SAP America

With the need to offer a greater number of beverage choices from a fountain dispenser, Coca-Cola was presented with the challenge to reinvent the fountain business.

One of companys most experienced global executives will lead top global growth initiative for Sharpie, Paper Mate brands.

CGT presents the most recent crop of "Visionaries" 13 influential leaders who are shaping the future of their respective companies with unprecedented initiatives. Starting with a tribute to "Big Data" pioneer Tony van der Hoek, the 2012 Visionaries share details on how they are bringing "big picture" ideas to life.

The acquisition is expected to establish SAP as a leading business network, adding cloud-based, business-to-business collaboration to its existing solutions.

Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey, Southern Comfort Fiery Pepper, Finlandia's flavored vodkas...the liquor category has never looked or tasted so good thanks in part to Brown-Forman Corporation, which put innovation front and center in its long-term growth strategy.

To fully integrate SAPs WMS, the wine and spirits distributor needed to upgrade its warehouses to a real-time data collection system. Installing WLAN achieved vital savings in installation and labor costs.

This years Readers Choice survey spans 10 categories, but some companies do not fit snugly into any one group. In response, we created the Editors Pick section to recognize solutions and service providers that are making a difference in the consumer goods industry and should be dually noted.