SAP Consumer Packaged Goods

Expertise in Consumer Packaged Goods

SAP CPG Industry solutions from Chelford SAP Solutions offer proven functionality that will address the business processes unique to Consumer Products and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Company . Now – whether your business is food and beverage, apparel and footwear, home and personal care, durables, or high-volume consumer products – the value of our SAP Solution can be measured by your success, and give you an edge on your competitors in the CPG industry right across your value chain.

Chelford’s SAP CPG solutions include tools and methodologies that enable rapid, reliable implementations to minimise time and costs allowing your new system to go to work quickly, making savings and identifying key new areas of business intelligence promptly.

These specialist SAP offerings will impact on all aspects of your implementation from planning to building to being up and running so there is no need to fear: you can align your IT and business strategies, get your software up and running in rapid time and ensure your IT system supports your business goals like never before.

In the face of the ever increasing business challenges that UK food and drink companies contend with, that is a serious offer:

• SAP Consumer Packaged Goods Solutions
• SAP CPG Market Experts
• Specialist SAP Solutions For Food and Beverage Companies

For more information find out about industry specific Chelford SAP All-in-One FastStart Solutions for markets such as grocery, wholesale distribution and consumer packaged goods; or read on for more on how Chelford’s commitment to the CPG industry is one based on genuine insight and experience:

Powerful Business Intelligence

There are not many sectors that face the sort of challenges that food and beverage firms deal with on a daily basis. Supermarkets are huge, powerful and demanding. They require their suppliers to come up with new product ideas, run test production without any guarantee that the line will be approved, while even providing delivery lead times shorter than the time it actually takes to make the product.

So food manufacturers need to have robust forecasting systems. They need to have planning and execution systems that can adapt rapidly to changing circumstances. And they need data logging and value chain analysis to provide real-time quality functionality that can track materials through the production process and into finished goods.

Operating At Peak Levels

In addition, many other specific features are now essential in the food industry supply chain - applying to manufacturers, converters and distributors. Lot or batch control with full end-to-end, field to fork traceability is not only essential, the speed and ease of tracing suspect materials can make a significant difference to the fortunes of a company in times of crisis.

Quality data, in the form of specifications, variable attributes, test requirements and test results - integrated with full traceability of course - must be an integral part of the supply chain and manufacturing systems.

SAP For Consumer Goods

The Challenge

We know you face demands from retailers for lower prices and higher service levels and you experience increased pressure from low-priced, private-label products. As a result, you are forced to look for areas to reduce costs and to streamline and automate your business processes for quicker order fulfilment. To attract and retain key retailers, you also need excellent inventory management and direct-to-store delivery capabilities.

The Solution

SAP delivers support for an integrated order-to-cash process that eliminates the manual processes and traditional high IT costs associated with connecting disparate point solutions. Our SAP solutions provide you with insight into everything related to your organization’s accounting and controlling functions. The resulting visibility and streamlined functionality help boost productivity and give you back the control of business processes lost by using numerous non-integrated systems.

• Order management capabilities to improve consumer insight, service, and satisfaction
• A coordinated, integrated system with the flexibility to defend against the competition
• Support for collaborative channel management
• Supply and demand planning capabilities that enable quicker responses to changing customer buying patterns and channel sell through

Achieve Rapid, Sustainable Growth

SAP solutions enable food and beverage companies to optimize both inventory levels and storage space based upon inventory planning and turnover. You can perform quality checks in combination with warehouse management and transportation management, helping reduce costs associated with the order-to delivery cycle.

For retailers that require direct store delivery. SAP software features a powerful route-management function that can load, dispatch, and track any number of deliveries efficiently. SAP CPG route-planning tools optimize the entire approach to deliveries, help eliminate redundant trips, and allow food and beverage companies to match the appropriate vehicles and drivers to their customers for each delivery.

Key Advantages: SAP for CPG

SAP provides a complete solution portfolio, industry best practices, and services tailored specifically to the needs of midsize companies.

Key Benefits:

• Improved on-shelf availability and forecast accuracy to capture spontaneous customer demand
• Faster response times to market changes and operational events – from shifts in demand to supply chain disruptions – and improved global price maintenance
• Flexibility to exploit opportunities for growth through mergers and acquisitions, geographic expansion, or new business models or channels
• Reduced inventory cycle times – with corresponding reductions in inventory levels, sell-offs, write offs, scrap, loss, or supply disruptions

Gain A Competitive Edge

SAP solutions for midsize food and beverage companies deliver everything you need to remain competitive:

• Accelerated Process Efficiencies – Increasing profitability and reducing operating costs across the entire value chain.
• Streamlined Product Life Cycles – Saving valuable time from recipe to rollout.
• Enhanced Visibility – Across the entire organization and beyond to suppliers and customers.
• Effective Compliance Tracking – Meeting all industry requirements for food and beverage safety and traceability.

Support Your Business Goals

Chelford SAP Solutions could help you achieve guaranteed efficiencies and savings.

SAP for CPG delivers a world-class solution that is:

• Affordable: low total cost of ownership.
• Comprehensive: deep functionality and experience built in.
• Fast: up and running in as few as 12 weeks without having to suspend business operations.
• Manageable: even for organizations with limited IT staff and budget.
• Flexible: with functionality that can be deployed incrementally when you need it.
• Dependable: flexible and powerful technology combined with robust scalability provides a reliable baseline for future growth.

Why not speak to one of Chelford’s SAP Certified Consultants and go to work on developing your business software solution for CPG?

To find out more call or email Che1ford SAP Solutions.