Business Intelligence (BI)

The cash merger, which is expected to close in early 2011, will create a potent combination of CRM and cross-channel commerce.

As a leading innovative company that produces products across diverse markets, 3M needed an operating system that allowed its employees to be productive, while at the same time tightening network security and reducing costs of PC management.

The company's largest distributor in South Africa adopts solutions to ensure the correct products are available at the right time.

A new tool will help address the company's complex financial systems as well as its need to efficiently manage operations and customer service.

Historically,Land O' Lakes ran as a holding company with many separate entities. Over time,this resulted in an overly complex IT environment. In 2005,a strategic decision was made to move toward an operating company mode. Here, two company VPs give an exclusive update on Project Catalyst'sprogress.

Therecession changed the supply chain game tremendously. Lambert sheds some lighton how CG firms can adopt the biggest supply chains trends today.

Soon after the company's formation,the Sun Products' IT team needed establish a new IT environment. This entailedreplacing every software system, including a combination of packaged andproprietary applications, in a five-month time frame.

Consumer products executives have anopportunity to realize competitive advantage through a new set of metrics thatare tailored toward their specific organizational structure, strategy and goals.