Data Management

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.

The world has changed a lot since 1929 and so has the way Silver Spring Foods (SSF) runs its business. Its old ERP system was unable to evolve as the company continued to grow. Find out how a new solution now enables SSF real-time access to every facet of its business, which greatly impacts its ability to make decisions.

Understanding that consumers rely heavily on mobile applications and web sites to get the right information about its products, Kellogg Company ensures that there is a "single version of product truth" internally as well as externally.

NewsPage is a provider of integrated distributor management and mobility software for the consumer goods industry in emerging markets.

Under a new agreement, HP will be accountable for most of the critical business applications used throughout P&Gs financial and supply chain systems, including research and development, inventory management, SAP enterprise resource planning, and business intelligence.

New functionality will help Fruit of the Loom streamline, automate and standardize financial processes across global operations.

"Big Data" is well on its way to becoming the consumer goods industry's biggest buzzword in 2012. Beneath the hype, retailers are also beginning measured experiments in Big Data, which could spur growth in harnessing strategies over the next 12-24 months, according to new industry research.