IT Integration

2011 Top 100: Beverages
Mergers and acquisitions continue to transform the beverage list year after year, and growth remains steady for the majority. Find out who leads the pack and why.
Study Reveals Mobile Solutions Reduce Costs, Generate ROI
Consumer goods companies are challenged with how to best leverage enterprise mobile solutions to add value both to the company's productivity and the customers' user experiences. IDC and Spring Wireless reveal exclusive study findings on how to reduce costs, such as travel, by 15 percent to 20 percent, and generate significant ROI.

Robert Bosch Selects Platform to Manage Data

The manufacturer partners with Retail Solutions to drive insights from data at five retailers in North America.
TPM's Role in Demand Planning

During the 2011 Consumer Goods Business and Technology Leadership Conference, a group of CG executives joined together for a lively discussion about TPM. Specifically, they tried to answer the question: What is TPM's role in demand forecasting? Finding the answer was not that easy
IBM/DemandTec Deal to Challenge Organizational Boundaries

The acquisition of DemandTec is expected to extend IBM's Smarter Commerce initiative by adding cloud-based price, promotion and other merchandising and marketing analytics. At the same time, the deal is in line with a trend across many industries wherein the lines between merchandising, marketing, commerce and supply chain are blurring.
P&G, K-C, Unilever Discuss Downstream Data's Value

Bigger companies and we mean really big seem to be way ahead of the pack when it comes to downstream data. For the first time ever, thought leaders from Kimberly-Clark, Procter & Gamble and Unilever came together to deliberate the value of downstream data. And guess what? Weve got it all on tape!
Tommy Bahama Optimizes its Supply Chain

Tommy Bahama chooses a cloud-hosted solution from PTC to achieve reduced product development cycle time and further grow its global business.
Unilever Uses Predictive Trade Planning in the Cloud

Unilever is expected to drive more effective retail trade plans with a predictive analytics app on the DemandTec network.
TPM Systems: Connect Corporate Planning to Event-Level Planning

Many companies today perform corporate planning (customer P&L planning) and Trade Promotion Management (TPM) event level planning in two different systems. The breakdown between these two systems can often result in TPM overspends and plan shortfalls.
ClosetMaid Enhances Sales, Category Management

ClosetMaid implements a Software-as-a-Service solution from Vision Chain to provide on-demand analysis of promotions, new products, forecasting, stock management, distribution and more.

2011 Top 100: Beverages

Study Reveals Mobile Solutions Reduce Costs, Generate ROI

Robert Bosch Selects Platform to Manage Data

TPM's Role in Demand Planning

IBM/DemandTec Deal to Challenge Organizational Boundaries

P&G, K-C, Unilever Discuss Downstream Data's Value

Tommy Bahama Optimizes its Supply Chain

Unilever Uses Predictive Trade Planning in the Cloud

TPM Systems: Connect Corporate Planning to Event-Level Planning

ClosetMaid Enhances Sales, Category Management