ERP for the Consumer Products Industry

Looking into the future of the consumer goods market

Consumer Products organizations will continue to look for a more robust range of supply chain and sales channel solutions that support complexity from basic to intricate. Customers are increasing the pressure on brands to offer a wider array of services not limited to in-store availability.

As market competition increases Consumer Products companies will expect ever-increasing transparency throughout their operations (internal as well as back through their suppliers) with the ability to track beyond the number of units completed to include work-in-progress and the quality status of those orders in process.

The growing demand for agility and quality, mixed with the expanding market for more unique delivery/channel options, will expand the complexity of fulfillment and value-added services along with the related supply chain, leading to a broader reliance on a mix of supply, shipping, and order processing options, including EDI, eCommerce, mobile and digital marketplaces.

In a world of continually expanding and blurring sales channels, Consumer Products companies will have the continuing need to increase their capabilities and make operational efficiency, flexibility, and scalability their dominant focus.

Technology Essentials for Key Decision Makers

COOs face the pressures to implement state-of-the-art processes and advanced technologies for digital transformation. These include applying IoT for warehouse operations, improving inventory optimization, quality, and delivery. COOs need a comprehensive platform upon which to develop and deploy connected software solutions and services, as well as improve the integration between IT/OT.

 CEOs need to ensure their company is agile enough to execute rapidly on key decisions – this impacts every aspect of the organization, people, processes, practices, partners and solutions. The CEO will continually need to balance innovation with cost, risk and investment.

 CIOs are at the heart of the required digital transformation and are required to move from old, unsustainable, insecure systems or their start-up platforms, to fit-to-standard-based solutions that will help their organization rapidly adapt to changing business models and readily navigate a turbulent external environment.

 VP of Supply Chain must become a more strategic partner to the business, moving from price-centricity to viewing and managing the complete supply chain, by improving visibility and applying best practices all while supporting the enterprise's changing sales channels.

How will Navigator Business Solutions help your consumer products company?

SAP has been a trusted solution partner to Consumer Products companies for decades. Navigator Business Solutions works with clients to select the right fit SAP cloud ERP platform to deliver an affordable, fit-to-standard-based ERP solution using its accelerated implementation methodology. This software solution will meet Consumer Products companies (B2C or DTC) where they are with the right fit SAP technology that will scale with them all at a speed that enables a digital transformation with minimal disruption.

SAP ERP delivered by Navigator Business Solutions provides a comprehensive yet flexible solution for local and global Consumer Products companies, supporting the unique market needs of each organization and offering excellent business process fit, out-of-the-box.

Working with Navigator enables clients to implement the right cloud ERP platform matching their business processes helping to quickly and easily adapt to the company’s unique needs using its fit-to-standard approach, built-in usability tools, and the flexibility to integrate through the use of SAP’s Business Technology Platform (BTP). The concept of “click not code” eliminates the need for expensive and difficult to maintain customizations. SAP’s continuous innovation on their advanced cloud platform virtually future proofs the application platform for organizations of any size and life stage.

SAP ERP solutions are implemented with a fit-to-standard approach that provides the distinct planning and operational needs of Consumer Products companies – including demand and supply chain planning, returns management, warehousing (WMS) financial visibility, analytics, and quality management.