Supply Chain

Each year, CGT's editorial staff calls attention to more than 20 additional solution and service providers that are poised to make a substantial impact on the consumer goods market with innovative yet necessary tools.

Humankind created more data in a single day in 2012 than it produced between 4000 BC and the year 2000! It is no wonder that Big Data is a common buzz component in today's information age dialogue. Recently, Big Data advocates from Reily Foods, Revlon and Microsoft convened to answer the question on most consumer goods executives minds: How are consumer goods companies capitalizing on all this data, and better yet, how are they using and communicating it?

Find out how a new group, co-chaired by two highly respected industry thought leaders, is reaffirming CGT's commitment to the consumer goods community.

CGT's readers rank the top five technology companies that provide a complete suite of enterprise-wide ERP software, including finance, HR, CRM, supply chain, PLM, asset management, etc.

New this year, CGT's readers rank the top five technology companies that provide software/services for managing and monitoring internal and external social media communications/engagement.

CGT's readers rank the top 10 technology providers of a point solution or a software suite for business intelligence (BI), including analytics, data warehousing, etc.

CGT's readers rank the top 10 companies that provide business outsourcing/IT services to the consumer goods industry.

Contrary to the usual strategies of many top retailers, a new study reveals that consumers are often put off by promises of lowest prices. Read on to find out the significant implications that this research has for retailers and manufacturers.