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CGT Editor Alliston Ackerman gives you a sneak peek into the trends and topics discussed in this month's issue.
2012 Review & Outlook Report
In the second annual edition of the Review & Outlook Report, CGT taps its most valuable resources almost 80 respected industry experts to recommend realistic actions for managing the big changes ahead of us.

Cloud Computing and the CPG CMO

Cloud computing is a topic of importance for not only Chief Information Officer, but also Chief Marketing Officers. Pat Conroy, vice chairman, U.S. Consumer Products Leader, Deloitte LLP, discusses the ways cloud computing can transform business.
Learn Best Practices for Material Data Acquisition to Reduce Business Risk

This white paper focuses on the increasing challenge of collecting supplier part data to ensure environmental compliance regulations. Improve the quality of your collected data, reduce business risk, and increase company efficiency and product excellence.
IBM Completes DemandTec Acquisition

The acquisition further extends IBMs Smarter Commerce initiative by adding cloud-based software to help companies drive profitability through measurable pricing, promotion, and assortment planning.
Readers' Choice Survey 2012

For the 12th year in a row, CGT handed the microphone over to our readers to identify their most valued technology solutions and service providers across 10 categories. Based on their uncensored opinions and real-world experiences, the results are honest indicators of how the industry is approaching technology adoption.
10 Predictions for Brand-Oriented Manufacturers

What will 2012 hold for Brand-Oriented Value Chain manufacturing supply chain organizations? How about intelligent innovation, Big Data dilemmas and social business, to name a few? Find out what other expectations IDC Manufacturing Insights has for consumer goods manufacturers in areas like supply chain, PLM, operations technology, IT, and more.
2012 Readers' Choice: Outsourcing

The Top 10 providers of business outsourcing services to the consumer goods industry.
2012 Readers' Choice: Enterprise Resource Planning

The Top 5 providers of a complete suite of enterprise-wide ERP software, including Finance, HR, CRM, Supply Chain, PLM, etc.
2012 Readers' Choice: Editors' Picks

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.