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Feb 11, 2012

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DEFINITION: Consumer packaged goods (CPG) are consumable goods such as food and beverages, footwear and apparel, tobacco, and cleaning products. In general, CPGs are things that get used up and have to be replaced frequently, in contrast to items that people usually keep for a long time, such as cars and furniture. Although the CPG industry has been slow to invest in new technology, it is increasingly turning … Definition continues below.
Consumer Package Goods Industry Reports

Strategy Guide to Converged Infrastructure in Retail sponsored by HP and Intel WHITE PAPER: Timely access to information is something retailers need to satisfy consumer needs and wants. HP’s Converged Infrastructure can improve customer service and give retailers a competitive advantage. Learn how, through the use of HP’s Converged Infrastructure, retail businesses can streamline/standardize equipment, and advance their technology. Posted: 20 Oct 2011 \| Published: 20 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Consumer Packaged Goods Industry \| Converged Networks \| Customer Data Management \| Customer Service \| Information Management \| Infrastructure Management \| Retail Trade Industry

BI for the CPG Industry - Supply Chain Visibility Drives Performance sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: CPG companies are discovering that high product volume sales come at the expense of extreme data complexity. Companies struggle to maintain open lines of communication with retail customers and distributors trying to manage the flow of product. Learn how CPG companies deliver BI to business managers to better manage fluctuating product demand. Posted: 05 Jan 2011 \| Published: 05 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Consumer Packaged Goods Industry \| Data Management \| Information Management \| SAP (Product) \| Supplier Relationship Management \| Supply Chain Collaboration \| Supply Chain Intelligence \| Supply Chain Management \| Supply Chains \| Value Chain Management \| Value Chains

IT Pays to Specialize in a Vertical Market: How IT Solutions Providers Can Grow Through a Targeted Approach to Marketing and Sales sponsored by ConnectWise WHITE PAPER: This resource presents how IT solution providers can grow through a targeted approach to marketing and sales by focusing on specific industries or types of businesses. Posted: 06 Jan 2012 \| Published: 06 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Channel Management \| Management Service Providers \| Marketing \| Sales \| Vertical Industries

Analyst's take: Siemens PLM software cuts costs and boosts innovation for packaged goods industry sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: Siemens product lifecycle management (PLM) software for the consumer packaged goods and food and beverage industries enables companies to optimize package design and accelerate innovation while reducing costs. Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 21 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Performance Management Software

Four Secrets to Innovating with Packaged Applications sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Read this paper for an explanation of how current IT methodology for implementing application integrations and business process automation is failing the business over the long run. Learn about the four established patterns of innovation that help organizations avoid these negative consequences. Posted: 03 Jun 2010 \| Published: 03 Jun 2010 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Applications Management \| Enterprise Application Integration Middleware \| Enterprise Applications Software \| Oracle (Product) \| ROI \| SOA

Technology Industry Survey 2012 sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: This exclusive research reveals what IT professionals really think about technology, their employers, and their careers Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 21 Oct 2011 TOPICS: IT Best Practices \| IT Consulting Services \| IT Industry \| IT Management \| IT Services \| IT Workforce

CRM and Social Media: How a Blended Approach Means Good Business in the Hospitality Industry sponsored by Infor CRM WHITE PAPER: This white paper offers hospitality strategies for combining social media and real-time customer relationship management (CRM) to wow patrons and increase customer loyalty. Learn how social CRM can increase your ROI and build your business reputation. Posted: 07 Feb 2012 \| Published: 07 Feb 2012 TOPICS: CRM \| CRM Best Practices \| CRM Software \| Marketing \| Social Computing \| Social Networking

Technology Industry Survey2012 sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: Whether it is an inappropriate ‘tweet’, an internetsecurity scandal or a story of the fastest growingcompany in the world, technology, be it for theright or wrong reasons, has become regular frontpagenews.This survey aims to give a snapshot of thetechnology industry from the inside. Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 21 Oct 2011 TOPICS: IT Best Practices \| IT Departments \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Services

Migros’ running costs halve with HP Integrity Blade server solution sponsored by HP and Intel WHITE PAPER: This white paper details how one company in the retail industry significantly reduced running costs while maintaining its high system availability with high performance server technology. Posted: 20 Oct 2011 \| Published: 20 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| High Availability \| Retail Trade Industry \| ROI \| Server Management \| Server Software \| Server Virtualization

