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ERP for the Consumer Products Industry

Consumer Goods Software, Configured for the Consumer Products Industry

Consumer Products companies come to Navigator Business Solutions when they find their ability to scale and,or adapt is being limited by their current business processes and systems. All have outgrown their business systems (i.e., Quickbooks and Spreadsheets or Legacy platforms) and find that they are unable to support the company’s growth and strategic objectives.

Explore SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Consumer Products

The SAP you know, rebuilt for growth-focused consumer products businesses.

SAP Cloud ERP solutions for manufacturers and distributors of products that end up in the consumers' hands. 

Consumer Products businesses partner with Navigator Business Solutions to deliver SAP cloud ERP solutions that meet them where they are; with the purpose-built, end-to-end business software needed to accomplish their ambitious goals. The SAP cloud ERP platform is enhanced with industry vertical content and configurations that enable consumer goods companies to optimize their inventory & supply chain, manage their cash, comply with business and industry requirements, improve forecast accuracy, and drive overall operational efficiency.

A fit-to-standard ERP solution, built to future-proof consumer products company.

Solutions that support consumer sales regardless if B2C, B2B & DTC

Discover a complete solution for growing Consumer Products organizations like yours, looking to break free of the disconnected or under-powered, business systems that are holding them back from reaching their aspirational objectives.

The Consumer Products industry has rapidly morphed and changed shape, now taking many forms; from the more traditional channel-focused business-to-consumer (B2C) model through direct-to-consumer (DTC) operations, including a mixture of many (omni-channel).

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The right product, at the right place, at the right time.

Simply put, SAP ERP for Consumer Products delivers the tools needed for employees throughout the company (production, warehouse, finance, service, and sales), to have the right product, in the right quantity, at the right place, at the right time, when and where the Customer wants to buy - enabling them to meet ever-changing demands regardless of which channel delivers that next order.

Harry's, a shaving products company, has a growth rate that most companies would envy and a valuation that makes it a New York-based unicorn. For a consumer products firm, that's a nice trick. Read the client's success story here. 

Harrys, the journey of a consumer products unicorn.

What is the Grow with SAP program?

Grow with SAP is designed to help growth-focused consumer products manufacturers and distributors adopt cloud ERP software with speed, predictability, and continuous innovation. 

Learn more about SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.

Grow with SAP for Consumer Products companies.

 

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CLIENT SUCCESS STORIES

“I think as a small business grows, you're going to run into the need to put processes in place in order to be a little bit more efficient with how you do business. So that's where SAP Business ByDesign was certainly helpful. . .”
Christopher Beck
Global Head of IT
Harry's
Harrys, a consumer products company moved from quickbooks to sap business bydesign and is still rapdily growing.
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CLIENT SUCCESS STORIES

“We wanted to make sure that Finance and Operations were evolving with the rest of the business - we didn’t want the wheels falling off in 12-18 months”
Ulion Riebe
Head of Finance
Rothy's
Rothys, Create a unicorn, a startup that changes the world and has a valuation of more than $1 billion.
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CLIENT SUCCESS STORIES

“SAP had the proven track record to help us getback on track. They have the solutions, platformand ecosystem to support recovery as well asadvancement from the toughest of circumstances.”
Dave Cooper
DIRECTOR OF IT
CONGOLEUM CORPORATION
Congoleum, 130+ Years of Progress in the Flooring, Tile and Plank Market Despite Daunting Challenges
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Find Out How We’ve Helped Others Meet Their Goals

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To successfully modernize, Consumer Products companies need a software solution that scales.

The market has changed for consumer products manufacturers and distributors, and right now many firms are playing catch-up. 

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Move to a complete business solution that covers:

  • Finance, SOX, and GAAP Compliant
  • Procurement
  • Seamless EDI, 3PL and third-party integrations
  • Service
  • Manufacturing
  • Research & Development
  • Asset Management
  • SAP Customer Checkout
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Enhanced analytics powered by SAP HANA, and more. . . 

Business to Consumer (B2C) & Direct to Consumer (DTC)

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ERP Solutions for Consumer Products Manufacturers

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ERP Solutions for Consumer Products Distributors

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Challenges Your Consumer Products Business is Facing

Today’s Consumer Products companies are at the center of a quickly evolving mix of sales channels Wholesale, B2C, and DTC. Vendors are balancing the challenges of a dramatic increase in demand and rapidly changing expectations from channel partners and direct consumers.

To support these more complex demands, companies need to adopt the right-sized ERP (enterprise resource planning) solution to streamline key business processes such as logistics, transportation, warehousing, and e-Commerce while providing real-time analytics (Financial and Operational) anytime, anywhere.

These companies face a constantly developing marketplace with evolving competition pressures including automated electronic ordering, expanding digital marketplaces, and integrations. How a company deals with these market pressures will often provide them with differentiation and innovation as key elements in delivering on customer’s expectations.

With continually expanding and complicated supply chains and sales channels, Consumer Products manufacturers and distributors (sellers) must improve processes to positively impact sales volumes and scale - simply put - they must adapt to the new market or get out of the way. That is where cloud ERP solutions built for consumer products companies come into play.

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.

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