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RSS consumer goodsThe Telecommunications Paradigm Shift
White Paper It also covers the shift in the fundamental role of the telco from a pure producer and distributor of its own goods to that of a distributor of another parties' goods and services. The paper examines the paradigm shift within telecommunications... [03 Jul 2008]
Entering Asia: How American Businesses Can Make Smart Investments in Asia's Growing Successes
White Paper The four "tigers" comprising Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea were growth engines that fueled financial success by specializing in the production and export of consumer goods. The spectacular growth and prosperity of Southeast Asia's... [03 Jul 2008]
Gelco Delivers B-to-B eCommerce Trade Management Solutions
White Paper Gelco offers a business service provider (BSP) model that automates the entire trade promotions management process for consumer goods manufacturers without the installation of any software. Its trade and commerce management solutions weave together... [03 Jul 2008]
Hitachi Freedom Storage 7700E Proves its Mettle in DB2 Environment
White Paper Our 7700E customer—one of the largest-volume private credit card processing houses—performs credit card billing, collection, authorization, and itemized statement processing for major retailers of consumer goods. [03 Jul 2008]
The Truth About CPG/Retail Public Exchanges
White Paper Exchanges offer the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry tremendous potential to e-enable trade relationships between manufacturers and retailers. In this eStrategy Consulting study, Mainspring Inc.now a wholly owned subsidiary of IBM) details... [03 Jul 2008]
The Economics of Surfing
White Paper The first one is to have the consumer buy goods directly from the portal or through a partner site. We have established that depending on the domain of inquiry, users display different and regular patterns of surfing. [03 Jul 2008]
The Ramifications of the Microsoft Anti-trust Case on Other Intellectual Properties
White Paper The most important lesson has to do with the preservation of intellectual property as personal, own-able, proprietary goods. The Sherman, Clayton, and Robinson-Patman Anti-trust statutes take great pains to differentiate intellectual properties... [03 Jul 2008]
E-Business in the Consumer Industries: It is All about Momentum
White Paper Today, the majority of consumer goods companies are involved in first generation E-Business. Whether a consumer goods company can fully exploit E-Business to create new revenue streams or will fall victim to it depends largely on how well that... [03 Jul 2008]
Dell's IT Infrastructure Services, Desktops, and Notebooks Allow Global Consumer Packaged Goods Marketer Unilever to Support Staff Efficiency and Productivity With Business-Critical IT Services
White Paper Unilever is a multinational corporation that owns 400 consumer brands spanning a wide range of home, personal care, and food products. The outdated client technology and non-standard services inhibited flexibility, limited scalability, and created... [03 Jul 2008]
Mobile payments to hit $300bn by 2013
News According to the report - entitled Mobile Payment Markets: Digital & Physical Goods 2008 - 2013 - the ticketing segment will represent more than 40 per cent of the global transaction value by 2013, and will be driven by consumer usage on rail, air... [01 Jul 2008]
Euro 2008 blues dents online booze and TV sales
News Online shopping is continuing to grow steadily across many ranges in May but the lack of a home nations team in the Euro 2008 football championship means sales of electrical goods and alcohol has fallen by around 10 per cent in the UK. [20 Jun 2008]
ERP Revisited: Midsized Companies Achieving Best in Class Performance While Keeping Costs in Check
White Paper Download this white paper from Consumer Goods Technology to learn about SAP's new enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions and how they can be precisely tailored to meet the needs of midsized companies across a wide range of CP verticals. [18 Jun 2008]
Jane Scott
CIO Profile She then extended her knowledge of the fast moving consumer goods sector when she moved to Coca-Cola & Schweppes and subsequently to The Coca-Cola Company. Jane Scott joined food service distributor 3663 in 2003 where she has developed the IT... [11 Jun 2008]
Mars - The CIO training ground
Comment Jane Scott, IT director at food services group 3663 learnt her trade on the graduate management training scheme at Mars after studying Mathematics, and then moved into the fast-moving consumer goods sector with Coca-Cola, spending many years... [11 Jun 2008]
Procter & Gamble in $650m network deal with BT
News Consumer packaged goods manufacturer Procter and Gamble (P&G) has signed a $650m deal for BT to manage its global communications network. The five-year contract will see BT provide and manage P&G's local and wide area network infrastructure across... [10 Jun 2008]
