agreement to retire two data centers that housing over 1,000 physical servers, and will instead migrate to virtual machines.

PepsiCo Taps Microsoft to Fuel Data Insight

PepsiCo is teaming with Microsoft as its preferred cloud provider to accelerate its infrastructure, ERP and data estate consolidation and modernization.

Infographic: The Journey to the Perfect Store

While the goal of retail execution is to deliver the perfect store - or right product, at the right price, at the right time and location, etc. - there are many roadblocks that can hinder that last-mile success.