Manufacturing

A comparison chart of solution providers to the consumer goods industry in the areas of CRM, TPM, TPO, Salesforce Mobility, etc. Plus, experts discuss new technologies, the retailer-supplier relationship and incorporating big data for better customer insights.

The consumer packaged goods company has never really known its shopper. Today, it can. Shopper and customer data is available in near real time through the different technologies. While it sounds enticing, it is hard work.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company selects ten finalists in its national "Name the Blimp" contest for its newest airship.

Snyder's-Lance Chief Marketing Officer Rod Troni reveals how the company is using consumer insights to reinvent the way Americans snack.

Rapid developments in technology along with economic and marketplace changes continue to put pressure on salesforces to adopt new approaches. Are you ready for the next generation of customer planning?

Clorox and comedienne Rachel Dratch helps to bring consumers' ickiest moments to life through personalized content based on real-time tweets.

Within the highly competitive branded coffee category, approximately 70 percent to 75 percent of volume is sold on promotion. Today, Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA is effectively using a unified system for trade promotion management and forecasting to capitalize on this huge opportunity.

Since starting its G-WIN open innovation strategy in 2007, General Mills has successfully launched a wide range of new grain snacks developed in collaboration with strategic external partners.