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

Emerging technology solutions to support strategic business initiatives in consumer goods.

With a supply chain that includes 800 finished goods items, 2,000 raw materials SKUs, four factories in Sweden, 23 production lines, and many more complexities -- inventory control is no easy feat. That's why Findus uses actionable insights to take back control of its inventory.

Supply Chain Insights Founder, Lora Cecere explains how mid-market companies master the art of data-driven processes.

Since Talking Rain's ultimate retail strategy is to be a trusted advisor providing insight to its customer about the right product mix and placement of products, the company needed a technology that would enable the category management, marketing and sales teams to provide retailers with these insights.

Britt Fogg, SVP, Product Operations at SPI, reveals the advantages of acting as a community with one unified vision in order to reap the rewards of data and insights transparency along the retail value chain.

Amazon set the Internet aflutter when it announced its latest digital innovation the Dash Button. Major CPG companies like P&G, Clorox, Coca-Cola and Kraft are already on board with the e-commerce giant testing with Amazon Prime members. It is already being said that these in-home buttons could give big CPG players the 'leverage they've lacked in e-commerce.'

A recent fortune.com article reports that the Walmart U.S. CEO acknowledges some progress, but says there is still more work to be done.