IT Integration

The Velocity service provides real-time visibility into retail performance, down to the retail store level by SKU and daily or weekly, for manufacturers running the SAP demand signal management software.

Year after year, CGT recognizes a elite few consumer goods companies for unmatched, transformational business and technology initiatives in the areas of supply chain, customer management and mid-market growth. Get to know the 2013 winners here.

A forward-thinking, business-savvy Chief Information Officer is critical to the competitive consumer goods company, particularly over the last few years as new technologies have changed the game. To honor the modern IT leader, CGT introduced its very first CIO of the Year Award in 2013. Read on to meet the finalists and winner.

To succeed in creating effective predictive analytics models that generate actionable findings, consumer goods organizations need to develop a strategy that ties the technology to business operations in a more pervasive and comprehensive approach throughout the enterprise. Here, experts from Accenture and SAP reveal how to get closer to the customer through effective predictive analytics.

The brand bolsters its senior executive team with two new additions, continuing its drive for expanded international and domestic growth.

The new CFO was most recently Vice President Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at Molson Coors Brewing Company.

Executives from Kraft Foods and Safeway divulge ROI details from their collaborative data sharing initiatives, and add real-world context to findings of the 2013 Retail / Supplier Shared Data Study. Whether you have been working with downstream data for a while or are new to the effort, this discussion provides valuable insights.

Why are big data projects so essential? Because they can impact nearly every aspect of your business, from operational efficiencies and product development to customer interactions and management processes.