IT Integration

Spring 2013 Tech Preview Guide
CGT invited leading technology providers to showcase new solutions that promise to reinvigorate strategic IT initiatives in your supply chain, sales and marketing or innovation organizations.
Demand Signal Data Management
CGT and SAP surveyed the consumer goods executives to understand the underlying infrastructure needed to move demand signal data initiatives forward.

K'NEX Connects Data with Interactive Information Database

Two years ago, K'NEX started the construction of an internal intranet that would control the majority of product-related data across all departments. Find out what the K.I.I.D. system looks like today.
2013 Consultant Services Preview Guide

Three leading consultant organizations showcase new services that address mission-critical business needs of consumer goods companies.
2013 Data & Analytics Solutions

A comprehensive listing of solution providers that support the collection, aggregation, storage, analysis and integration of valuable data.
Winning with Analytics

In our analysis of two decades worth of financial balance sheets and income statements, Supply Chain Insights found that all industry segments are facing slowing growth, struggling with pressures on margins, battling an increase in complexity and feeling a need to speed up cycles. Analytics offer a promise to help, but traditional analytics are not sufficient.
Vita Coco Taps ERP Solution for Global Expansion

As the most popular brand in the fastest-growing beverage category coconut water in the U.S., Vita Coco sought a scalable solution that would accommodate new international operations in Europe and Asia, with multiple currencies, intercompany billing and an integrated supply chain.
Annabelle Candy Supports National Expansion with ERP Implementation

By converting to new ERP software, Annabelle Candy enhanced operational efficiencies and achieved rapid regional growth. The companys regional success is prompting Annabelle to focus on establishing a national market for its candy.
1WorldSync Powers New MSA Data Portal

MSA believe that the partnership will further strengthen the ability to provide manufacturers and their trading partners with consistent, correct and complete product information and to drive efficiencies in new-item authorization processes.
2013 Review & Outlook

The 2013 Review & Outlook Report is so much more than just a collection of thoughts and opinions. It is a strategic roadmap that pinpoints where the industry is today and where it's headed. This third annual edition asked almost 70 of the consumer goods industry's best and brightest minds to share predictions and guidance for the coming year.