Introducing Packaged Solutions - Why enterprise software customers should understandand consider packaged solutions sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the advantages of packed software solutions. Inside, learn how this straightforward approach can achieve faster overall results with less risk and increased consistency. Posted: 18 Jul 2011 \| Published: 18 Jul 2011 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Development \| Application Infrastructure \| Application Integration \| SAP (Product) \| Software Configuration Management \| Software Implementation \| Software Infrastructure

Bloomberg BusinessWeek - How To Achieve a Great and Profitable Customer Experience sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Read this first of four reports based on a global survey of executives on customer experience management, as well as interviews of SAP customers and industry influencers and analysts. (Bloomberg Businessweek Research Services, 2011) Posted: 23 Mar 2011 \| Published: 23 Mar 2011 TOPICS: B2B \| CRM \| Mobile CRM \| Retail Trade Industry \| SAP (Product) \| Social Networking \| User Experience

Reliable Messaging Solutions for Retail -How Open Source Software Creates Opportunities in Retail sponsored by FuseSource WHITE PAPER: As an alternative to big vendor messaging solutions, open source software presents an entirely different cost model and more flexibility in deployment options that suit the needs of retail perfectly. Read this paper to learn more about open source software and why it is the optimal approach to integrated messaging for large retail enterprises. Posted: 08 Dec 2011 \| Published: 08 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Apache \| Application Integration \| Data Integration \| ESB \| Messaging Middleware \| Messaging Software \| Open Source \| Open Source Software \| Retail Trade Industry \| SOA \| SOAP

Retailers Gain Simple, Budget-Friendly WLAN Options sponsored by Aerohive Networks WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper explores new WLAN architectures and deployment models that have emerged which offer more options to help retailers get what they need while sticking to their budgets. Posted: 13 Jan 2012 \| Published: 13 Jan 2012 TOPICS: 802.11n \| Network Security \| Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard \| Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance \| Retail Trade Industry \| Security \| Smart Phones \| WLAN \| WLAN Access Points \| WLAN Hardware \| WLAN Management \| WLAN Protocols

E-Procurement Usability: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly sponsored by Simplifying-IT WHITE PAPER: A costly, complicated migration to a best-of-breed e-Procurement platform is not the only way to achieve a consumer-friendly user interface (UI) and ensure user adoption. Read this paper to discover a cost-effective alternative that allows SAP ERP users to leverage their existing infrastructure to achieve e-Procurement adoption. Posted: 09 Jan 2012 \| Published: 09 Jan 2012 TOPICS: eProcurement \| ERP \| ERP Software \| Procurement \| SAP (Product) \| Supplier Relationship Management \| Supply Chain Execution \| Supply Chain Software \| User Experience \| User Interfaces

Booz&Co: M-Commerce Comes of Age. Collaborate to Succeed sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: This perspective paper covers the forces that are driving the m-commerce market, the benefits available, and the kinds of business models and partnerships that are seeking to achieve that credible scale over time. Posted: 20 Sep 2011 \| Published: 20 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Collaboration \| eCommerce \| eCommerce Services \| Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Payments \| Retail Channels \| Retail Trade Industry \| Smart Phones

Consumer technology in the enterprise - a Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: The pressure to allow employees to use more of the technologies they have at home in the workplace has reached critical levels. Posted: 20 Oct 2011 \| Published: 20 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Device Management Software \| Mobile IP

European cross-border e-commerce sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com IT BRIEFING: European consumers' growing use digital channels as part of their shopping experience is driving retailers’ focus on delivering efficient online, cross-border operations in Europe, this research report from Accenture reveals. Posted: 17 Jan 2012 \| Published: 17 Jan 2012 TOPICS: eCommerce \| eCommerce Services \| eCommerce Software \| European Union \| Online Marketing \| Online Payments \| Online Shopping \| Retail Channels \| Retail Trade Industry \| Sales \| Sales Channels

Security risks that can affect your industry sponsored by Websense, Inc. EGUIDE: As the threat landscape continues to evolve, the approaches to thwart them must also. But with emerging trends like social networking and the influx of mobile devices, ensuring adequate security is becoming more complex. In this expert resource, explore the security risks organizations face in today’s changing environment. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Handheld Device Security \| Mobile Device Management \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Security Tokens \| Social Networking \| Web Application Security

