Supply Chain

Consumer goods companies must up their game to manage revenue, costs and risks at a completely new level of leadership focus and execution pace.

The annual report, produced by CGT, RIS News, IDC Manufacturing Insights and IDC Retail Insights, reveals the latest research findings on the state of retailer and manufacturer collaboration. Analysts start with some thoughts on the current economic climate and move on to explore the value of collaborative relationships in areas like SaaS and cloud computing, sustainability, S&OP, data sharing and much more.

CGT readers have revealed the hottest topics of this year simply by clicking on headlines. In case you missed them, here are the top 10 most read stories of 2009.

PepsiCo will be entitled to manufacture and distribute Dr Pepper and certain other DPS products in the territories where they are currently distributed by PBG and PAS.

The acquisition of AMR Research is expected to expand Gartner's suite of research offerings and also complement its consulting and events businesses.

Sunny Delight implements Datalliance VMI service expected to lead to more efficiency overall and lower total cost.

The closing of the Truition acquisition is expected to occur within the next two weeks and is subject to normal and customary closing conditions.