Manufacturing

The Good Housekeeping Research Institute tested thousands of products for its third annual VIP Awards -- "Very Innovative Product" that is. Not surprisingly, the iPad made the annual list of 10, but the wildly popular tablet was joined by a few less obvious choices. Plus, find out which 1946 household staple took home the Hall of Fame award.

Richard Knepper, business intelligence manager at Kraft Foods, discusses the companys voyage toward information access and analysis. Find out how they are realizing that areas like product freshness and S&OP can benefit from having improved business insight.

Doritos and Pepsi MAX reveal the 10 consumer-created commercials vying for a $5 million payout, an advertising contract and air time during Super Bowl XLV.

High Ridge Brands purchased the rights to the Zest brand in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean markets.

The multi-national food company uses a SignalDemand solution in order to respond quickly and appropriately to changes in commodities markets.

The producer of premium potato chips has begun shipping products throughout the United States on iGPS' all-plastic pallets with embedded RFID tags.

By Will Ruiz, Managing Director, Consumer Industries Consulting and Solutioning, HP Enterprise Services