Product Innovation

Kimberly-Clark Wins with Simulation Lifecycle Management
The products designed at Kimberly-Clark may be feather-light, but they're as demanding to develop as any bike frame or truck chassis. These products often depend on accurate, comprehensive simulation to ensure optimum performance.
Top 10 Brands for Consumer Loyalty
An annual report from Brand Keys surveyed 46,000 consumers to identify the brands with the highest loyalty and engagement ratings in 2011. Find out which consumer goods brands took home top honors in their respective categories.

Readers' Choice Survey 2011

CGT readers recognize the solution and service providers that best empower their businesses across 10 categories of need.
A Green Old Orchard

The juice features a proprietary blend of Truvia brand natural sweetener and a hint of natural sugar.
Pepsis Refreshing Ideas

With over 61 million votes cast, the Pepsi Refresh Project is on track to award more than $20 million in grants to over 400 ideas in 2010.
General Mills, Nestle Open Swiss Innovation Center

General Mills and Nestle invest in the continued success of 20-year breakfast cereal partnership.
Top 10 Predictions for Brand-Oriented Manufacturers

The prospect of a continuing recovery is good. Brand-oriented manufacturing firms -- those selling branded goods and serving consumer markets -- are optimistic but cautious, ready to grow again and looking for guidance on the cadence of growth. Click here for IDC Manufacturing Insights 10 predictions for this market in 2011.
Coca-Cola Talks New Ways of Collaboration

As manufacturers and retailers continue to struggle in the current economy, many will look to collaboration as a means of bringing back old customers, increasing the loyalty of new customers and better serving all of their customers. Here, Coca-Cola, IDC and SAP reveal new collaboration strategies that benefit both parties.
2011 Readers' Choice: Demand Data Analytics

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.
2011 Readers' Choice: Business Intelligence

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