Technology

With nearly 200 salespeople spread across the United States who service regional industrial accounts such as Home Depot and Lowes, The Bosch Group identified an opportunity to increase the productivity of its salesforce by having a quicker and more flexible reporting tool.

Hallmark Cards Inc., a company in the gift wrap industry for 91 years, introduces its newest innovation: Adhesive Gift Wrap.

Kraft Foods has an entire group within its business dedicated to consumer insights, but beyond that, one member of the company is working to shape insights for the industry. Part of Kraft's strategy includes a commitment to "rewire the organization for growth" and technology plays a leading role.

Sunny Garga, president, Business and Consumer Insights Information Resources Inc. shares his perspective on the current state of analytics as well as future trends.

A new report shows the impact of fluctuating gas prices on consumer shopping and buying behavior. Read on to find out this inflation is affecting consumers, and what is expected to come for consumers and the industry in the future.

Recalls can be dangerous for the consumer, but they are also downright detrimental to the consumer goods companies involved as consumers abandon a recalled brand for another in the interim, or worse, for life. CGT asks analysts from AMR Research, Hitachi Consulting and IBM to identify the primary causes of product recalls and how your company can monitor external production operations to thwart those causes.

Perry Ellis executive provides CGT Executive Editor Kara Romanow with tips on how to combine great products with the great analytical planning processes and technologies to compete effectively in the fast-turning apparel market.

Contributing author Simon Ellis, practice director, supply chain strategies for Manufacturing Insights, an IDC company, provides step by step instructions on how supply chain professionals can better sense and respond to massive amounts of data rather than become victim to it.