Supply Chain

For the 14th year in a row, CGT's readers voted for their top solution and service providers in 12 areas of investment opportunity. The results, and accompanying analyst commentary, help consumer goods companies find the best technology/services matches for their business needs.

CGT's readers rank the top technology providers of a suite of software or point solution for supply chain planning, including demand forecasting, inventory optimization, etc.

CGT's readers rank the top technology providers of software/services for managing, monitoring and measuring internal and external social media communications/engagement.

CGT's readers rank the top technology providers of a point solution or a software suite for business intelligence (BI), including analytics, data warehousing, etc.

This month, CGT partners with CenturyLink Technology Solutions to take a look at what big data really means in the consumer goods industry and how data-related initiatives are coming together under a big data umbrella.

CGT's readers rank the top providers of business outsourcing/IT services to the consumer goods industry.

Mintel analyzes online consumer marketplace behavior this quarter based on high-level research into the brand strategies employed by Fortune 500 companies across the United States.

Consumer confidence was a bit manic in 2012, hitting a five-year high in November and then dropping again in December as consumers doubted an end to the fiscal cliff. The impact of this uncertainty plays out in the results of this annual listing of the top-performing public consumer goods companies.