Mobile adult industry is a sexy business opportunity sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: The global adult industry is among the largest in the world, estimated to be worth nearly $100 billion worldwide by 2006. Posted: 24 Oct 2011 \| Published: 24 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Device Management Software \| Mobile IP

Retailing in a Social Media World sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Wondering how you can use social media channels to join the conversation with your customers? Find out how software solutions can help you capture and analyze massive amounts of social media data and prepare individualized responses while integrating with your business software through a unified IT architecture. Posted: 24 Mar 2011 \| Published: 24 Mar 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| CRM \| CRM Software \| Dashboards \| Retail Trade Industry \| SAP (Product) \| Social Networking \| Supply Chain Management \| Web 2.0

Through Engagement and Interaction, The LEGO Group Nurtures Loyalty Among Consumers sponsored by SAP America, Inc. CASE STUDY: Read this brief Bloomberg Businesweek case study to learn how The LEGO Group has leveraged organizational changes— including implementing loyalty management software from SAP that integrates with its SAP ERP and CRM platform— to achieve a high level of consumer interaction and improve its customer experience. Posted: 07 Feb 2012 \| Published: 07 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Brand Loyalty \| CRM \| Customer Data Integration \| Customer Interaction Services \| Customer Loyalty \| Customer Retention \| Customer Satisfaction \| ERP \| Loyalty Programs \| SAP (Product)

MPI Group: The Informed Manufacturer — Tips, Tricks and Tactics for Discrete Manufacturers sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Download this comic book package to take a light-hearted look at today’s manufacturing challenges – and to gain serious solutions for achieving success. Posted: 02 Feb 2012 \| Published: 02 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Compliance Best Practices \| Enterprise Resource Management \| ERP \| Lean Production \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Industry \| Manufacturing Systems

Presentation Transcript: Mobile Strategies, Part 1: Harnessing the IT Consumerization Deluge sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript reveals key findings from a recent consumerisation poll and provides recommendations and best practices to help organisations address these key topics. Obtain predictions for the future of the media tablet market and gain insight into five trends that are shaping the consumerisation landscape. Posted: 25 Jan 2012 \| Published: 25 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Consumer Market \| Desktop Virtualization \| Email \| Email Security \| Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Workers \| Social Computing \| Social Networking

CIO Strategies for Consumerization sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: New technology and the expanding role of the Internet are forever changing social relationships, management philosophies, and business models around the world. Access this white paper for insights into current mobile computing trends and recommendations for making the most out of these trends in the enterprise. Posted: 28 Dec 2011 \| Published: 28 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Consumer Electronics Equipment \| Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Workers \| Smart Phones \| Social Computing

SaaS-Based ERP Targets Specific Needs of Industries sponsored by Plex Systems EGUIDE: SaaS start-ups and established vendors are rushing to keep pace with the demand for hosted applications that target the specific needs of industries, as well as the end-to-end application chain. In this e-guide, readers will learn some of the necessary details around SaaS-based enterprise resource planning (ERP). Posted: 31 Jan 2012 \| Published: 31 Jan 2012 TOPICS: ERP \| ERP Software \| SaaS ERP \| Software as a Service \| Software Selection

Integrating Desktop Virtualization into Your Cloud Strategy sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Desktop virtualization and cloud computing are two initiatives that are gaining popularity among the IT industry. This white paper highlights ways you can build a more stable, secure, and efficient computing environment around a virtual desktop infrastructure. Plus, learn how cloud and VDI work together to help you become an efficient business. Posted: 17 Jun 2011 \| Published: 17 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Desktop Virtualization \| Hardware \| Hardware Management \| Software \| VDI \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| VMware \| VMware Server

CONSUMER PACKAGE GOODS INDUSTRY DEFINITION (continued): … Consumer packaged goods (CPG) are consumable goods such as food and beverages, footwear and apparel, tobacco, and cleaning products. In general, CPGs are things that get used up and have to be replaced frequently, in contrast to items that people usually keep for a long time, such as cars and furniture. Although the CPG industry has been slow to invest in new technology, it is increasingly turning to computerized and Web-based applications for customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), and marketing automation. A number of vendors, including Oracle, SAP, and Siebel Systems offer products for the CPG sector.

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