Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

This years Readers Choice survey spans 10 categories, but some companies do not fit snugly into any one group. In response, we created the Editors Pick section to recognize solutions and service providers that are making a difference in the consumer goods industry and should be duly noted.

The top 8 providers of a point software solution or a software suite for Business Intelligence, including analytics, data warehousing, etc.

The top 10 providers of a point software solution or a software suite for the cleansing, analysis and integration of downstream demand data, including POS, syndicated, etc., for use by sales, marketing, supply chain operations and R&D.

The Top 10 providers of a suite of software or point solution for Supply Chain Planning, including demand forecasting, inventory optimization, etc.

The boardriding lifestyle pioneer expects to achieve better visibility into business processes, promote efficiencies and improve profitability.

The No. 2 footwear brand in the United States partners with Teradata to strengthen its next-generation business intelligence infrastructure.

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.

The deal joins two data warehousing and analytics and integrated marketing management companies to help corporations drive growth.