Supply Chain

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?

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.

It's perhaps the sales growth in emerging markets that propelled Unilever's share price to hit an all-time high on Wednesday, January 22, 2013.

L'Oreal USA announces the official launch of www.forgirlsinscience.org, a website designed to inspire and empower girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (S.T.E.M).

Post Foods, LLC, introduces new Great Grains Protein Blend cereal, which helps support a healthy metabolism.