IT Integration

The first half of 2014 flew by, yet so much has changed. CGT stops time for a moment to recap the most-read news and trend stories on consumergoods.com from January through June. What does this short list tell us? Consumer trends, industry predictions and big data, of course, are the top-of-mind topics among our readers. And, it seems as though everyone is trying to figure out the next big thing.

BT will orchestrate a wide range of IT services across 70 De Beers Group sites, including exploration and mining locations across the world.

The newly created leadership position will oversee functions ranging from research & development and manufacturing to sales and strategy.

Historically theres been great difficulty and importance in obtaining high quality data to fuel global trade management systems. The paper also explores the advent of the cloud data network and some of the powerful advantages of this approach, including those provided by network effects the exponential power of a collaborative network of partners to solve supply chain problems.

Everything around you is in a constant state of change. Technology has catapulted the way retailers and suppliers provide products to the consumer, requiring them to look at their businesses differently almost on an hourly basis. Britt Fogg, CEO, president and founder of Shiloh Technologies, a division of SPI, gave us his insights around the speed of change in the retailer/supplier industry.

Brand new research from CGT and IDC Manufacturing Insights examines the substantial progress that consumer goods companies are making in the areas of trade promotion management, downstream data, consumer engagement and S&OP.

Big Data hype is everywhere these days even on the daily news. But how many consumer goods companies are actually pursuing big data initiatives to extract valuable insights, particularly from retail-provided POS data? And even then, do retailers value these big data efforts?

Organizations need to be able to reduce time to market by executing the most efficient and innovative new product development process possible to help them capitalize on as many trend cycles as possible.