Business Process Excellence in Consumer Goods Companies

Today's Consumer Goods manufacturer faces a complex and challenging marketplace. These complexities stem from the expanded role of the retailers to dictate how Consumer Goods companies do business, an increase in consumer expectations, the diminishing significance of brands in the changing retail landscape and the intensifying cost pressure from the channel.

Due to these market changes, companies are forced to change their approach to business. Organizations must revise their business models to enable better response to customer demand and modify operations to accommodate new channel requirements. Companies that are continually contending with EDI, Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI), Direct Store Delivery (DSD) and other demands are now confronted with the emergence of new technologies, such as UCCnet synchronization and the adoption of RFID.

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