Manufacturing

Humankind created more data in a single day in 2012 than it produced between 4000 BC and the year 2000! It is no wonder that Big Data is a common buzz component in today's information age dialogue. Recently, Big Data advocates from Reily Foods, Revlon and Microsoft convened to answer the question on most consumer goods executives minds: How are consumer goods companies capitalizing on all this data, and better yet, how are they using and communicating it?

CGT Executive Editor Alliston Ackerman gives you a sneak peek into the trends and topics discussed in this month's issue.

CGT's readers rank the top five technology companies that provide a complete suite of enterprise-wide ERP software, including finance, HR, CRM, supply chain, PLM, asset management, etc.

New this year, CGT's readers rank the top five technology companies that provide software/services for managing and monitoring internal and external social media communications/engagement.

CGT's readers rank the top 10 technology providers of a point solution or a software suite for business intelligence (BI), including analytics, data warehousing, etc.

CGT's readers rank the top 10 companies that provide business outsourcing/IT services to the consumer goods industry.

Contrary to the usual strategies of many top retailers, a new study reveals that consumers are often put off by promises of lowest prices. Read on to find out the significant implications that this research has for retailers and manufacturers.

This international expansion strategy places a greater demand on the information technology team within Brown-Forman by requiring its SAP systems to comply with the constantly changing financial legislation around the world.