SAP America

The office products brand has improved the flexibility, availability and scalability of its IT environment, reducing risk and enabling it to quickly respond to changing business requirements.

Brand executives will be able to use the fifth generation of Performance Analyzer to make timely, relevant and impactful decisions based on solid analytic models.

Ping, Mondelez International and Hershey are leading by example.

The one-of-a-kind award honors the chief information officer who has made the largest demonstrable business impact within his or her consumer goods organization through the implementation of technology.

This year's agenda honed in on interactive, discussion-type sessions with the launch of CGT University, for starters. Here are ten conference highlights that will strike a leadership chord.

This is the new reality in the digital economy, where consumers expect to get what they want, right at the moment they want it--and its put significant pressure on CG companies to transform the role of IT.

Barry Callebaut integrates 65,000 cocoa farmers in Cte dIvoire and will include more across the world, for a stronger supply chain.

Chris Hobson, vice president, Global Business Technologies at VF Corporation, writes about the companys latest complex technology project Acadia. With more than 30 brands, 63,000 associates, 1,500 retail stores and $12.4 billion in revenue, VF is highly diversified across brands, products, distribution channels and geographies. Here, the company creates one comprehensive technology platform that powers its back-end processes for all eight of its outdoor and action sports brands.