IT Integration

Kellogg, Keurig Green Mountain, Kimberly-Clark, Tyson, Starbucks and more will gather in Orlando, Fla. on October 21-24 to explore "The Connected Company: Making Strategic Initiatives Work Across the Enterprise".

Strategic alliances between the CIO and CMO more crucial than ever. So, CGT offers a sneak peek inside its exclusive CIO/CMO Share Group, featuring an interview that discusses the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead for forward-thinking Marketing and IT executives, starting with one trend that seems to pop up in every conversation: Omnichannel.

Rocky Brands relies on NGCs PLM and SCM systems, and has recently extended the solution to marketing, e-commerce, ERP and more.

A new study from Harvard Business Review shows that IT Pioneers are more likely to lead in both revenue growth and market position than their peers. This is more than twice the growth experienced by companies identified as technology Followers and three times the growth experienced by Cautious technology adopters. Where does your company fall?

The companies are partnering to set up WiFi on Coca-Cola machines and provide free internet access to impoverished communities in South Africa.

John Rossi, general manager for Consumer Goods Consulting at Wipro and CGT Executive Council member, provides key considerations that a consumer goods manufacturer must figure out -- from specific selling models and distribution networks to technology infrastructure -- before calling an emerging market home.

A comprehensive listing of consultancies that help to solve business and technology challenges for competitive consumer goods companies.

Companies across all industries depend more and more on analytics and insights to run their businesses profitably. But, attracting, managing and retaining talented personnel to execute on those strategies is proving to be quite the challenge. This is not the case for consumer products heavyweight P&G, which has been at the top of its analytics game for 50 years now.