Manufacturing

Consumer confidence was a bit manic in 2012, hitting a five-year high in November and then dropping again in December as consumers doubted an end to the fiscal cliff. The impact of this uncertainty plays out in the results of this annual listing of the top-performing public consumer goods companies.

CGT's readers rank the top technology providers of a suite of software or point solution for supply chain planning, including demand forecasting, inventory optimization, etc.

CGT's readers rank the top technology providers of software/services for managing, monitoring and measuring internal and external social media communications/engagement.

CGT's readers rank the top technology providers of a point solution or a software suite for business intelligence (BI), including analytics, data warehousing, etc.

CGT's readers rank the top providers of business outsourcing/IT services to the consumer goods industry.

Based on extensive surveys of leading CPG companies, a new GMA report looks at how much money companies are spending on IT and how aggressively they are adopting new technologies. Surprisingly, a large proportion of companies are following a less-than-optimal approach in their information technology strategies.

IDC recently revealed 10 industry trends that will most impact the role of the CIO in 2014. For example, by 2018, the adoption of 3rd Platform technologies, like mobile and big data, will redefine 90 percent of IT roles. Find out the other top-of-mind themes including social, cloud, and more.

CGT's readers rank the top technology providers of a complete suite of enterprise-wide ERP software, including finance, HR, CRM, supply chain, PLM, asset management, etc.